Word: bangladesh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH Directed by SAUL SWIMMER
...about every live rock performance. It's as though every group feels a need to pay homage to the originators. The Stone's always include one or two Chuck Berry numbers in their concerts, Jimi Hendrix always liked to play "Johnny B. Goode" and even at the Concert for Bangladesh the band gave a rendition of the '50s rocker "Youngblood." Sha Na Na attempts to create '50s rock both physically and musically...
That film--The Concert for Bangladesh--adds the needed dimension to the record: it comes as close as possible to recreating an event that is all too rare--the rock concert for charity instead of profit...
...original songs, so too the movie ignores the trends of its two important predecessors. Woodstock and Gimme Shelter. Woodstock and Gimme Shelter employed slick camera techniques, clever editing, split screens, and concentrated as much on the events surrounding the concerts as the music itself. The Concert for Bangladesh, on the other hand, uses the most pedestrian of camera techniques, choosing to focus mainly on the performers' faces, with only occasional pans to the audience. The editing is uninspired, and the split screen, used so effectively in Woodstock, is employed only once. It's used to reinforce the climax of Ravi...
Unfortunately many people will never go see The Concert for Bangladesh, feeling that it is "just another rock movie." That's too bad, because The Concert for Bangladesh is more than just a concert, more than just a movie: the film is an important record of an important event...