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Lightning in a Bottle
A concert/documentary film of a blues concert at Radio City Music Hall in Febuary 2003. Musicians of today are featured, but they play and sing music of the entire spectrum, spanning everyone from Blind Lemon Jefferson and Robert Johnson to Jimi Hendrix. There is some archival film and recordings of performances by such as Ledbelly and Muddy Waters but the film focuses on the live performance.
Director Antoine Fuqua, the editor, cameramen and DP do a great job of capturing the energy of the music and the interplay and raw sexual presence of the performers.
This is a must-see for those who love the blues—but it should be avoided by anyone who dislikes this music. Those who are neither lovers nor haters, may well become lovers after watching the movie.
Pick a theater with a good sound system—and one where they are not afraid to crank up the volume.
¡Time is not my master!
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