Realizzato poco dopo la sua morte, esplora la breve vita e la straordinaria eredità del chitarrista Jimi Hendrix.Realizzato poco dopo la sua morte, esplora la breve vita e la straordinaria eredità del chitarrista Jimi Hendrix.Realizzato poco dopo la sua morte, esplora la breve vita e la straordinaria eredità del chitarrista Jimi Hendrix.
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- QuizAt the time of the film's production, Noel Redding was in the middle of a lawsuit against the Hendrix estate over what he felt were unpaid royalties, which is why he chose not to participate and only appears in archival concert footage.
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Self - Interviewee: [Pete Townshend] I said to Jimi, I said, "Fuck it, man, we're not going to follow you on." So he said, "Well, I'm not going to follow you on." So, I said, "Listen, we are not going to follow you on and that is it. You know. As far as I'm concerned, you know, we were ready to go on now, our gears going to be there, its the end of it, you know." And, there was a certain look in his eye and he got on a chair and he played some amazing guitar, just standing on a chair in the dressing room. Janis Joplin was there. Brian Jones. Eric. And me and a few other people just standing around. And then he got down off the chair and just said, turned around to me, and said, "If I'm going to follow you, I'm going to pull all the stops."
- Versioni alternativeMost of the current prints feature the opening and closing 2003 Warner Bros. plasters.
- ConnessioniFeatures Beat-Club (1965)
- Colonne sonoreRock Me, Baby
Written by B.B. King & Joe Bihari
Performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival, June 1967
Produced by John Philips and Lou Adler
I have never taken the time to find out whether I am a fan of Hendrix or not; sure I like everything I have heard but that is different from being a fan. However watching this film made me more interested in hearing more from him because of how well put together it is. Ignoring the subject for a minute, the strength of the film is in the structure and delivery. The film is not trying to factually capture Hendrix from cradle to grave but rather look at him as an entertainer and a man. To do this we get live footage of him mixed with plenty of contributions from others who knew him. To make the point that these contributions are good, the edit overlaps several people telling the same stories and I liked the way this worked.
The film also manages to keep focused while also allowing the contributors to speak personally and from their own experiences of him not in glib sound bites but mostly in natural chatting and recollections. These are worked well to produce a narrative flow, building on what we know about the man and his music. Structure wise it is an impressive biography and you could nearly watch the film for this alone. Of course the film itself is not about the way it is put together but rather about the title character. Here the film is also strong as we see him on stage and instantly get what it was that people like/liked about him. He has a great stage presence and is recognisable as being a creative force. However the use of interviews etc also shows him to be quite a quiet and shy type and I liked this aspect of his character and the way the way the film brought it out.
For fans then, it is a given that you will enjoy this but it will also work for the casual viewer with a passing interest in his music; this is what I was and the film drew me into the man more than I had been. I think it is unlikely anyone would watch it for structure alone, but I must comment that it is this that is another reason why the film works as well as it does.
- bob the moo
- 13 ott 2007
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- A Film About Jimi Hendrix
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Monterey County Fairgrounds - 2004 Fairground Road, Monterey, California, Stati Uniti(Monterey Pop Festival)
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- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 33.000 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 38 minuti
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- 1.85 : 1