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This is the independent film history of Pink Floyd. The controversial twists and turns of the Floyd story is told in a unique series of interviews featuring Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and the late Richard Wright. The recollections of the band are compared and contrasted the views of the insiders who worked with Pink Floyd in the studio and on the road.
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55 of 55 people found the following review helpful
I don't often write reviews unless something I've purchased is either exceptionally good or exceptionally bad. "Momentary Lapse of Reason - The True Story Of Pink Floyd" is classic false advertising and at risk of using a weak pun, definitely a lap of reason on my side to purchase.
Shortly, my impressions of the production:
Nothing that wouldn't look exactly the same on DVD
Nothing new - all the information can be sourced from a decent website with infinitely more depth. Interviews with Waters, Gilmour and Mason are mainly superficial except for perhaps the recollection of Barrett's appearance at the recording of Shine On You Crzzy Diamond where an ever so slightly bit of human emotion could be detected from teh band members' recollections)
Nothing good - the editing is poor, cheap, cheesy and repetitive (a panning shot of a bunch of old studio sound meters and crappy (probably a failed attempt to emulate the 70's psychedilia) transition effects get used over and over and over.
Nothing original - clearly the producers couldn't afford the rights to PF's original music, so all background tracks are by cover artists like Forever Autumn et al. Images seem to have been sourced from the web and get repeated so many times one is almost tempted to check if you're not wathcing the same chapter over and over.(PS: Perhaps my ignorance, but all credits (from beginning to end titles) throughout the video refer to the songs as : Preformed by ..... surely that should be 'Performed').
Nothing interesting - It is NOT the true story of Pink Floyd. It is a chronological listing of most of PF's albums from Syd Barrett days to Momentary Lapse of Reason - nothing beyond that. Add to this some arbitrary, subjective comments about the value of the albums (with a badly scripted and Autocue'd commentary by former British radio presenter, Tommy Vance) and that is the sum total of the commentary.
Nothing compelling - just when you think perhaps the good stuff is still coming, the end titles start scrolling
Nothing professional - the entire production reminds me of a high-school video project in which it will get you a good B+.
I suspect the producers are PF fans, and probably tried to dig deep into the soul of PF - but they failed dismally. It is a diluted insignificant listing of PF albums. I am the first to admit the producers who were interviewed provided some seriously needed legitimacy to the entire production, but unfortunately not enough to rescue the result from mediocrity.
Rather skip this and go out and buy the entire set of old recordings on CD.
Shortly, my impressions of the production:
Nothing that wouldn't look exactly the same on DVD
Nothing new - all the information can be sourced from a decent website with infinitely more depth. Interviews with Waters, Gilmour and Mason are mainly superficial except for perhaps the recollection of Barrett's appearance at the recording of Shine On You Crzzy Diamond where an ever so slightly bit of human emotion could be detected from teh band members' recollections)
Nothing good - the editing is poor, cheap, cheesy and repetitive (a panning shot of a bunch of old studio sound meters and crappy (probably a failed attempt to emulate the 70's psychedilia) transition effects get used over and over and over.
Nothing original - clearly the producers couldn't afford the rights to PF's original music, so all background tracks are by cover artists like Forever Autumn et al. Images seem to have been sourced from the web and get repeated so many times one is almost tempted to check if you're not wathcing the same chapter over and over.(PS: Perhaps my ignorance, but all credits (from beginning to end titles) throughout the video refer to the songs as : Preformed by ..... surely that should be 'Performed').
Nothing interesting - It is NOT the true story of Pink Floyd. It is a chronological listing of most of PF's albums from Syd Barrett days to Momentary Lapse of Reason - nothing beyond that. Add to this some arbitrary, subjective comments about the value of the albums (with a badly scripted and Autocue'd commentary by former British radio presenter, Tommy Vance) and that is the sum total of the commentary.
Nothing compelling - just when you think perhaps the good stuff is still coming, the end titles start scrolling
Nothing professional - the entire production reminds me of a high-school video project in which it will get you a good B+.
I suspect the producers are PF fans, and probably tried to dig deep into the soul of PF - but they failed dismally. It is a diluted insignificant listing of PF albums. I am the first to admit the producers who were interviewed provided some seriously needed legitimacy to the entire production, but unfortunately not enough to rescue the result from mediocrity.
Rather skip this and go out and buy the entire set of old recordings on CD.
26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
I read the review by Eugene 'The Genie' Goosen "Raingod" here on Amazon.com before watching this and assumed Eugene was likely being unrealistically harsh.
But after watching this myself I came away with the impression that this production is nothing more than a money-grab by people who have no substantial connection to Pink Floyd.
Most of the relevant video footage is taken from "The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story." A fair chunk of the original video footage is of inconsequential past acquaintances and others who don't seem to have any relationship with Pink Floyd other than having heard of them.
The video footage is all standard-definition so it would seem the only reason why this horrible production was released on Blu-ray was as a cheap marketing ploy.
As Eugene's review already points out, all the music in this production are covers and unbelievably the credits for the cover bands really do say "Preformed by."
This Blu-ray DVD is a complete waste of money and time.
But after watching this myself I came away with the impression that this production is nothing more than a money-grab by people who have no substantial connection to Pink Floyd.
Most of the relevant video footage is taken from "The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story." A fair chunk of the original video footage is of inconsequential past acquaintances and others who don't seem to have any relationship with Pink Floyd other than having heard of them.
The video footage is all standard-definition so it would seem the only reason why this horrible production was released on Blu-ray was as a cheap marketing ploy.
As Eugene's review already points out, all the music in this production are covers and unbelievably the credits for the cover bands really do say "Preformed by."
This Blu-ray DVD is a complete waste of money and time.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
In short, nothing new. Much of this has been taken from other much better documentaries, all the musical clips were played by cover bands and very poor quality video, certainly doesnt look like Blue Ray....waste of money!
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