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WOODSTOCK. director's cut/ 40th anniversary edition. great movie overall. historic footage, great editing, some fantastic performances. everyone knows about jimi hendrix-- but santana! holy shit, santana.

i feel a little jealous watching this. sure, those filthy hippies failed in many ways, but the idealism that shows through the movie is just amazing. we live in a much more cynical age. e.g., while woodstock was famous for nudity everywhere, woodstock 99 (wtf was that anyway?) is remembered for gang rapes.

not saying that there isn't a desire in people to change the world somehow, etc, but this aspiration has moved from mass consciousnes to the fringes.

great little piece of history. bluray looks great. scorsese was an editor in this! and his long time collaborator thelma schoonmaker as well.