LIVE AT POMPEII (THE DIRECTOR'S CUT)

Pink Floyd

Psychedelic/Space Rock

4.59 | 689 ratings

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octopus-4
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What has this DVD more than the original VHS? Well, apart the fact that it's digital and contains an interview to the director, absolutely NOTHING.

Some spacey images have been added. Considering that some studio footages were used in the original to fill some parts, as in Careful With That Axe Eugene that's filmed in UK, this is not a sin, but digital pictures of starships and planets don't add anything and are not much appropriate. They don't fit well with the volcanic environment, the Roman ruins and the sunny theater.

The only good reason to purchase this DVD is that it contains the original movie, too.

The heartbit of Dark Side is more effective in the darkness of the original than in the purple space with digital planets of this re-edit.

I have rated the original with 5 stars. I would have preferred a shorter DVD with few extra contents (not obligatory) and the original movie, just a change of support, instead of this useless video remix. I should rate this DVD the same as the VHS because the film has been restored and remixed and this is an improvement in any case, but the spacey stuff is so out of place that I lower it to 4.

octopus-4 | 4/5 | 2011-6-14

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