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Title: Very Choppy Editing Ruins A Great Performance
Review: Man, this looked like it was probably a great show in person...but the editing makes my stomach turn.1.5 seconds of an extreme close-up of Bryan Ferry's face. Cut to .5 second shot of crane camera swooping overhead. Cut to 1.0 second shot of Phil playing guitar. Cut to rapid-fire shots of good-looking female backing musicians. Quick cut back to Ferry. And on and on and on.Very MTV-looking and flashy, with a pacing that only ADD types will truly enjoy. Even most of the classic tunes are sped up to the point of sounding hyper. There is virtually no sense of the interplay between musicians here...no time to really feel the emotion of the performances. Just flash cut to flash cut to flash cut.The editor was obviously not a musician.I love Roxy Music and desperately wanted to love this DVD, but instead I pretty much hate it. Buy the Musikladen disc instead.
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