Michael Bloomfield
11) Medium cool
Series
Criterion collection volume 658
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of the working world and romantic life of a television cameraman is a visceral, lasting cinematic snapshot of the era, climaxing with an extended sequence shot right in the middle of the riots surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. An inventive commentary on the pleasures and dangers of wielding a camera, Medium Cool is as prescient a political film as Hollywood has ever produced.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Paul Butterfield learned the blues from the Chicago masters and is considered to be the greatest blues harmonica player of all time. His interracial blues band, with its rock edge, struck a chord with rock audiences of the '60s and beyond.
Series
Criterion collection volume 892
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Before Woodstock and Monterey Pop, there was Festival. From 1963 through 1966, Murray Lerner visited the annual Newport Folk Festival to document a thriving, idealistic musical movement as it reached its peak as a popular phenomenon. Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Howlin' Wolf, Johnny Cash, the Staple Singers, Pete Seeger, Son House, and Peter, Paul and Mary were just a few of the legends who shared the stage at Newport, treating audiences to a range of folk...
