A hit and miss affair which flits frantically from pretention to mildly diverting and back again. 1 Giant Leap is a new take on the Baraka/Koyaanisqatsi kind of film, showing 'highlights' of life on earth, lobbing in some philosophy and popular culture to keep the Red Bull generation interested. Highlights include the ever-sharp insights of Kurt Vonnegut, dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson and some truly inspired visuals. The downside is the same as with most of these macroscopic attempts to show the
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ABBA THE MOVIE (1977)
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Seventies costumes are abundant in this celebration of the ultimate kitsch band. There's loosely a plot in amongst the concert footage. This consists of a deejay chasing the band through their Australian tour. Not exactly thick with storyline, it is however, done with self-depreciating humour and a dabble of panache.
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AC/DC LIVE AT DONNINGTON (2007)
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The mighty 'dc trawl through their back catalogue of reprehensible rock before an enormous crowd. The set features a high quota of classic Bon Scott period material for those of us who remember them back in the day. The performance matches the majesty of their 'basic boogie played VERY loud' approach with attitude, props and theatrics that leave one wondering if the taste police are being payed off in order to keep the band on the road. There's more than a whiff of the Spinal Taps about them, an
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CAN DVD (2003)
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Documentary evidence that the enormous influence of German music doesn't begin and end with Kraftwerk. The main attractions on this two discer are a live performance from 1972 by the golden Can line up featuring vocalist Damo Suzuki and an excellent documentary spanning the bands career which includes TV appearances on The Old Grey Whistle Test and Top of the Pops. Its a shame that most of the other 'special features' amount to a load of text biographies but the (very) short film by Brian Eno is
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CHEMICAL BROTHERS: SINGLES 93-03 (2003)
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A compilation of the Chemical geezers live performances from 1999 to 2002, with an interview from the boys themselves and a few famous fans.
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GORILLAZ: DEMON DAYS LIVE (2006)
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Over five nights last November the musical collaborators behind Gorillaz' second album Demon Days assembled in Manchester to take on the task of recreating the album onstage. This was the very first live rendition of the record, as sanctioned by band members 2D, Murdoc, Russel and Noodle themselves.
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GREENDALE (2003)
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In Greendale, Neil Young has made what he calls a "musical novel," telling the story of a three generational family, a cop's inadvertent murder and the sociopolitical evolution of a girl named Sun Green. Not a concert film, Young directs actors on locations on his Northern California home turf to create his Greendale, a rural town microcosm of a world in crisis. He shot the film himself on a German Super 8 underwater camera he loves. Then it was blown up to 35mm, giving the film a rough-hewn, al
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INTERSTELLA 5555: THE STORY OF THE SECRET STAR SYSTEM (2003)
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An unsurprisingly bizarre collaboration between Daft Punk and the animated designs of Leiji Matsumuto finds four alien musicians kidnapped by a dastardly manager and moulded into the greatest band on Earth. Weird and wonderful.
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JACKSON THIS IS IT (2009)
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This hybrid of a film, part back scenes documentary (interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage as Jacko prepared for the never to be done London.shows), part live footage and part video hits is seamlessly put together in a wonderful tribute to the man we would have loved Michael Jackson to have been, a singer without a hint of the narcotic stupor he was rumoured to have fallen into, no destructive revelations from our gutter press and no little boys hanging around backstage. This is Neverland
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KRAFTWERK: MINIMUM-MAXIMUM (2005)
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Over two hours of the Kraftwerk gang on their 2004 world tour. They still ‘Rock' (if that's the right word), in case you're wondering.
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