My Generation (2000)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Directors:

Thomas Haneke
Barbara Kopple

Writer:

Barbara Kopple (writer)

Release Date:

22 June 2001 (Italy)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot Keywords:

Generational | Live Recording | Summer Of Love | Counter Culture | 1990s

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Aerosmith	...	Themselves
Dickey Betts	...	Himself
Blues Traveler	...	Themselves
Joe Cocker	...	Himself
David Crosby	...	Himself (CSNY)
Crosby Stills Nash & Young	...	Themselves
Sheryl Crow	...	Herself
Roger Daltrey	...	Himself (The Who)
Calvert DeForest	...	Himself
Bob Disney	...	Himself (Chief of Woodstock Security)
John Entwistle	...	Himself (The Who)
Melissa Etheridge	...	Herself
Perry Farrell	...	Himself
Peter Gabriel	...	Himself
Allen Ginsberg	...	Himself
Richard Goldman	...	Himself (Chief Medical Supervisor)
Tom Hamilton	...	Himself (Aerosmith)
Jimi Hendrix	...	Himself (archive footage)
Janis Joplin	...	Herself (archive footage)
Joey Kramer	...	Himself (Aerosmith)
Michael Lang	...	Himself
Kurt Loder	...	Himself
Moby	...	Himself
Keith Moon	...	Himself (The Who)
Graham Nash	...	Himself (CSNY)
Rosie Perez	...	Herself
Joe Perry	...	Himself (Aerosmith)
John Popper	...	Himself (Blues Traveler)
Al Roker	...	Himself
Henry Rollins	...	Himself
Hugh Romney	...	Himself (Woodstock '94 Host) (as Wavy Gravy)
Joel Rosenman	...	Himself
Jeff Rowland	...	Himself
Carlos Santana	...	Himself
Frank Schaller	...	Himself (Owner of concert land)
John Sebastian	...	Himself (archive footage)
Miles Solay	...	Himself
Stephen Stills	...	Himself (CSNY)
Pete Townshend	...	Himself (The Who)
Steven Tyler	...	Himself (Aerosmith)
Chris Vrenna	...	Himself (Nine Inch Nails)
Michael Wadleigh	...	Himself
Brad Whitford	...	Himself (Aerosmith)
The Who	...	Themselves

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA | Italy | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Cabin Creek Films

Movie Connections:

Features Woodstock '99 (1999) (TV)

Good documentary

Film shows footage from the 1969, 1994 and 199 Woodstocks. It documents what happened at each...what went wrong, what went right and gives insights to why the 1999 one turned into a riot. Some of the points are obvious--like, the last two were more about money and profits and peace and love (no kidding) but this is still worth seeing. There's plenty of good concert footage (although, for some reason, no song is played to completion) and some very interesting interviews with the people putting on the concert and the kids attending. Only two real complaints--the 1969 footage was shot in color but they show it here in black and white and too many of the shots are repeated over and over again. Definite highlights are Sheryl Crow, Joe Cocker and Melissa Ethridge performing.