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DVD : The Clash - Westway to the World
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The Clash - Westway to the World starring: Terry Chimes, Terence Dackombe, Topper Headon, Mick Jones, Jordan directed by: Don Letts |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780738900827 Format: Color, Director's Cut, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, NTSC ISBN: 0738900826 Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 09, 2002 Running Time: 60 minutes Studio: Sony Theatrical Release Date: April 09, 2002 Sales Rank: 11744 MPN: 50234 Related Items: Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
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 Rating:  - Just OKI am a big fan of The Clash. I can't wait for the new Joe Strummer documentary to come out. That said I watched The Ramones:The End Of the Century documentary and then this one right after. The Ramones doc was GREAT. The Clash one was just ok. I just didn't think it had enough interviews and it had annoying graphics in between each subject that were visually ok but that were left on the screen for what seemed like 30 seconds each before they began talking again. Not a great rock documentary but an ok one. Rating:  - Excellent overview of a great rock band4.5 stars The Clash became great once they transcended their punk beginnings and started writing songs with memorable melodies. Name another punk band that turned into a singles machine. You can't, because the Clash broke the mold. Most punk bands sucked because they couldn't play, and once the anger was gone, so was the edge. The Clash had two great songwriters who were willing to grow, and who also loved reggae, country, and many other styles, so they morphed into real musicians. Hence London Calling, one of the best records of its time, and miles advanced from their first album of only two years before. The intelligence contained in that advance is clearly on display here. Now that Strummer's dead, this will be the final ... Read More: Rating: - The Only Band That MattersThis DVD could be 2 hours of Joe Strummer farting into a telephone and it would still be immensly more interesting and entertaining than anything by today's "punks". Sure, I'd rather have some full song clips, but Strummer (and Topper, Paul and Mick for that matter) make up for it. Don't watch this if you're not already fairly knowledgeable about the band and the culture at the time...many of the soundbites, without context, may seem a little confusing. But even with the abbreviated live clips, you can get an idea of what this band meant at the time. I saw them 4 times between 1979 and 1981...best 4 concerts of my life. Rating: - Way, way less than what it could have beenI'm a huge Clash fan. I've been one since 1978, and I can't begin to tell you how much I've been wanting to get a documentary dvd on the only band that matters. So, I was excited to see this available, as well as the other dvd that highlights their videos. I bought both at the same time. Westway to the World could have been so much more. So very, very much more. While I really liked the interviews with the band members and the documentary itself, it was just too short. The lack of adequate live footage of them performing was very irritating. I kept waiting to be blown away, but it didn't happen. I was also disappointed that there weren't more "outside" sources commenting on the band. Surely the producers could have found ten to fifteen ... Read More: Rating: - "Either you became a power or you were crushed"So says the ever-sagely punk rock poet Joe Strummer, the featured player in this high-quality documentary about his legendary, incendiary and influential band, The Clash. Don Letts, a one-time DJ at the band's favorite club, the Roxy (and subsequent member of Mick Jones' post-Clash project, Big Audio Dynamite), culls from his catalog of amazing archival footage and draws upon his unparalleled access to the band to show us just how the Clash rose to the be the powers they were (and, to some extent, how crushed they became). The film starts out as an almost standard, run-of-the-mill rockumentary, with two exceptions: 1) this particular rock-doc is about one of the greatest bands of all time, so the music clips, although short, ... Read More: |
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