Velvett Fogg
05-06-2007, 08:59 PM
My Generation
(2000)
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Directed by:-Thomas Haneke, Barbara Kopple
Writing credit:-Barbara Kopple
Plot Summary
An interesting look at the degeneration of the Woodstock festival.
All three festivals are shown and contrasted.
From the supposedly peaceful motives of the 1969
show to the commercialism of the other shows and also the out and out violence of the last one.
I guess what got to me more than anything is the
extreme self-conciousness of the subsequent shows, constant references to
"Aren't we cool?" and "Oooo, this is so historic."
and attempting to live out the early concert by feeling
that you have to roll in mud and dress like hippies,
well, just because. It comes across very shallow and hollow as I am sure it was,
as the audience got quickly bored and resorted to their reptilian
minds by committing acts of destruction and violence.
I am sure in their minds these were acts of "revolution".
The leaders of the festival in later years seem to just be in a state of denial,
walking around with silly grins.
The documentary shows how much music has changed,
lyrics have gone from changing the world to now where images
of violence and hate spew forth from performers who are well protected
from the repercussions of their incitements.
Recommended if the subject holds some interest for you.
Cast
Aerosmith ... Themselves
Dickey Betts ... Himself
Blues Traveler ... Themselves
Joe Cocker ... Himself
David Crosby ... Himself (CSNY)
Crosby Stills Nash & Young ... Themselves
Sheryl Crow ... Herself
Roger Daltrey ... Himself (The Who)
Calvert DeForest ... Himself
Bob Disney ... Himself (Chief of Woodstock Security)
John Entwistle ... Himself (The Who)
Melissa Etheridge ... Herself
Perry Farrell ... Himself
Peter Gabriel ... Himself
Allen Ginsberg ... Himself
Richard Goldman ... Himself (Chief Medical Supervisor)
Tom Hamilton ... Himself (Aerosmith)
Jimi Hendrix ... Himself (archive footage)
Janis Joplin ... Herself (archive footage)
Joey Kramer ... Himself (Aerosmith)
Michael Lang ... Himself
Kurt Loder ... Himself
Moby ... Himself
Keith Moon ... Himself (The Who)
Graham Nash ... Himself (CSNY)
Rosie Perez ... Herself
Joe Perry ... Himself (Aerosmith)
John Popper ... Himself (Blues Traveler)
Al Roker ... Himself
Henry Rollins ... Himself
Hugh Romney ... Himself (Woodstock '94 Host) (as Wavy Gravy)
Joel Rosenman ... Himself
Jeff Rowland ... Himself
Carlos Santana ... Himself
Frank Schaller ... Himself (Owner of concert land)
John Sebastian ... Himself (archive footage)
Miles Solay ... Himself
Stephen Stills ... Himself (CSNY)
Pete Townshend ... Himself (The Who)
Steven Tyler ... Himself (Aerosmith)
Chris Vrenna ... Himself (Nine Inch Nails)
Michael Wadleigh ... Himself
Brad Whitford ... Himself (Aerosmith)
The Who ... Themselves
(2000)
http://www.thewho.net/linernotes/PeteLeeds.jpg
Directed by:-Thomas Haneke, Barbara Kopple
Writing credit:-Barbara Kopple
Plot Summary
An interesting look at the degeneration of the Woodstock festival.
All three festivals are shown and contrasted.
From the supposedly peaceful motives of the 1969
show to the commercialism of the other shows and also the out and out violence of the last one.
I guess what got to me more than anything is the
extreme self-conciousness of the subsequent shows, constant references to
"Aren't we cool?" and "Oooo, this is so historic."
and attempting to live out the early concert by feeling
that you have to roll in mud and dress like hippies,
well, just because. It comes across very shallow and hollow as I am sure it was,
as the audience got quickly bored and resorted to their reptilian
minds by committing acts of destruction and violence.
I am sure in their minds these were acts of "revolution".
The leaders of the festival in later years seem to just be in a state of denial,
walking around with silly grins.
The documentary shows how much music has changed,
lyrics have gone from changing the world to now where images
of violence and hate spew forth from performers who are well protected
from the repercussions of their incitements.
Recommended if the subject holds some interest for you.
Cast
Aerosmith ... Themselves
Dickey Betts ... Himself
Blues Traveler ... Themselves
Joe Cocker ... Himself
David Crosby ... Himself (CSNY)
Crosby Stills Nash & Young ... Themselves
Sheryl Crow ... Herself
Roger Daltrey ... Himself (The Who)
Calvert DeForest ... Himself
Bob Disney ... Himself (Chief of Woodstock Security)
John Entwistle ... Himself (The Who)
Melissa Etheridge ... Herself
Perry Farrell ... Himself
Peter Gabriel ... Himself
Allen Ginsberg ... Himself
Richard Goldman ... Himself (Chief Medical Supervisor)
Tom Hamilton ... Himself (Aerosmith)
Jimi Hendrix ... Himself (archive footage)
Janis Joplin ... Herself (archive footage)
Joey Kramer ... Himself (Aerosmith)
Michael Lang ... Himself
Kurt Loder ... Himself
Moby ... Himself
Keith Moon ... Himself (The Who)
Graham Nash ... Himself (CSNY)
Rosie Perez ... Herself
Joe Perry ... Himself (Aerosmith)
John Popper ... Himself (Blues Traveler)
Al Roker ... Himself
Henry Rollins ... Himself
Hugh Romney ... Himself (Woodstock '94 Host) (as Wavy Gravy)
Joel Rosenman ... Himself
Jeff Rowland ... Himself
Carlos Santana ... Himself
Frank Schaller ... Himself (Owner of concert land)
John Sebastian ... Himself (archive footage)
Miles Solay ... Himself
Stephen Stills ... Himself (CSNY)
Pete Townshend ... Himself (The Who)
Steven Tyler ... Himself (Aerosmith)
Chris Vrenna ... Himself (Nine Inch Nails)
Michael Wadleigh ... Himself
Brad Whitford ... Himself (Aerosmith)
The Who ... Themselves