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Woodstock: An Inside Look at the Movie that Shook Up the World and Defined a Generation
Woodstock: An Inside Look at the Movie that Shook Up the World and Defined a Generation
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Author: Edited by Dale Bell, Foreword by Martin Scorsese Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions Format: Softcover # of Pages: 300 Pub. Date: 1999 ISBN-10: 094118871X ISBN-13: 9780941188715
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About the Book:
Like the concert it chronicled, the documentary film Woodstock was both an emblem of its time and a groundbreaking event of lasting influence.
Dale Bell was at Woodstock. His purpose was not to listen to some of the greatest names of American music. His job was to make a movie. Bell was 31 years old and a multifaceted producer for New York's National Educational Television. He was in Woodstock because the film's director asked him to be the guy to organize the shoot. He rallied the fifteen camera crews in less than a week. They shot 175 hours of film, which would have to be cut to four hours or less. Bell was one of the reasons the documentary did not look like a documentary. Dale Bell is also author of a book about the film's making and the four days he believes changed the world.
The filmmakers who worked on this documentary, a "group of long-haired freaks clad in bell-bottom jeans," as the author puts it, set out to record the performances using the largest, most sophisticated film unit ever assembled at the time. What they came up with influenced the future of music documentaries and videos, and turned what was a US phenomenon into a worldwide event.
This unique book is a collection of remembrances and insights, Rashomon-style, from the people who made it happen. Includes contributions from crew members such as director Mike Wadleigh and acclaimed editor Thelma Schoonmaker (best known for her work with Martin Scorsese), who garnered her first Academy Award nomination for her work on the film. Other contributors include: Country Joe McDonald, Joe Cocker, Arlo Guthrie, Santana drummer Mike Shrieve, TV czar Merv Griffin (credited as "the Godfather of Woodstock"), and many others.
What people say:
"When I look back at the second half of the '60s, I realize it is the only time I have ever heard people talk about love in serious terms, as a force to combat greed, hate, and violence." — Martin Scorsese from the Forward
About the Author:
Dale Bell served as associate producer of the Woodstock film crew, and is credited with heroic efforts in getting film stock and related supplies to the festival site. An Oscar-winning filmmaker who has produced documentaries and cable programs throughout the world, he is the co-founder of the Media & Policy Center in Santa Monica, California. |
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