Black Sabbath: The Last Supper (1999) (V)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Directors:

Jeb Brien
Monica Hardiman

Release Date:

15 June 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot Keywords:

Rock Star | Rock Concert | Rock Music | Guitarist | Live Concert

Cast

Ozzy Osbourne	...	Himself (Vocals)
Geezer Butler	...	Himself (Bass)
Tony Iommi	...	Himself (Guitar)
Bill Ward	...	Himself (Drums)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Geoff Nicholls	...	Himself (Keyboards)

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Company:

Automatic Productions

Soundtrack:

After Forever

A Great Concert Continually Interrupted

This movie would have been alright, indeed probably excellent, if the directors would have left the interviews and the concert footage separate. "Into the Void" is a great song, and I hate how it is cut off at the best part to go to an mumbling interview with Ozzy Osbourne. That should have been at the end of the film, or located in a special feature. The best part of concert DVDs is to put them on and let the music play, but "Black Sabbath: The Last Supper" is hard to put and and simply let play because the music is continually interrupted. Nevertheless, there are a few strengths to this film; the concert footage, when it does play, it excellent. Black Sabbath returns to the stage after a long hiatus without Osbourne and this film captures that well: Sabbath basically rocks the fans. The fans, of course, have a sweet advantage in the film because they are seeing the band live, of course, but also they do not have to put up with the incessant interviews that the DVD viewers are burdened with. Shame on Jeb Brien and Monica Hardiman (the directors) for doing this to the film! Also, shame on Wyatt Smith for editing the film in such a way.