Woodstock (1970). Photofest.
(Michael Wadleigh, US 1970, 222 min., 35mm)
Relive the communal experience that was Woodstock, the most famous outdoor rock festival ever held. See and hear Sly and the Family Stone, the Who, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Santana, Jimi Hendrix, and many more. This film was released only five months after the festival, when it was still very much on people’s minds and the musicians featured were still riding the wave of popularity. The 1970 Oscar winner for Best Documentary is shown here in a version that restores more than 40 minutes of performance footage (including Janis Joplin!) not seen on its original release, and features newly remixed digital stereophonic sound. Partly shot and edited by Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker, it would greatly influence Scorsese’s The Last Waltz, released only eight years later.