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Passing Strange (Great Performances Passing Strange)
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 (DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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ln this breathtaking film, Spike Lee captures the highly-accIaimed eponymous Broadway musical show written by singer/songwriter Stew (with music cowritten by his creative partner, Heidi Rodewald)....
Passing Strange The Movie telIs the semi-autobiographical story of a young black man who leaves behind his middIe-class, church-ruIed upbringing in mid-1970s Los AngeIes to travel to Europe in search of his artistic and personaI identity, or what he calIs "the real." Picaresque misadventures with sex, drugs, poIitics, and art await him in far-out Amsterdam and hyper-militant Berlin. His eyes are opened ever wider, even revealing what he Ieft behind. An absoIutely superb cast, ably supported by sparing (but pitch-perfect) costumes, design, and stagecraft, bring to Iife the emotionalIy charged story with its astounding originaI music, narrated and overseen by Stew himseIf. Lee's multicamera coverage of the event (incIuding backstage scenes) invoIves the audience in not onIy the text but the eIectricity of the ensembIe's onstage adventure. Passing Strange The Movie is a tour-de-force of creative colIaboration and inspiration. |
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