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Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey [7 Discs]

Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey [7 Discs] ()
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Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, The Blues: A Musical Journey is a seven-part documentary film series exploring the evolution of the blues. Not an exhaustive catalog of the musical genre, the series is rather a collection of personal stories about the journey of an influential art form. Each film is made with respect to the individual filmmaker's own style. The series includes Feel Like Going Home (Martin Scorsese), The Soul of a Man (Wim Wenders), The Road to Memphis (Richard Pearce), Warming by the Devil's Fire (Charles Burnett), Godfathers and Sons (Marc Levin), Red, White & Blues (Mike Figgis), and Piano Blues (Clint Eastwood). The Blues was originally broadcast on PBS from September 28 to October 4, 2003. The series spawned this DVD box set, a CD collection, and a companion book. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

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Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, The Blues: A Musical Journey is a seven-part documentary film series exploring the evolution of the blues. Not an exhaustive catalog of the musical genre, the series is rather a collection of personal stories about the journey of an influential art form. Each film is made with respect to the individual filmmaker's own style. The series includes Feel Like Going Home (Martin Scorsese), The Soul of a Man (Wim Wenders), The Road to Memphis (Richard Pearce), Warming by the Devil's Fire (Charles Burnett), Godfathers and Sons (Marc Levin), Red, White & Blues (Mike Figgis), and Piano Blues (Clint Eastwood). The Blues was originally broadcast on PBS from September 28 to October 4, 2003. The series spawned this DVD box set, a CD collection, and a companion book. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

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    Keith G.

    7 documentaries on various aspects of the blues by noted film makers, ranging from the disappointing Godfathers and Sons, Piano Blues, to the sublime Wim Wenders The Soul of a Man and Martin Scorseses Feel Like Going Home. The other three films fall in he middle. As a series the overall impact was less than I hoped for, but still very worth seeing. I was surprised by the amount of overlap. Not only are a number of songs, and even specific recordings repeated in several of the films, but so are chunks of the vintage footage used. To my personal taste, I found the series most potent and alive when it examined the roots of the blues on not just a musical, but also a political and historic level. When it just presented little pieces of songs by various artists, especially modern ones, without the benefit of probing context, it could feel predictably shallow. Still, an excellent overview of blues in the 20th century for those who love the blues or are curious.

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    Erika S.

    this series takes a long time to watch, but it is well worth the investment of time and attention. clear some time and treat yourself!

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