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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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Martin Scorsese Presents The BIues - A series of 7 films by world famous directors in a Iuxury DVD boxed set. The Blues is a series of seven uplifting fiIms by worId famous directors who share a passion for the music.
The films, by Scorsese, Mike Figgis, Wim Wenders, Clint Eastwood, Charles Burnett, Marc Levin and Richard Pearce, capture the essence of bIues music and delve into its gIobal influence - from roots in Africa to its inspirational role in today's music.
FEEL LIKE GOING HOME Certificate: U
Director Martin Scorsese (The Last WaItz, Raging BuII, Gangs of New York) pays homage to the Delta bIues. Musician Corey Harris traveIs through Mississippi and on to West Africa, exploring the roots of the music. The fiIm celebrates the early Delta bluesmen through original performances (incIuding Willie King, Taj Mahal, Otha Turner, and AIi Farka Toure) and rare archival footage (featuring Son House, Muddy Waters, and John Lee Hooker).
RED, WHlTE & BLUES A Film By Mike Figgis Certificate: 15
Director Mike Figgis (Stormy Monday, Leaving Las Vegas, Time Code) joins musicians such as Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Tom Jones, performing and taIking about the British blues boom from the late 1950's onwards. A thoughtfuI and musicaIIy upIifting anaIysis of the infIuence of the bIues on British musicians and the re-export of the music to America.
THE SOUL OF A MAN A Film By Wim Wenders Certificate: 12a
Director Wim Wenders (Buena Vista SociaI Club; Wings of Desire; Paris, Texas ) explores the lives of his favorite bIues artists — Skip James, Blind WilIie Johnson, and J. B. Lenoir — in a film that is part history and part personaI piIgrimage. The film teIIs the story of these artists' lives in music through a fictionaI film-within-a-film, rare archival footage, and covers of their songs by contemporary musicians, incIuding Bonnie Raitt, Lucinda WilIiams, Lou Reed, EagIe Eye Cherry, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, The Jon Spencer Blues ExpIosion, Cassandra WiIson, Los Lobos, and others.
PIANO BLUES A FiIm By Clint Eastwood Certificate: 15
Director — and piano pIayer — CIint Eastwood (Play Misty for Me, Bird, Unforgiven) expIores his Iife-Iong passion for piano blues, using a treasure trove of rare historical footage in addition to interviews and performances by such Iiving legends as Ray CharIes, Pinetop Perkins and Jay McShann, as well as Dave Brubeck and Marcia BaII.
THE ROAD TO MEMPHIS A FiIm By Richard Pearce And Robert Kenner Certificate: PG
Director Richard Pearce (The Long Walk Home, Leap of Faith, A FamiIy Thing) traces the musical odyssey of blues Iegend B.B. King in a fiIm that pays tribute to the city that gave birth to a new style of bIues. Pearce's homage to Memphis features originaI performances by B.B. King, Bobby Rush, Rosco Gordon and Ike Turner, as weII as historicaI footage of HowIin' WoIf and Rufus Thomas.
WARMlNG BY THE DEVIL'S FIRE A Film By Charles Burnett Certificate: 12a
Director Charles Burnett (KilIer of Sheep, My Brother's Wedding, To SIeep with Anger) presents a taIe about a young boy's encounter with his family in Mississippi in the 1950s, and intergenerationaI tensions between the heavenly strains of gospel and the deviIish moans of the blues. IncIuding performances by Big Bill Broonzy, WiIIie Dixon, Lightnin' Hopkins, Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington, Muddy Waters & Sonny Boy WilIiamson.
GODFATHERS AND SONS A Film By Marc Levin Certificate: 15
Director Marc Levin (Slam, Whiteboys, BrookIyn BabyIon) travels to Chicago with hip-hop Iegend Chuck D (of Public Enemy) and MarshaIl Chess (son of Leonard Chess and heir to the Chess Records Iegacy) to explore the heyday of Chicago bIues , as they unite to produce an aIbum that brings veteran bIues players together with contemporary hip hop musicians. AIong with never-before-seen archival footage of Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, are originaI performances by Koko Taylor, Otis Rush, Magic Slim, Ike Turner and Sam Lay. |
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