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Marianne Faithfull - Live From The Henry Fonda Theater, Hollywood [DVD] | ![Marianne Faithfull - Live From The Henry Fonda Theater, Hollywood [DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31SWotJSJdL._SL160_.jpg)
| Actor: Marianne Faithfull
Studio: Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd
Category: DVD
List Price: £14.99
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 49490
Format: PAL
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Rating: Exempt
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 143 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5034504902794
ASIN: B000ALVTA4
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: June 14, 2004
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 MARIANNE TRIUMPHANT (AGAIN) February 25, 2006
GODFREY HAMILTON (HOLLYWOOD, CA USA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is Marianne Faithfull at her blazing best, where she was born to be ... in front of an adoring crowd in Hollywood. Mind you I#x27;m biased; I attended this concert (and yes I hit the pause button a couple of times to enjoy seeing me and my boyfriend bopping along in the crowd-reaction edits - funny thing, he and I have been together going on 18 years and this is the first time he#x27;s been to a Marianne concert with me ... he was fascinated to see the woman who has provided the soundtrack of my life for the past 41 years). I#x27;m also biased because the Henry Fonda Theatre is approximately 120 seconds#x27; (yes seconds) walk from our house, making it a very easy gig to attend in terms of transportation and parking (always an issue in Los Angeles). We also saw a brilliant Damien Rice concert at this theatre a couple of years ago ... there#x27;s something about the venue that brings out a wonderful intimacy between artists and audience - funny how it looks so high and wide on screen ... it#x27;s much more cozy than the camera suggests. brThis concert found Marianne at the peak of her powers, and while all the band are superbly supportive of the Diva, the tremendous Lew Soloff, playing jazz trumpet like he#x27;s trying to save all our souls, lifts wonderful songs like "She" and "Guilt" onto a new and redemptive plane. The DVD features the full concert, but I would have enjoyed hearing again those chirpy asides to her band and the audience which have not made the final cut: for instance, whenever her makeup artist rushed out between songs to straighten Marianne#x27;s hair and powder down the shine of (hard-earned) sweat, Marianne would become quietly exasperated and mutter "I don#x27;t MIND looking like this..." then turning to the audience she sighed "... we are being filmed, you know....", drawing an appreciative gust of laughter from the crowd who had been ducking the swooping crane-camera throughout the show. And more tellingly, when the audience screamed "We love you!!!" Marianne#x27;s "Well, I love you too" was met with choruses of "But we REALLY love you!!!!" ... at which Marianne turned and said to us "And I really love you too ... why do you think I#x27;m here tonight? It#x27;s really difficult for me to get INTO the United States, you know ... after all," (and here she chuckled to herself) "I#x27;m SO dangerous" ... doubtless a reference to US Immigration laws that will not allow her in for any length of time owing (presumably) to her long-gone history of narcotic addiction ... funny, I would#x27;ve thought a recovering addict would be the very sort of person we#x27;d all WANT to allow into the country - power of example and all that. But Marianne and her partner/manager Francois - who can be thanked mightily for such stunning management of Marianne#x27;s last decade of work - have to undertake these American visits on the fly, as it were ... and when a lengthy US tour is not an option, why not release a concert DVD for everyone to enjoy? And enjoy it you will, but do play it from start to finish, with the volume LOUD, and give yourself over to an hour and forty-five minutes of sheer bliss. The DVD extras - on the US Release at least - include an interview , neatly structured as meditations on the various songs in Marianne#x27;s repertoire, and the very VERY spooky video of "There is a Ghost" directed by Robert Wilson, with Marianne in her "Black Rider" makeup/mode, the Devil-as-Hungry-Ghost, that is very minimalist indeed and extraordinarily effective - a literal video profile. Oh, and there#x27;s also - again, in the American edition and presumably in the UK version - a CD of over an hour#x27;s worth of highlights from the concert. And a nice liner insert, plus terrific pics by Mick Rock ... what a deal. You need, seriously NEED, to own this DVD.
 Ms Majestic February 23, 2009
Peter Scott-presland (London)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Marianne Faithfull is slowing down. Now she is on record as worrying about her pension, and while she still performs her old songs, they have mainly lost their edge. This is a pity, because that cracked, saw-like voice is made for pain and anger. Here she walks the stage with the sashay of an amply benevolent old blues singer. Smiling at the audience she is positively ingratiating, while the audience rewards her with hysterical adulation.
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br /What I missed here was the material which she has given an incomparable rawness and a kind of direct, heart-to-heart connection with the listener. I'm thinking of her Kurt Weill, her "Boulevard of Broken Dreams". Only "Sister Morphine" really lives up to this, in a moment of intense, blood-curdling passion out of kilter with the rest of the concert.
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br /Maybe Marianne needs a pension as a person, but as a performer she needs to stay hungry.
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