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Summary: Beautiful, getting better every time
Review: This film is getting better and better every time i look it (and i have seen it many times by now). Changes to the original story are good. Very warm and meaningful, lots of love. I adore this film.
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Summary: Pas mal
Review: I don't quite know what the producers of this were thinking. People who wouldn't like the Broadway show would hate the movie, people who loved the Boradway show would hate the movie, leaving an audience of people with no moral objection the the counter culture movement who didn't make it to New York to see _Hair_. I happen to fall into the last category because I was not alive when the show was written. The movie did keep the best music from the show, and it is perfromed very well by the liable cast. The story is generally interesting, though dated and often simplistic filled with outrageous sterotypes usually reserved for Disney cartoons. (The rich girl who wants to see the world and be different then her repressive and strict parents, yada yada yada). I don't really care that the movie is different from the stage version (the stage version is totally unfilmable), and the movie does have its musical highlights. I do mind the over-simplified characters and conflicts ,hence the "3" rating. If you like the music, the movie is worth a go because of the great musical numbers. Otherwise, it's really just a mediocre movie.
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Summary: An Underappreciated Gem!
Review: Milos Forman captures the ethos of anti-war sentiment,the "generation gap, " and the colorful counterculture of the 1960s in this film. The cast members are all appealing, and their gentle kookiness adds to the poignancy of the anti-Vietnam war sentiment that the film conveys. The vocal arrengements do justice to the musical's famous score, and great choreography and costumes add to the enjoyment. This is an egaging, very poetic treatment of a difficult and confusing period in American life.
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Summary: About the DVD transfer
Review: This DVD provides both a "Standard" and "Widescreen" version. (The Standard is actually a full frame composition, with more detail at top and bottom of frame. But the Widscreen is still well composed, and having seen the film theatrically, I suspect it probably represents what theatergoers saw.)Standard may have had a slight edge in audio quality(?) and, as noted, contains more vertical detail - but it was struck from a muddy print. However, Widescreen was struck from a pristine print - I wondered if it was remastered, it was that beautiful. Comparing scenes from both sides to the VHS transfer I also own, I found Standard was visually indistinguishable from the VHS transfer, but Widescreen was vastly superior - finely detailed, richly colored. Thrilled to finally own a clean copy of one of my favorites.
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Summary: Let The Sunshine In
Review: "Where do I go?" That's one of the songs that Claude (John Savage) sings at one point in this film. This movie feels like you've stepped into a time machine and gone back to the late '60's when the Vietnam war was in effect, and you get a feeling of what it was like to live during that time of protest, etc. The story, although flimsy, is an interesting one. Berger (Treat Williams) takes the young draft-to-be, Claude, gets him hooked on drugs and parades him around Central Park. The show-stopper is definetly "I Got Life," however that seems to be overshadowed by "Let The Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)." "Black Boys/White Boys" has got to be the funniest scene in the movie! I laughed so hard that I could hardly catch my breath! It's hillarious! I cannot watch the last twenty minutes of the film, though. When you order this movie, I think you'll see why. One question lingers in my mind, though. I have to quote Claude, again. Will we ever "discover why we live and die?"
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Summary: i really dug this film
Review: very good film.i dig good Musicals.this one touched on all things in general.RACE,SEX,Class.Treat Williams does a great job.Beverly D' Angelo was really good in this film and she looked great as well.it captures and speaks of a Turbulent time period in the United States.very moving and very sad at the end.
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Summary: Poor soundtrack mars great DVD.
Review: Milos Forman's version of Hair is a decent film, but the reason I bought it was for the music. The audio quality, especially in the center channel where all the lead vocals occur is less than optimal. The best performance of the film, "Heartless" is especially marred. I wonder if this is some kind of clumsy mixdown. For the non-audiophile, this is a great film, as are all of Foreman's works. There is actually pretty decent sound for casual viewing. Foreman is one of our greatest directors. If you haven't caught "Man in the Moon", don't miss it!
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Summary: Toe tapping and heartbreaking
Review: I saw "Hair" three times in two days when it first came out in the theaters, and I have watched it every chance I've had since then. I was 12 when the Vietnam War ended, but the anti-war passion of this film hits me anyway. Beyond that, there are great performances by Treat Williams, Beverly D'Angelo (who, as one other reviewer pointed out, is one of the great underrated actresses working today) and John Savage. And beyond THAT there is the astonishing music -- "Aquarius" (sing along, now), "Hair", "I Got Life" and "Let the Sun Shine", which makes tears run down my face every time I see it, even if I see it for the 100th time. This is a magnificent piece of filmmaking, and I don't care if the Broadway show was better or different or more soulful or whatever -- each product stands or falls on its own. "Hair" stands proud 20 years after it was made, and I think it's going to stand proud for a long time to come. To the reader in Israel -- I hope you get to go to Woodstock!
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Summary: wish I was alive in those years!
Review: I'm 16 years old and live in Israel. My parents grew up in NY, my cousin was in woodstock... I am so jealas.I'v seen the movie with my friends for the first time, and we all loved it! we've whatched it many times since then... Hope I'll be able to go to Woodstock 2000 (I got to get the money).
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Summary: DVD contains buggy code !
Review: The movie is excellent. The problem is with this DVD in particular. It crashes any DVD player randomly. I checked many configurations and it always crashes. It seems that the region 2 version of it is better. But the actual movie is great !
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