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 ROGER
WATERS
THE WALL - Live In Berlin
Special Edition
While this is pretty much the same DVD released in 2003, the only real
difference is the new packaging, new animated menus, an altered art
gallery and the option to listen to isolated audio extracts. The same
documentary is used while this new edition excludes unused footage shot
for projections. If you already own the original DVD release, getting
this one will be a double buy (unless you're a big fan who wants all
the bits & pieces.
Below follows the original review.
During the fall of the Berlin Wall, the ever conscientious Roger
Waters
saw the opportunity to set up his classic Pink
Floyd
rock opera with enormous scale and impact on this significant location
before hundreds of thousands spectators (and broadcast to 300 million
viewers worldwide!). Mid-1990, a year after the wall's demise, the intense
production planning and calling in of a string of high profile guest
artists and musicians, Postdamer Platz (the notorious stretch between
the divided city) came to life in unity, with one of the most spectacular
shows you're likely to see (even a decade later). Some of the guest
artists include German rockers Scorpions,
Ute Lemper, Sinead O'Connor, Cyndi Lauper, The Band, Joni Mitchell,
Bryan Adams, Paul Carrack, Van Morrison and Thomas Dolby, with
actors Tim
Curry, Albert Finney
plus many more. A documentary on the monstrous production points out
some interesting bits like the conflict with Sinead
O'Connor,
the marching band and the cold war history itself. One of the many triumphs
includes the systematic building of a gigantic wall, which has the incredible
animation and artwork of Gerald
Scarfe
projected onto the huge canvas, dwarfing the musicians. Enormous inflatable
crane operated character figures are also incorporated to staggering
effect. In a mind-blowing finale the erected wall is torn down - a jaw
dropping vision. Additional material includes set- and character design,
animations, previously unseen footage plus a 12-page booklet with notes
by executive producer Tony
Hollingsworth.
A truly historic show coupled with a significant globe-altering historic
event.
6 / A
- PB
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