Barry Feinstein

A Frank Zappa show goes way beyond a mere concert – it is an experience…a flight of improvisation, musicianship, and cerebral cynicism. An unparalleled Composer and Guitarist, Zappa redefined rock n roll paradigms by introducing into the mix his favorite influences from classical music, jazz, blues, doowop, traditional and non-traditional music. And he did so with unparalleled humor and audacity. But it was the music itself that influenced generations of musicians and, quite frankly, blew minds. Roxy: The Movie, filmed over three nights in December 1973, at the Roxy Theatre in Hollywood, CA, is a powerful display of this experience, and reveals what made him such a pioneering musical revolutionary.

Featuring the only footage Zappa cut together from his legendary 1973 Roxy concerts, "Cheepnis" sings the praises of low-budget monster movies. This short documents the director, bandleader, songwriter and musician at work. (American Cinematheque program notes)

Renowned documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker captures Otis Redding in his ascendancy, singing at the historic Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967. Comedian Tom Smothers introduces Redding to a crowd that is leaving -- until Redding grabs them with his charged rendition of "Shake." Redding's performance also includes "Respect" (which he wrote), "I've Been Loving You Too Long," "Satisfaction," and "Try a Little Tenderness." Tragically, Redding died in a plane crash six months later. An innovative filmmaker who started in the 1950s making experimental films, Pennebaker garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature in 1993 for The War Room, his behind-the-scenes look at Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign. His other subjects have included Norman Mailer, Bob Dylan, and David Bowie.

It's no exaggeration to say this might be the most intense and groundbreaking 45-minute performance in the history of rock. Jimi Hendrix's debut American set at 1967's Monterey Pop Festival is generally considered one of the most radical and legendary live shows ever. Virtually unknown to American audiences at the time, even though he was already an established entity in the UK, Hendrix and his two-piece Experience explode on stage, ripping through blues classics "Rock Me Baby" and Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor," interpreting and electrifying Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," debuting songs from his yet-to-be-released first album and closing with the now historic sacrificing/burning of his guitar during an unhinged version of "Wild Thing" that even its writer Chip Taylor would never have imagined. Hendrix uses feedback and distortion to enhance the songs in whisper-to-scream intensity, blazing territory that had not been previously explored with as much soul-frazzled power.

로큰롤의 새로운 지평을 열었던 몬터레이 팝 페스티벌. 지미 헨드릭스, 재니스 조플린, 사이먼 앤 가펑클, 마마스 앤 파파스, 더 후 등 다양한 팀들이 참가했다. 감독의 다이렉트 시네마 스타일이 돋보이는 이 작품에는 지미 핸드릭스가 기타를 태우는 장면 등 지금은 전설이 된 순간들이 담겨 있다. (2011년 제8회 EBS 국제다큐영화제) 1960년대 보수적인 사회와 기성세대에 맞서 사랑과 평화, 꽃으로 대표되는 히피문화, 이른바 ‘플라워 무브먼트’를 태동시켰던 미국의 젊은이들. LSD와 마리화나, 명상과 공동체 생활로 대표되는 이들의 문화는 60년대말 새로운 저항문화를 형성했으며 1967년 캘리포니아주 몬트레이에서 열렸던 대규모 록 페스티발은 이러한 젊은이의 문화, 대항문화의 시작이었다. 지미 핸드릭스, 재니스 조플린, 사이먼 앤 가펑클, 마마스 앤 파파스, 더 후 등 다양한 팀들이 참가했던 이 역사적인 사건을 다이렉트 시네마 스타일로 담아낸 은 사건으로서의 록 다큐멘터리의 효시가 되었으며 이후 록 페스티발을 기록한 수많은 다큐멘터리들의 전범이 된 작품이다. 특히 지미 핸드릭스가 기타를 태우는 장면 등 지금은 전설이 된 순간들은 세월을 넘어 여전히 강렬하다. (2011년 한국영상자료원 - 樂 & DOCU: 음악다큐멘터리 특별전)

A montage of the weird, a freak-out film that appeared when the expression was in fashion and in flower, along with the flower people. The film was one of the first exponents of the mobile camera-rock track-optical effect school of filmmaking, and it is much a document as it is a documentary. A repellent and fascinating depiction of the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, along with Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco and the East Village in New York. Tiny Tim amounts to something resembling a recurring motif and narrator.

A montage of the weird, a freak-out film that appeared when the expression was in fashion and in flower, along with the flower people. The film was one of the first exponents of the mobile camera-rock track-optical effect school of filmmaking, and it is much a document as it is a documentary. A repellent and fascinating depiction of the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, along with Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco and the East Village in New York. Tiny Tim amounts to something resembling a recurring motif and narrator.

A montage of the weird, a freak-out film that appeared when the expression was in fashion and in flower, along with the flower people. The film was one of the first exponents of the mobile camera-rock track-optical effect school of filmmaking, and it is much a document as it is a documentary. A repellent and fascinating depiction of the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, along with Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco and the East Village in New York. Tiny Tim amounts to something resembling a recurring motif and narrator.