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Documentary released to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Britain's best-known music festival. In 1970, a young farmer named Michael Eavis opened his 150-acre farm to 1500 people who paid one pound each to watch a handful of pop and folk stars perform all weekend long, and the Glastonbury Festival was born. The following year, several rich hippies, including Winston Churchill's granddaughter, provided funds to enlarge the event, and 12,500 people turned up to see David Bowie and Joan Baez. For most of the past 30 years, the Worthy Farm in Glastonbury has provided a delirious outdoor concert for thousands of people over the summer-solstice weekend. Julien Temple, whose film The Filth and the Fury screened at Sundance in 2000, has spent the past few years collecting footage from every single Glastonbury Festival, ranging from professional outtakes from the film Nicolas Roeg made about the 1971 event to amateur home videos collected from the attendees themselves, often retrieved from forgotten corners of closets and attics. Interweaving images of impromptu art happenings, skeptical locals, and stirring performances by music legends, not to mention the unbridled energy of each successive generation of youthful music fans, Glastonbury skillfully chronicles the evolution of the longest-running music festival in the world.
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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If, like me you're aching for the start of the festival season, and mourning the fact that there isn't a Glastonbury this year; this DVD is a must to buy!!! Directed by Julien Temple, this film is one of the most absorbing and inspiring music films I've ever seen!
I left the Cinema singing my favorite Morrissey songs, (Come on Mozza) missing the Mud, (did you loose your tent last year?) and looking forward to next year already.
Although some of the content left me yearning for times gone by, (John Peel ROCKS).... Some of the music is just CLASS.. such as
Coldplay, The Scissor Sisters, Radiohead, Blur, Foo Fighters, Fun Lovin' Criminals, David Bowie, Goldfrapp, Kaiser Chiefs, The Killers, Nick Cave, REM, The White Stripes, Velvet Underground, Quintessence, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Terry Riley, Morrissey, Faithless, Melanie, Prodigy, Toots an the Maytals, Primal Scream, Richie Havens, Alabama 3, Billy Bragg, Ernest Ranglin, Black Uhuru, Cypress Hill, The Skatalites, Babyshambles, The Levellers, David Gray, Bjork, Stereo MCs, Chemical Brothers, Dr.John, Joe Strummer
I left the Cinema singing my favorite Morrissey songs, (Come on Mozza) missing the Mud, (did you loose your tent last year?) and looking forward to next year already.
Although some of the content left me yearning for times gone by, (John Peel ROCKS).... Some of the music is just CLASS.. such as
Coldplay, The Scissor Sisters, Radiohead, Blur, Foo Fighters, Fun Lovin' Criminals, David Bowie, Goldfrapp, Kaiser Chiefs, The Killers, Nick Cave, REM, The White Stripes, Velvet Underground, Quintessence, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Terry Riley, Morrissey, Faithless, Melanie, Prodigy, Toots an the Maytals, Primal Scream, Richie Havens, Alabama 3, Billy Bragg, Ernest Ranglin, Black Uhuru, Cypress Hill, The Skatalites, Babyshambles, The Levellers, David Gray, Bjork, Stereo MCs, Chemical Brothers, Dr.John, Joe Strummer
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
How do you put all the Glastonbury ingredients into 1 film...impossible you might think...think again...this film does it perfectly and then adds a bit more.
It has all the mayhem, madness and (yes, some mud) that you can find at Glastonbury. I watched it at the cinema.. 70% of the people there had obviously experienced a lot of what happens in the film as they laughed and sang throughout..the rest...they all wanted to experience it, and you can bet after seeing this they will be there next year.
I'm glad this film shows that Glastonbury isn't just about the music. The music is fantastic. But when you watch this you'll know what I mean about what else goes on.
It made me pine even more for next year...and if you've ever thought of going this film will convince you it's the best weekend in the world.
It has all the mayhem, madness and (yes, some mud) that you can find at Glastonbury. I watched it at the cinema.. 70% of the people there had obviously experienced a lot of what happens in the film as they laughed and sang throughout..the rest...they all wanted to experience it, and you can bet after seeing this they will be there next year.
I'm glad this film shows that Glastonbury isn't just about the music. The music is fantastic. But when you watch this you'll know what I mean about what else goes on.
It made me pine even more for next year...and if you've ever thought of going this film will convince you it's the best weekend in the world.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By Janey B
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This film is a must see for anyone who has ever been to a Glastonbury Festival, It captures the event so totally, taking you right back there, and evoking so many memories and feelings of an extraordinary time.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Glasto
Bought it for one of my sons for Christmas - He loves it and having looked at the line up I can easily understand why.
Published 2 months ago by Joe Lowry
2.0 out of 5 stars
A Long, Drawn-Out Mess.
Firstly, Julien Temple is a fine director, I'm always hugely impressed how he must study hundreds of hours of archives and chooses which clips to include in his usually excellent... Read more
Published 8 months ago by nm1270
5.0 out of 5 stars
Glastonbury - Life and Times
I have never been to the Glastonbury Festival and so for me this allowed me to feel a part of something I have so far missed. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2011 by Heather
5.0 out of 5 stars
Glastonbury by Julien Temple
Good study of the festival from the punter's viewpoint. If you want to watch a movie that puts you in the mood for Glastonbury Festival - this is the one for you. Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2010 by Mr. Ritchie Feenie
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great memories
Captures the different experiences & attitudes of festival goers well.
Nicely balanced between the music & the all the other things you can do at Glastonbury.
Nicely balanced between the music & the all the other things you can do at Glastonbury.
Published on 27 Oct 2009 by Mr. D-G
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very uplifting. Almost like being there.
Conveys the magic of Glastonbury, both the mainstream entertainment and the hidden madness. The second disc isn't just a filler, it's great.
Published on 28 May 2009 by JR Davidson
4.0 out of 5 stars
Mud, mud, glorious mud
As the King of all music festivals takes a break in 2006, Temple's documentary is the closest thing you can get to the Glastonbury experience this year. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2007 by R. Hastings
1.0 out of 5 stars
Appalling - DVD
I dont know about the version you see in the cinema but this DVD must rank as one of my worst buys ever - its the complely disorganised way its put together. Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2006 by Geoffrey Gwillym
3.0 out of 5 stars
Wrong Terry
I haven't seen the DVD but I'm sure it's not Terry Riley (the experimental one), it's Terry Reid (the blues based rocker, who nearly was in Led Zep)
Published on 17 July 2006 by Toffeeman
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