| | Glastonbury (Two Discs) | |
Description
A documentary on the 30th anniversary of Britain's best-known music festival,
the definitive experience that is Glastonbury! With no Glasto' festival in 2006,
this may be the best way to sample the finest musical gathering in the UK.
In 1970, a young farmer named Michael Eavis opened his 150-acre farm to 1,500
people who paid one pound each to watch a handful of pop and folk stars perform
all weekend long, and the Glastonbury Festival was born. The following year,
several rich hippies, including Winston Churchill's granddaughter, provided
funds to enlarge the event, and 12,500 people turned up to see David Bowie and
Joan Baez. For most of the past 30 years, the Worthy Farm in Glastonbury has
provided a delirious outdoor concert for thousands of people over the
summer-solstice weekend. Julien Temple, whose film The Filth and the Fury
screened at Sundance in 2000, has spent the past few years collecting footage
from every single Glastonbury Festival, ranging from professional outtakes from
the film Nicolas Roeg made about the 1971 event to amateur home videos collected
from the attendees themselves, often retrieved from forgotten corners of closets
and attics. Interweaving images of impromptu art happenings, skeptical locals,
and stirring performances by music legends, not to mention the unbridled energy
of each successive generation of youthful music fans, Glastonbury skillfully
chronicles the evolution of the longest-running music festival in the world.
Special Features
Disc 1 - Interactive shuffle track feature: re-edit the film to create your own festival, commentary by Julian Temple (director) and Jarvis Cocker, Disc 2 - Uncut tracks. Full performances from: Foo fighters, Fun Lovin Criminals, Goldfrapp, Kaiser Chiefs, Nick Cave, Paul McCartney, Radiohead, R.E.M., The White Stripes, The Killers. Interviews with: Michael Eavis (festival founder), other celebrities incl. James Brown, Coldplay, Noel Gallagher and festival goers. Deleted sequences: Glastonbury Ceremony, The Stone Circle, Freeing The Spirit: Glastonbury 1999 Featurette.
Technical Details
Region 2
Running Time: 138 minutes
Main Language: English
Hearing Impaired Languages: English
Genre: Documentary
Certificate: PEGI 18+ PEGI Minimum Age 18
Directed by: Julian Temple
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