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About 'hendrix sports'|13 citations....John Coscia, former Sports Editor







About 'hendrix sports'|13 citations....John Coscia, former Sports Editor








               This               D.A.

Pennebaker               concert               documentary               of               the               1967               Monterey               Pop               Festival               features               many               of               the               biggest               name               musical               performers               of               the               1960s.
               The               style               of               the               film               was               unusual               and               innovative               for               its               time.

It's               minimalist               in               that               there               is               no               narration,               no               text               providing               information,               and               no               more               background               or               context               than               what               the               cameras               happened               to               pick               up               scanning               the               crowd,               getting               sound               bites               from               people               arriving               for               the               concert,               etc.

The               opening               titles               provide               a               list               of               the               performers               who               appear               in               the               film;               otherwise               you               won't               know               who's               playing               unless               you               recognize               them.

(I               knew               about               60%               by               sight,               inferred               another               20%-30%               from               remembering               who               was               on               the               opening               list,               and               am               still               uncertain               of               10%-20%.

It               would               be               easy               enough               to               figure               out               all               of               them               though,               just               by               going               back               to               the               opening               list,               since               it               gives               the               names               in               the               order               they               appear.)
               What's               maybe               even               more               striking               for               a               concert               film               is               that               they               show               basically               nothing               of               what               happens               on               stage               other               than               (some               of)               the               songs               themselves.

There               are               no               introductions;               the               performers               don't               greet               the               crowd,               banter               with               the               crowd,               thank               the               crowd,               talk               about               the               songs               before               or               after,               etc.

You               don't               get               that               sense               of               interaction               between               the               performers               and               the               audience               (except               insofar               as               there               are               reaction               shots               of               the               crowd               during               some               of               the               performances,               and               you               see               how               into               it               they               are,               so               you               do               get               the               sense               that               the               performances               themselves               are               emotionally               resonating               with               people,               and               there's               a               connection               at               least               to               that               extent).
               The               camerawork               is               mostly               not               clear,               straightforward,               showing               the               whole               stage,               showing               things               in               easy               to               understand               perspective.

It               tends               instead               to               be               more               artsy,               with               lots               of               super               close-ups,               weird               angles,               and               "bad"               shots               like               the               backs               of               people's               heads               not               edited               out.

Plus               for               the               performances               after               sundown,               it               looks               like               they               didn't               illuminate               the               stage               all               that               much,               so               there's               a               kind               of               dark               look               to               some               of               the               film,               where               you               can't               fully               see               what's               going               on.
               I               thought               the               film               did               a               reasonably               good               job               capturing               the               overall               feel               of               the               event.

It's               a               nice               snapshot               of               certain               elements               of               the               '60s.

There's               a               "Summer               of               Love,"               "flower               power,"               feel-good               air               about               the               proceedings.

You               even               spot               a               few               children               in               the               crowd,               and               they               don't               seem               out               of               place               (as               they               certainly               would               have               been,               say,               when               I               first               went               to               stadium               rock               concerts               in               the               late               1970s).

It's               not               a               caricature               though,               like               you               might               get               in               a               current               retrospective               about               the               '60s.
               But               even               the               sex               and               drugs               seem               somehow               more               innocent               and               optimistic.

When               a               young               woman               making               her               way               to               the               concert               smiles               and               says               "Haven't               you               ever               been               to               a               love-in?"               it               doesn't               put               one               in               mind               of               a               raunchy               orgy.
               And               the               performers               themselves               seem               to               mostly               be               exuding               that               same               positive,               fun               spirit.
               It's               an               interesting               assortment.

From               the               Mamas               and               the               Papas               to               Otis               Redding               to               The               Who               to               Hugh               Masekela               to               Ravi               Shankar               and               on               and               on.

(I'm               curious               who               didn't               make               the               cut               to               be               in               the               movie,               since               they               only               show               maybe               a               dozen               acts,               and               I               have               the               sense               that               more               people               performed               at               this               multi-day               event.)               Not               that               none               of               these               acts               overlap               with               each               other               at               all,               but               that's               a               pretty               wide               variety               of               musical               types.

About               all               they               have               in               common               is               that               they               were               all               quite               popular               at               that               time,               but               they're               so               varied               that               this               film               is               more               analogous               to               highlights               of               the               Olympics               than               highlights               of               the               Super               Bowl.
               It's               pretty               short               for               a               feature               film,               so               almost               everyone               gets               only               one               song,               and               sometimes               not               even               a               whole               song.
               Of               course               these               are               very               subjective               reactions,               but               not               surprisingly               some               performances               connected               with               me               more               than               others.

It               was               kind               of               nice               seeing               the               Mamas               and               the               Papas,               and               Simon               and               Garfunkel,               among               others.

My               mind               wandered               a               bit               with               some               of               the               ones               where               I               didn't               recognize               the               song               (and               occasionally               didn't               recognize               the               performers).

I               had               mixed               feelings               about               the               artsy               camerawork               and               all               the               close-ups.

I'd               say               it               detracted               from               things               slightly               more               often               than               it               enhanced               them;               too               often               if               made               me               more               conscious               of               the               filmmaking               than               of               the               content               itself.
               The               film               picks               up               in               intensity               around               the               midway               point.

One               of               the               acts               from               that               part               of               the               film               is               The               Who,               who               give               a               spirited               performance,               but               maybe               a               little               "by               the               book."               They               fall               back               on               a               standard               from               several               years               earlier-My               Generation-and               smash               their               instruments               at               the               end,               which               was               their               wont.

It's               kind               of               like               they're               trying               to               give               a               harder               edge               to               the               proceedings,               offering               up               something               a               bit               incongruous               with               the               "peace               and               love"               of               most               of               the               other               acts.

Which               is               fine,               but               I               think               I               would               have               been               more               impressed               by               that               change               in               style               if               it               had               felt               like               honest,               spontaneous               emotion,               rather               than               just               their               usual               pre-planned               shtick.

(Keith               Moon               is               engaging,               however.

Has               anyone               ever               gotten               more               pure               joy               out               of               playing               rock               and               roll?)
               Jimi               Hendrix               gives               a               standout,               powerful               performance.

The               exaggerated               and               unsubtle               sensuality               of               it               (basically               humping               his               guitar,               humping               the               air,               etc.)               is               probably               about               as               far               as               one               could               go               without               drawing               an               X               rating               for               the               film.

At               the               same               time,               I               was               struck               by               his               playfulness               on               stage.

It's               not               just               a               raw,               threatening               black               man,               macho,               in               your               face,               kind               of               sexuality;               there's               a               spirit               of               fun               and               light-heartedness               to               his               tone               of               voice               and               the               way               he               gestures               to               the               crowd.
               It's               maybe               the               second               most               effective               performance               shown.

What               keeps               me               from               labeling               it               as               the               highlight               of               the               movie               is               that               there's               still               a               self-consciousness               to               it,               a               sense               that               he's               in               control               and               it's               all               a               show.

It's               very               skilled,               very               powerful               showmanship,               but               not               quite               real               enough               to               blow               me               away.
               Ravi               Shankar               is               handled               peculiarly.

They               choose               to               close               the               movie               with               him               (perhaps               because               the               concert               closed               with               him,               and               they               show               the               acts               in               chronological               order-I'm               not               sure).

His               instrumental               goes               on               and               on               and               on,               for               a               dozen               minutes               or               more,               way               longer               than               the               time               allotted               to               any               other               performer               in               the               movie.

And               for               the               first               half               or               so               of               it,               he's               never               shown.

Instead               it's               all               shots               of               the               audience               and               such,               to               the               point               where               I               was               wondering               if               there               was               some               weird               contractual               thing               that               he               couldn't               be               shown               in               the               movie.

Then               when               they               finally               do               show               him               (and               the               Indian               musicians               with               him),               it's               all               in               that               super               close-up               style.

It's               not               until               the               song               is               over               that               they               finally               pull               back               and               show               the               stage               and               you               get               a               better               perspective               of               what               they               looked               like               up               there.
               It's               not               bad,               but               I               don't               think               I               would               have               done               it               that               way.

They               get               a               little               too               cute               with               that,               plus               I'm               not               sure               why               he               warranted               so               much               more               time               than               the               others.

(Not               that               I               quarrel               with               how               much               time               they               gave               him.

I'd               probably               rather               the               movie               be               expanded               and               some               of               the               other               acts               given               more               time,               than               that               the               Shankar               segment               be               reduced               in               length.)
               But               the               hands               down               highlight               of               the               movie               is               Janis               Joplin's               performance               of               Ball               and               Chain.
               Wow.

Bring               on               the               clichs.

"Worth               the               price               of               admission,"               "Brings               down               the               house,"               etc.

I'm               reminded               even               of               sports               clichs.

People               talk               about               whether               you               win               or               lose,               you               always               want               to               know               you               "left               everything               on               the               field"               when               the               game's               over.

That's               Joplin               walking               off               the               stage               after               that               song.
               The               raw               intensity,               the               wailing               emotionalism               of               the               performance,               is               mesmerizing.

She's               so               willing               to               lay               it               all               out               there,               to               lose               herself               in               the               experience,               it's               like               you're               watching               some               combination               of               a               shattering               orgasm               and               a               person               shrieking               in               response               to               the               news               that               a               loved               one               has               died.

It               has               more               of               a               genuine               feel               to               it               than               even               the               best               of               the               very               good,               very               intense,               performances               of               Hendrix               and               some               of               the               others.
               I               have               this               live               performance               on               a               Janis               Joplin               CD,               and               the               track               runs               over               eight               minutes.

So               my               one               complaint               is               they               chop               it               down               in               the               movie               (which               again               stands               in               contrast               to               the               very               long               Ravi               Shankar               song).

But               otherwise,               I               think               the               filmmaking               enhances               this               performance.

I               talked               about               how               in               general               I               experienced               the               unconventional               camerawork               and               such               as               neutral               to               mildly               negative,               but               perhaps               it               takes               a               performance               like               this               to               really               warrant               that               treatment.
               For               most               of               the               other               songs,               I'd               probably               have               preferred               mostly               normal               shots               of               the               stage               where               you               can               see               everyone               and               see               what's               going               on,               with               maybe               occasional               close-ups               for               variety.

But               for               Ball               and               Chain               somehow               the               way               it               was               filmed,               the               close-ups               of               the               emotion               in               her               face,               fit               the               power               of               the               performance.
               Twice               there               are               close-ups               for               several               seconds               of               her               feet               on               stage.

Normally               I'd               roll               my               eyes               at               something               like               that               as               too               artsy,               but               it               works               here.

It               put               me               in               mind               of               Muhammad               Ali's               physician               Ferdie               Pacheco               commenting               that               when               Ali               really               wants               to               set               down               on               his               punches               and               maximize               their               power,               you               can               see               his               feet               curling               slightly               and               his               toes               gripping               the               canvas.

You               get               that               same               sense               from               those               shots               of               Joplin,               that               she's               digging               down               to               her               very               toes,               clenching               every               muscle               up               through               her               legs,               to               belt               out               that               song               with               everything               she's               got.
               The               emotion               isn't               just               in               her               face,               but               throughout               her               body,               throughout               her               being.
               There's               a               wonderful               reaction               shot               of               Mama               Cass               in               the               audience               (it's               interesting               how               some               of               the               performers               can               be               seen               in               the               audience               while               other               acts               are               on               stage)               with               her               mouth               agape,               watching               Joplin               "leave               everything               on               the               field."               Just               right.
               This               is               the               performance               you               want               for               the               time               capsule,               to               show               what               rock               and               roll,               what               the               blues,               can               be.
               Wow.






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