Clearly the intention of the filmmakers was to release concert footage of Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall. I can't attest to the full running time of the concert, but it seems as if the filmmakers also felt the need to pad out time with a fair amount of backstory for the band, as well as some candid video interviews of the band touring Europe. All this is well and good, but having the backstory of the band, without the aftermath, leaves the whole enterprise feeling a bit uneven as a documentary film.
This is not to say I necessarily wished for the whole sordid breakup and litigation to be rehashed. But it leaves the film in a kind of limbo. On the one hand, being a wonderful concert presentation, with a lot of upward trajectory of the band, but on the other and unfinished story abruptly ending on an ominous (at least to CCR fans) high note.
Well worth watching for the concert alone, even if we know the ending is bittersweet.
This is not to say I necessarily wished for the whole sordid breakup and litigation to be rehashed. But it leaves the film in a kind of limbo. On the one hand, being a wonderful concert presentation, with a lot of upward trajectory of the band, but on the other and unfinished story abruptly ending on an ominous (at least to CCR fans) high note.
Well worth watching for the concert alone, even if we know the ending is bittersweet.