- Actors: Mike Heron, Licorice McKechnie, Rose Simpson, Robin Williamson
- Directors: Peter Neal
- Writers: Peter Neal
- Producers: Austin John Marshall, Joe Boyd
- Format: Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Language English
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: NR (Not Rated) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Mvd Visual
- DVD Release Date: 19 Mar 2002
- Run Time: 50 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005V9J2
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 178,080 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
It's great to see this film (once thought lost forever) widely available again. Originally planned for the BBC "Omnibus" programme, it only had a limited cinema release as even in the early Seventies, the Incredible String Band were something of a minority interest: even loyal fans had been sorely tried by the surreal parable "U" and the glory days of "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter" seemed long gone. What we get here though, is a wonderul testament to an extraordinary band: some early concert footage (Robin and Mike telling the story of Noah and the Dove, a bit of "Mercy I Cry City" and some tasty duelling guitars on "See All the People), a couple of excellent studio tracks ("All Writ Down" and the majestic "Iron Stone"), some very amusing "of-their-time" interviews and a totally hysterical "fable" in fancy dress with rubbish props. Its all quite amazing, Incredible in fact. Well worth getting if you recall the String Band with any degree of affection - The Iron Stone alone is worth the price of the video - but essential for their ever-growing league of fans.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Way back in the 1970s, I met someone who claimed to have seen this film in a village hall halfway up a mountain in North Yorkshire during a rainstorm. Decades spun by and I despaired of ever seeing it myself. Then, lo and behold, a VHS release, followed by DVD. Yay! I now have both.
Be warned that this film is a very hippy artefact, replete with much long hair adorning both men and women, many strange and flowered costumes, much fey dialogue, peace and love. Personally, having been 14 in 1967, I love all this stuff. In my youth, I longed to hitchhike to Scotland and join the Incredible String Band in the Edinburgh idyll this film so lovingly documents (actually, I think it's mostly filmed in Wales, but I'd heard they came from Edinburgh so that's where I wanted to go). Seeing Mike and Robin, Rose and Licorice and their friends looning through the heather in fairytale dress making mystical gestures reminds me why I had that dream. The whole atmosphere of the film sings of the blissful possibilities we all believed in then. Cynicism had no place in the ISB universe, nor has it any place in this review. Oh yes, and the musical sections are great, there are bucket-loads of wonderful, whacky humour on display and the whole thing is a joyous reminder of wonderful times and of a truly great, truly original, truly incredible string band.
Be warned that this film is a very hippy artefact, replete with much long hair adorning both men and women, many strange and flowered costumes, much fey dialogue, peace and love. Personally, having been 14 in 1967, I love all this stuff. In my youth, I longed to hitchhike to Scotland and join the Incredible String Band in the Edinburgh idyll this film so lovingly documents (actually, I think it's mostly filmed in Wales, but I'd heard they came from Edinburgh so that's where I wanted to go). Seeing Mike and Robin, Rose and Licorice and their friends looning through the heather in fairytale dress making mystical gestures reminds me why I had that dream. The whole atmosphere of the film sings of the blissful possibilities we all believed in then. Cynicism had no place in the ISB universe, nor has it any place in this review. Oh yes, and the musical sections are great, there are bucket-loads of wonderful, whacky humour on display and the whole thing is a joyous reminder of wonderful times and of a truly great, truly original, truly incredible string band.
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If you're a fan you probably have this already, if not you are probably better starting off with an album like 5000 Spirits. The first half of this is a documentary including some concert footage and a great "video" performance of The Iron Stone; the second half sees them enacting a fable on a Welsh hillside through the medium of mime. The first half is excellent, the second half is a load of old twaddle (though still quite endearing).
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Nothing like them before or since
I first heard ISB in their 60s heyday and was knocked out by their unique blend of Celtic folk and oriental influences. There's simply nothing else like it. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mr. A. Maunder
Even better now
I saw this in the summer of 1970 in a small London theatre; 40 years later it does not appear ridiculous or self-indulging at all - not at all! Read more
Published on 22 April 2010 by Angantyr
Magick!
I suspect those who didnt like this were xpecting a live/concert thing?
No: this is a wonderfuly imagistic 'portrait' of the band. Read more
No: this is a wonderfuly imagistic 'portrait' of the band. Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2007 by Lucian Taylor
be glad, but not as glad as you could be
As someone who owned the original LP of "Be glad", I was looking forward to hearing again those great old songs (Vishangro, Come with me, All writ down) but they have not been... Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2003 by Paul Stupple
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