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Pink Floyd - The Wall | DVD | (22/04/2005)
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| RRP By any rational measure, Alan Parker's cinematic interpretation of Pink Floyd's The Wall is a glorious failure. Glorious because its imagery is hypnotically striking, frequently resonant and superbly photographed by the gifted cinematographer Peter Biziou. And a failure because the entire exercise is hopelessly dour, loyal to the bleak themes and psychological torment of Roger Waters' great musical opus, and yet utterly devoid of the humour that Waters certainly found in his own material. Any attempt to visualise The Wall would be fraught with artistic danger, and Parker succumbs to his own self-importance, creating a film that's as fascinating as it is flawed. The film is, for better and worse, the fruit of three artists in conflict--Parker indulging himself, and Waters in league with designer Gerald Scarfe, whose brilliant animated sequences suggest that he should have directed and animated this film in its entirety. Fortunately, this clash of talent and ego does not prevent The Wall from being a mesmerising film. Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof (in his screen debut) is a fine choice to play Waters's alter ego--an alienated, "comfortably numb" rock star whose psychosis manifests itself as an emotional (and symbolically physical) wall between himself and the cold, cruel world. Weaving Waters's autobiographical details into his own jumbled vision, Parker ultimately fails to combine a narrative thread with experimental structure. It's a rich, bizarre, and often astonishing film that will continue to draw a following, but the real source of genius remains the music of Roger Waters. --Jeff Shannon
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Live 8 | DVD | (07/11/2005)
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| RRP One Day. One Concert. One World. On July 2nd 2005 nine cities took part in Live 8. Over 150 artists played in front of 2 million spectators across 4 continents. The earth had never seen anything like it! Timed to coincide with the G8 summit meeting in Scotland Live 8 directly called for eight leaders to double aid fully cancel debt and deliver trade justice for Africa; in short to start making poverty history in 2005. Additional features include footage from the July 6t
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Pink Floyd - The Wall | DVD | (05/06/2006)
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| RRP By any rational measure, Alan Parker's cinematic interpretation of Pink Floyd's The Wall is a glorious failure. Glorious because its imagery is hypnotically striking, frequently resonant and superbly photographed by the gifted cinematographer Peter Biziou. And a failure because the entire exercise is hopelessly dour, loyal to the bleak themes and psychological torment of Roger Waters' great musical opus, and yet utterly devoid of the humour that Waters certainly found in his own material. Any attempt to visualise The Wall would be fraught with artistic danger, and Parker succumbs to his own self-importance, creating a film that's as fascinating as it is flawed. The film is, for better and worse, the fruit of three artists in conflict--Parker indulging himself, and Waters in league with designer Gerald Scarfe, whose brilliant animated sequences suggest that he should have directed and animated this film in its entirety. Fortunately, this clash of talent and ego does not prevent The Wall from being a mesmerising film. Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof (in his screen debut) is a fine choice to play Waters's alter ego--an alienated, "comfortably numb" rock star whose psychosis manifests itself as an emotional (and symbolically physical) wall between himself and the cold, cruel world. Weaving Waters's autobiographical details into his own jumbled vision, Parker ultimately fails to combine a narrative thread with experimental structure. It's a rich, bizarre, and often astonishing film that will continue to draw a following, but the real source of genius remains the music of Roger Waters. --Jeff Shannon
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David Gilmour - In Concert | DVD | (21/10/2002)
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| RRP Stripped to the bare essentials, and the antithesis of Pink Floyd's epic live performances, David Gilmour in Concert is a low-key, classy affair. Using footage from 2001's Meltdown Concert and his Royal Festival Hall show in 2002, Gilmour performs a mix of solo compositions and Floyd classics. Opening with a lengthy acoustic version of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", the show gradually gathers momentum as "Fat Old Sun" and "High Hopes" are tackled. Other legends such as Richard Wright and Bob Geldof make guest appearances, with Geldof providing complementary vocals for the second live version of "Comfortably Numb" featured. "Shine On" is also reprised mid-way, this time with added backing band, choir and electric guitar. Resembling more a classical than a rock concert, the audience attentively soak up Gilmour's performance, politely clapping at the right moments and never doing anything as undignified as standing up (although there are the occasional cat-calls). It's an excellent live recording that should appeal to all Gilmour's fans. On the DVD: David Gilmour in Concert on disc enhances the exclusivity and quality of the performances with crisp 5.1 surround (an ordinary stereo soundtrack is also available) and an anamorphically enhanced picture. --John Galilee
Live Aid - 20 Years Ago Today | DVD | (04/07/2005)
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| RRP ""Remember the day you wanted to help. Remember the bands who did it. Remember the dying who were allowed to live..."" (Bob Geldof July 1985). One concert.... Two continents.... One momentous day.... 63 artists.... 10 hours. This DVD contains selected highlights of the marathon fundraising concert that took place across two continents with worldwide TV coverage on July 13th 1985. The event was never re-broadcast and never available to buy until the release of the Live Aid 4 DVD set a
Grumpy Old Men | DVD | (15/11/2004)
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| RRP The BBC has handpicked a multitude of grumpy world-weary entertainers politicians and broadcasters and made them discuss what is wrong with Britain today. The show side-steps political correctness and taps a rich vein of sardonic eloquent and well informed grumpiness that gets right to the nub of each issue. Topics up for discussion include Tony Blair Pop Idol mobile phones tipping and Christmas!
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The Return Of Spinal Tap | DVD | (21/05/2001)
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| RRP The Return of Spinal Tap is based around Tap's performance at the Royal Albert Hall in 1992. In between the footage of Messrs St Hubbins, Tufnell and Smalls performing in front of a huge crowd enthusiastically determined to go along with the joke, there are clips purporting to investigate the band's humble origins in the East London suburb of Squatney, and updates from "rockumentary" director Marty Di Bergi and hapless record plugger Artie Fufkin (from the original film). It is the latter component which is the real strength of Return. Though the concert footage faithfully rehashes many of the film's most treasured jokes (the malfunctioning props, the dancing midgets), the real satirical strength of This is Spinal Tap was never its treatment of heavy metal music (which, after all, is hardly a difficult target). What the first movie did best was illuminate the egomania, paranoia, delusion and stupidity that are the cornerstones of rock 'n' roll as it is lived. The Return of Spinal Tap is a worthy companion piece. --Andrew Mueller
Number One | DVD | (16/01/2006)
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| RRP This gritty British movie follows the fortunes of a snooker hall hustler (Geldof) in his quest for the Big Time and features a star-studded cast including Alfred Molina Ray Winstone Phil Daniels Ian Dury Mel Smith Alison Steadman and P.H. Moriarty.
The Secret Policeman's Ball - Music Edition | DVD | (11/11/2002)
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| RRP A collection of the very best musical performances from the Amnesty International series of Secret Policeman's Ball series from the years of 1979-1991 featuring some of the finest talents in the music industry. ""The Policeman's Ball DVD's are wonderful... chock full of nostalgic fun moments.""
Pink Floyd the Wall | DVD | (25/01/2005)
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The Secret Policeman's Ball - The Middle Years | DVD | (25/10/2004)
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| RRP A charity performance in aid of Amnesty international Filmed live over four nights at the Theatre Royal Drury lane London. The show includes sketeches from the Monty Python team and musical numbers from artists such as Sting and Eric Clapton.
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Out Of Ireland | DVD | (27/09/2004)
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| RRP Ireland has succeeded in producing some of the most popular and acclaimed music of recent decades. It has donw so to an extent that is complete out of proportion to its size. Out of Ireland focuses on the extraordinary individuals behind this story. EPISODE 1: 1950 to 1976 - The formation of showbands and the paving of the road to the era of beat groups and the early emergence of Irish rock icons such as Rory Gallagher Phil Lynott and Van Morrison. EPISODE 2: 1977 to 1986 - Irish ro
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Black Rose - The Phil Lynott Story | DVD | (24/05/2010)
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| RRP The Black Rose - The Phil Lynott Story chronicles and celebrates the life of the Thin Lizzy vocalist. With the full backing of the official Phil Lynott Trust this DVD offers a wealth of previously untold stories photographs and film footage. Features a host of personal memories from those who knew him best including close family and friends and many well known names from the music world - Bono Van Morrison Andrea Corr Midge Ure Sir Bob Geldof Rick Parfitt and original band members of Thin Lizzy and many more. Also featuring a host of untapped TV interviews and music from Thin Lizzy The Black Rose is the definitive account of Lynott's short - but intriguing - life and is an absolute must-have for Thin Lizzy fans everywhere!
Geldof In Africa | DVD | (31/10/2005)
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| RRP Leaving Live8 and politics to one side Bob Geldof makes a personal journey through Africa to understand ordinary Africans and through their experiences understand the forces that make the continent tick. Travelling through West Africa (Ghana Benin and Mali) Central Africa (DR Congo and Uganda) and East Africa (Ethiopia Tanzania and Somalia) Geldof explores the continent that the rest of the world seems to be leaving behind. This double disc release features all six episo
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Pink Floyd - The Wall | DVD | (02/06/2003)
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| RRP By any rational measure, Alan Parker's cinematic interpretation of Pink Floyd's The Wall is a glorious failure. Glorious because its imagery is hypnotically striking, frequently resonant and superbly photographed by the gifted cinematographer Peter Biziou. And a failure because the entire exercise is hopelessly dour, loyal to the bleak themes and psychological torment of Roger Waters' great musical opus, and yet utterly devoid of the humour that Waters certainly found in his own material. Any attempt to visualise The Wall would be fraught with artistic danger, and Parker succumbs to his own self-importance, creating a film that's as fascinating as it is flawed. The film is, for better and worse, the fruit of three artists in conflict--Parker indulging himself, and Waters in league with designer Gerald Scarfe, whose brilliant animated sequences suggest that he should have directed and animated this film in its entirety. Fortunately, this clash of talent and ego does not prevent The Wall from being a mesmerising film. Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof (in his screen debut) is a fine choice to play Waters's alter ego--an alienated, "comfortably numb" rock star whose psychosis manifests itself as an emotional (and symbolically physical) wall between himself and the cold, cruel world. Weaving Waters's autobiographical details into his own jumbled vision, Parker ultimately fails to combine a narrative thread with experimental structure. It's a rich, bizarre, and often astonishing film that will continue to draw a following, but the real source of genius remains the music of Roger Waters. --Jeff Shannon
Trev The Yogic Builder: Yoga 4 Fellas | DVD | (04/06/2007)
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| RRP This programme features interviews with Phil Lynott and his wife Caroline Crowther who speaks about him for the first time since his death. It also includes rare concert and television footage clips from some of the great Thin Lizzy gigs and classic Thin Lizzy videos. Brian Downey Scott Gorham Brian Robertson Eric Bell and Gary Moore managers Chris Morrison and Chris O'Donnell and rock stars Jon Bon Jovi Slash Bono Bob Geldof Huey Lewis Van Morrison Mark Knopfler and Midge Ure.
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