Review of Woodstock (1970) by Mjs M — 13 Jun 2009

This legendary documentary about the legendary concert manages to live up to an almost impossible challenge: being able to encompass a three day long event that has been built up far beyond what it probably actually was.

The film runs well over three hours and features one or two songs from most of the most memorable acts that were there that day. Ultimately though it, isn?t really the music that?s most memorable but the documentary material about the hippies in the mud and the townsfolk reacting to it all.

I don?t really have many complaints except that the quality of the music does very a lot and I also wasn?t much impressed by all the split screen, I liked the solid images a lot better than the divided footage.