To me, this movie is perfection.

Thanks for the memories!

Pretty Good

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

The film chronicle of the legendary 1969 music festival.Looking back, one has to wonder how much Woodstock is a legendary moment in history because of what it was, and how much because of this film. Indeed, it was a major event of the 1960s, but if the director had not had the foresight to capture it all on film (and very nicely), would it have faded into history rather than be deemed an event that was a key part of the 20th century? Plenty of performances are shown, and we see the crowd far exceeding what anyone expected. At one point, it looks like people tear down a fence and just come streaming in without tickets.One of the strangest things? Apparently Martin Scorsese wan as editor on this film. Really? Wow. What a strange thing. And his long-time collaborator, Thelma Schoonmaker, too. (Oddly, director Michael Wadleigh never got so big, with his only other notable film being "Wolfen".)

The 1969 Woodstock concert might very well be the most legendary concert of all time. Not just only because who all performed but even more so the stuff and atmosphere surrounding the entire event. It was held at the height of the flower power craze and the entire event became much bigger and longer than eventually anticipated, resulting in some crazy events, as can be seen in this documentary.Yes, it is a documentary but it doesn't really feel like one. This sounds like a bad thing but it really isn't. It isn't a documentary that gives you any insightful information about the planning and execution of the whole event, with lots of backstage footage but it more is one that simply shows all of the stuff, as it happened. This gives you more the sort of feeling of what it must had been like, on and around the farm fields, the concert was being held on. Nothing about this documentary feels planned, as if they were just simply shooting away as much material as possible, which later got put together in the editing room by none other than Martin Scorsese, among many others.But the main emphasis is really put on its music and artist, with occasionally some footage of the festival attendees and the people living in the area, responding to all of the events. I liked it that it showed all of the events from many different perspectives and wasn't only just focusing on the beautiful and positive things that went on.But really, when the music plays, there are absolutely no distractions from it. The camera is filming the artist from the front only and doesn't ever cuts or swirls away from them. I liked this approach, which is quite different from normal other concert movies that often tend to focus on the audience as well. And there truly is some great music in this movie, played by some big name stars. I was actually surprised how I was able to recognize pretty much all of the artist that were on stage, even though all of them and their biggest hits were far before my time. It should tell you something about how legendary some of the persons that perform at Woodstock were. Janis Joplin, The Who, Santana, Joe Cocker and of course Jimi Hendrix, just to name a few, all make their appearances.The documentary is also really a testament of its time. It shows the atmosphere and the whole state of minds and mentality of youngsters, around that time. Searching for love and peace, with the help of some music..and lots of illegal substances! I can imaging how this bothered some 'older' people and different people around that time but now days, it's actually quite fun to watch all. It putted many of the festival goers into a certain mood, which also made them do some crazy things. One of the craziest things I saw in this documentary was a naked man dancing with a real sheep in his arms, in the middle of a big crowed. Why? Because he could of course! No one that looked surprised or bothered by it, just because it fitted in with the whole ideology and mentality of certain youngsters around that time. Everybody was allowed to do what he wanted and whatever made him or her happy, as long as it didn't involved any aggression.It's a really long and extensive portrayal of the Woodstock events. Depending on which version you are watching, the running time is close to 4 hours. And not only that, it often is using split-screens, so basically there is about 6 or 7 hours of footage to be seen in this documentary. It probably also helps to make it good and suitable for repeated viewings.Simply a must-see for the movie lovers and for those who enjoy a good concert registration, or are curious to find out what all that buzz about that 'old' Woodstock concert event was all about.8/10 http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

The Woodstock 1969 film is a 10!I would like to know who the hippie woman is who said she was intimidated by the Mic she was being interviewed with in the Woodstock 1969 film?The interview was right before Santana came on in the film. I subtract 2 points from the rating because the people who were interviewed were not credited. Since these people were in the most famous documentary of all time it would of been reasonable for them to be in the credits. This movie caused me to take interest in the history of the hippie movement. So I came up with 8 out of 10 for the rating of Woodstock 1969. I believe this is the best movie of all time. This movie will make you feel like you are back in 1969.

Surely this was filmed 100 years ago? It was certainly another world. The innocence and kindheartedness of nearly all the people in the film is what strikes this cynic the most.The promoters who accepted they were going to "take a big bath" when they realised they had to take down the fences and make it a free concert for safety reasons. The landowner who can't believe the amount of people who have come to his farmThe locals cheerfully giving food and water to the kids and commenting about how respectful they areThe kids going to a music festival but for some reason expecting and getting so much more - and then queuing to phone home and tell the parents they're okay! The performers who knew something special was happening and did their bit to make history. At more than 3 hours the film could have seemed too long but it doesn't as the performances and interviews with concert-goers mix perfectly. There are few interviews with the performers as the director recognises it was really all about the kids.It would be interesting to see present day interviews with people in the film to see their current day view on what happened at Woodstock but in the meantime we can only enjoy this living piece of history.