Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueMade shortly after his death, this documentary explores the brief life and remarkable legacy of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.Made shortly after his death, this documentary explores the brief life and remarkable legacy of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.Made shortly after his death, this documentary explores the brief life and remarkable legacy of guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
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- AnecdotesEric Clapton was in the first phases of his heroin addiction in the early 70s. Despite his smooth and articulate delivery, close-ups during his interview show his eyes are heavily dilated and constantly darting back-and-forth.
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Self - Interviewee: [Pete Townshend] I said to Jimi, I said, "Fuck it, man, we're not going to follow you on." So he said, "Well, I'm not going to follow you on." So, I said, "Listen, we are not going to follow you on and that is it. You know. As far as I'm concerned, you know, we were ready to go on now, our gears going to be there, its the end of it, you know." And, there was a certain look in his eye and he got on a chair and he played some amazing guitar, just standing on a chair in the dressing room. Janis Joplin was there. Brian Jones. Eric. And me and a few other people just standing around. And then he got down off the chair and just said, turned around to me, and said, "If I'm going to follow you, I'm going to pull all the stops."
- Autres versionsMost of the current prints feature the opening and closing 2003 Warner Bros. plasters.
- ConnexionsFeatures Beat-Club (1965)
- Bandes originalesRock Me, Baby
Written by B.B. King & Joe Bihari
Performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival, June 1967
Produced by John Philips and Lou Adler
Welcome, though also one can see the pain in some of the interviewees under the surface. Many on screen, his fellow ex-band-mates like Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell, and some of his own family and close friends, still have the memory of Jimi fresh in their minds, and so their recollections, both loving and even critical, comes at a time when there's still a lot to ponder. Through this and various concert clips (some well known like Woodstock and Monterey Pop clips, some more obscure like Band of Gypsies and Isle of Wight), and a superb interview conducted by Dick Cavett, portray Hendrix as a smart guy who could play a guitar like, as Townsend describes, "an instrument." In truth- and even for those who may just admire him as opposed to outright love and cherish his music- he was reaching into territory that was far surpassing anything done in the late 60s.
He had the basics down for the best in blues (maybe my favorite scene in the film, maybe exclusive just to this documentary, has him in a white room playing a 'Train' type of blues song that is so invigorating to see what he comes up with, begging the cameras to keep rolling). He also was a kind of wild man about his imagination, and so didn't hold back with an audience. He appealed to white and black, rock and blues, soul and (as might be the case years later) heavy metal, and without ever making himself into a commodity - that was done after he was dead and buried. What A Film About Jimi Hendrix portrays is a confident man, at peace with himself, but as is described by those around him someone who had such extraordinary things about him that his few flaws made his undoing. And it is a near perfect treat for die-hard fans.
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- 15 févr. 2008
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- A Film About Jimi Hendrix
- Lieux de tournage
- Monterey County Fairgrounds - 2004 Fairground Road, Monterey, Californie, États-Unis(Monterey Pop Festival)
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- Brut – États-Unis et Canada
- 33 000 $ US
- Durée1 heure 38 minutes
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- Rapport de forme
- 1.85 : 1