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"concert film" refers to a movie or video recording that captures a live concert performance of a musician or band. It allows people who couldn't attend the concert to experience the excitement and energy of the live show from the comfort of their homes.
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best concert films ever made, crafted with love from one of the great filmmakers of our time.
All of the sounds are captured perfectly in the performance, in one of the best
sounding concert films I've ever heard.
Few concert films dare to open in close to 1,000 theaters and those that do boast the presence of one of the world's most famous celebrities.
But it doesn't matter, the band performs well, and delivers a hard hitting set, and you couldn't ask for a
better concert film.
Fusing fancy dress, Caribbean carnivals and Kierkegaard in a dizzy kaleidoscope of sounds and images, The Reflektor Tapes is exactly the sort
of concert film youd expect from alt - rockers Arcade Fire.
Jonathan Demme makes his third
concert film with Young, including shots practically right up his nostrils.
Director Peter Strickland follows his 2012 thriller Berberian Sound Studio and Björk's
concert film Biophilia Live with this darkly comic erotic drama.
Most concert films follow familiar formulas, and this one is no exception... Cynics may find a motive for the film in Cohen's recent legal problems.
When I originally heard about this film, I didn't know what to expect, but director Nimrod Antal has made the finest film of his career, and quite possibly the finest
concert film in many years, at least since Iron Maiden's Flight 666.
So the
new concert film DVD cover image of her in fishnet stockings, clutching a bundle of red feathers — with the queasy implication that there's nothing underneath — just isn't going to tip me over into the «excited» camp about a release like this.
Critics Consensus: Imaginatively shot and edited, Metallica Through the Never is an electrifying,
immersive concert film, though its fictional sequences are slightly less assured.
No spoilers, except to say that Harvey Levin's TMZ gets royally skewered by Will Arnett and that
concert films from Katy Perry, One Direction and most especially Justin Bieber's Never Say Never are the source of many teasing taunts.
Premiering at Austin's vital SXSW Film Festival this week is Super High Me,
part concert film and part investigative documentary.
Bono had been in Park City, too, where the soon - to - be-released, eye -
popping concert film U2 3D was shown.
Qello launched its
HD concert films app for Android smartphones and Honeycomb tablets, promising to «transform the live music experience.»
His act is reminiscent of and, indeed, provoked by the raw, often homophobic and misogynistic rants of 1980s standup comedy acts — particularly Eddie Murphy's controversial 1983
concert film Delirious.
Jonathan Demme, the eclectic, ever - enthusiastic filmmaker behind the Oscar winners «The Silence of the Lambs» and «Philadelphia,» and the director of one of the most seminal
concert films ever made, the Talking Heads» «Stop Making Sense,» died Wednesday, April 26, 2017.
Of course, Fox also put its brand on one of the year's most invisible wide releases (The Big Year) and received disappointing results from its
Glee concert film and its latest Alvin and the Chipmunks sequel.
Obviously, Sony has no problem releasing an unfinished
concert film for the recently departed king of pop Michael Jackson.
It's a shame the Newsboys of today are mostly known for God's Not Dead, the last quarter of which is basically just a
Newsboys concert film.
In 1976, Ward attended the Last Waltz, the final concert by The Band at The Winterland in San Francisco, which Martin Scorcese turned into a
celebrated concert film.
He benefited hugely from his association with Foxworthy, who featured the comic in an occasional supporting role on his sitcom The Jeff Foxworthy Show; the two then teamed up with Larry the Cable Guy and Ron White for the mega-successful Blue Collar Comedy Tour, which spawned its
own concert film in 2003.
He followed it up by headlining
comedy concert films such as the 2006 Finesse Mitchell: Snap Famous — Live and snagged roles in films such as the 2007 Big Boi - starrer Who's Your Caddy?
Director Jonathan Demme has a gift for framing rock performance, having directed countless
superb concert films, including Stop Making Sense, widely seen as the high - water mark of the genre.
If Through the Never was a straight
ahead concert film it would be a masterpiece of heavy metal showmanship.
Today's wrap up includes a five - movie «Die Hard» marathon, Liam Neeson considering another action film, an Iam Fleming biopic, and a
combination concert film and narrative featuring Metallica.
Wolfen (Warner Archive, Blu - ray)-- The werewolf movie was revived and reworked with a vengeance in 1981 andWolfen, adapted from the Whitley Strieber novel and directed by Michael Wadleigh (his first feature since the
epic concert film Woodstock), was a far more radical take on the genre than either An American Werewolf in Londonor The Howling, though not as popular as either.
This
solid concert film also focuses on the fun - loving and kind - hearted side of Dave Chappelle, which hasn't always come across in his comedy.
Built around an extensive parody of the Talking
Heads concert film Stop Making Sense, the episode involved coming...
Pedro Almodóvar interview and Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Gene Hackman interview, Mississippi Burning, midsection on
Eighties concert films, The Last Temptation of Christ controversy, Venice Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival, Clara Bow, Ingmar Bergman
Timberlake also teamed - up with director Jonathan Demme for the
dynamite concert film «Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids» for Netflix.
«Katy Perry: Part of Me» (Paramount) is an
energetic concert film with behind scenes footage that «gives its target audience just about as much truth as it can handle,» according to MSN film critic Glenn Kenny.
It opens Friday, and the Pope Picture has Focus Features behind it and Wim Wenders behind the camera — who's had a fascinating career ranging from «Wings of Desire» and «The American Friend» to
U-2 concert films and too many... Continue reading →
Murphy ruled the»80s, headlining hugely successful movies like Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America and The Golden Child while still maintaining a stand - up career, even putting out two stand -
up concert films, Delirious and during the decade.
She has also worked on concert documentaries, such as «Katy Perry: Part of Me» and «Justin Bieber: Never Say Never,» the highest
grossing concert film of all time.
Demme shot the final two nights of JT's 20/20 Experience World Tour and blended them into a fantastic, 90 -
minute concert film.
Woodstock — I've been saying for years that Martin Scorsese won an Oscar for helping to edit this
massive concert film, but I was wrong.
To understand what director Jonathan Demme does so well with Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids, watch just about any
other concert film.
RIDE, RISE, ROAR Director: David Hillman Curtis A David
Byrne concert film that combines riveting onstage performances with documentary footage that explores the creative collaborations that make the music happen.
But the long - awaited Aretha
Franklin concert film, shot during her recording of the 1972 gospel album of the same name, ended up a no - show.
20,000 Days On Earth At first glance, it seemed to be a Nick
Cave concert film / documentary, but 20,000 Days On Earth appears to be something more.
Beginning with the rockabilly crooner's unexpected comeback, which resulted in the star -
studded concert film Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night, the authors then shift back to his humble beginnings in West Texas and follow him through a career that resulted in 22 chart - topping hits.
She is currently working on Mr. Demme's Justin
Timberlake concert film and helping to develop projects with the director.
The majority of the sculptures on show resemble ritualistic totems that reflect the seasons and echo the figures and clothing found in ancient Japanese theatre (that was also appropriated by David Byrne of Talking Heads for his famous «big suit» during the band's Stop Making
Sense concert film made in 1984).
Other highlights include the festival kicks off on Thursday night with an
original concert film event «Legends of Music» hosted by Joe Lauro at Bay Street Theater.
Somehow, in spite of its near - $ 200m budget, director Jon M. Chu (most known for some of the Step Up dance movies and a Justin
Bieber concert film) has managed to make a cheap - looking action movie.