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THE BLANK GENERATION / DANCING BAREFOOT

DVD Double Feature

PATTI SMITH GROUP, TALKING HEADS, RAMONES, TELEVISION,

BLONDIE, TUFF DARTS, WAYNE COUNTY, HARRY TOLEDO,

MARBLES, MIAMIS SHIRTS, DOLLS, HEARTBREAKERS

CARATTERISTICHE:

ETICHETTA E ANNO : Wienerworld Ltd, 2002

NR. DI CATALOGO: 5018755212512

STATO: NUOVO SIGILLATO

A double-feature DVD containing "Blank Generation," a 1976 film from

Amos Poe and Ivan Kral, shot at CBGB's, which defines the birth of NYC

Punk & New Wave and includes live pre-record performances from Blondie,

The Patti Smith Group, Talking Heads, Wayne County,Johnny Thunders &

the Heartbreakers with Richard Hell, & Television (post-Hell).

“Dancin' Barefoot” is a look at the NY Punk scene through the eyes of Ivan

Kral, who is best known as guitarist and songwriter in the Patti Smith Group.

Features an in-depth look at the Patti Smith Group including live footage &

interviews. Also includes footage & interviews from & Iggy Pop

Durata: 180 minuti

Edizione: Dvd Singolo

Audience Rating: Vietato Ai Minori Di 15 Anni

Confezione: Keep Case

Formati video: Fullscreen (4:3)

Supporto: DVD: Singolo lato, doppio strato

Colore: Colore

Documentario: Sì

New York, metà anni '70. La musica e la creatività dietro ad essa stavano

cambiando, in un modo che avrebbe poi rivoluzionato l'industria discografica

e non solo.
Alcuni club underground, in particolare il CBGBs, portavano sul palco gruppi

e sonorità diversissime, con una sola costante: l'originalità.
"Blank Generation" è il resoconto di un particolare momento della storia della

musica, in cui la diversità sbocciava ovunque e la spavalderia diveniva di per

sé bellezza. Questa vera e proprio antologia proto-punk presenta i Ramones, i

Television, gli Heartbreakers, i Talking Heads, il Patti Smith Group, Blondie

e le altre band dell'epoca.
Potrete guardare le performance dei gruppi, incredibilmente grezze e "vere";

gli artisti vengono inoltre ripresi nel backstage (con tanto di scatti fotografici)

e mentre ciondolano in giro, parlano, bevono...mentre sono sè stessi insomma.

"Blank Generation" è un vero e proprio testamento, dedicato a coloro che

apprezzano lo spirito della musica underground. In esso troverete i grandi nomi

della scena newyorchese di fine anni '70, impegnati a creare (inconsapevolmente?)

qualcosa di nuovo, quel genere che poi sarebbe stato chiamato Punk.
Il secondo documentario ("Dancing Barefoot") è invece una sorta di biografia, un

viaggio rock'n'roll su e di Ivan Kral, chitarrista noto soprattutto per la sua militanza

nel Patti Smith Group.
In questo documentario di metà anni '90, Kral racconta la Storia, sua e dei gruppi

con cui ha suonato, dagli stentati inizi a Praga fino all'arrivo a New York in

concomitanza con la nascita della scena punk, per poi rivelare agli spettatori cosa

ha fatto negli anni successivi alla sua fuoriuscita dal Patti Smith Group; il tutto

condito con interviste d'epoca e testimonianze di personaggi come John Cale, Patti

Smith, David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Johnny Ramone e molti altri. Molte delle

scene sono girate allo storico club CBGBs e Kral parla con passione ed autorità,

conscio di aver vissuto un periodo particolare della storia della musica e di poter

dire orgoglioso: "Io c'ero".

Amos Poe and Ivan Kral's The Blank Generation is not really a documentary about

the mid- to late-70's underground rock scene centered around CBGB's. It is more

like an historical document that has survived the commercialization and eventual

dissolution of that scene. Shot in 1975 at CB's, The Blank Generation features many

of the scene's then-rising stars, like Talking Heads, The Ramones, Television, Blondie,

The Patti Smith Group, and The Dolls, as well as other punk innovators like The

Heartbreakers. The idea was to document the energy and sounds of these bands for

those in the crowd then to be able to relive together. The film itself, despite what

everything you read about it may indicate, does NOT contain "performances" from these

musicians. It consists entirely of black and white 8mm footage of the bands playing with

their music not synched up on the soundtrack. While the aesthetic that emerges matches

the patchwork style of the bands and the clubs, it makes the viewing experience less

enlightening than, say, actual live gigs would have been. Still, seeing Talking Heads

as a three-piece (and David Byrne before he got his teeth fixed), or baby-faced Joey

Ramone, or Patti Smith's raw energy still makes watching The Blank Generation

worthwhile.

Wisely paired up with The Blank Generation on this DVD is Dancing Barefoot, an

hour-long piece produced for Czech television about Ivan Kral (nicknamed "The Bad

Czech"), an integral part of the CB's crowd. He briefly played with Blondie early on, then

played in Patti Smith's band through their four seminal albums, then with Iggy Pop and

John Waite, before branching out on his own.

Kral found himself in New York at a young age and soon became banned from returning

to Czechoslovakia. Without an American citizenship he was a man without a home.

His political experiences along with his love for rock and roll made him a perfect addition

to Smith's band and Dancing Barefoot (named for a Kral-penned song that appeared on

Smith's album Wave) details what made this combination click. Stopping along the way

to delve into each group Kral played with (the film pulls no punches in its portrayal of

Iggy Pop's late-70s' early-80's drug dependence), Dancing Barefoot is a fascinating look

at an unusual character. It includes interviews with members of Blondie, Talking Heads,

The Ramones, as well as Iggy Pop, John Waite, and Patti Smith, and includes footage

from The Blank Generation.

The Blank Generation and Dancing Barefoot make a fine double feature. Together they

tell the story of a music, a movement, and a frame of mind.

Many of the recordings are of primitive versions of these bands, before the record

contracts and fancy recording studios. Live recordings from later on sound better.

There are a series of songs presented as extras