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Music > Documentary: 563 Films to Buy & Rent
Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire (1974)
- Dir. Tony Palmer
Feat. Leonard Cohen
- Fittingly moody portrait of the master of melancholy is an intimate account of his exhausting 1972 European Tour.
Wattstax (1973)
- Dir. Mel Stuart
- A little–seen yet significant concert film of the 'Wattstax' festival in Los Angeles in 1972, organised to commemorate the 7th anniversary of…
George Harrison and Friends: The Concert for Bangladesh (1972)
- Feat. George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan…
- A lavish presentation of possibly the first all–star charity concert, organised by ex–Beatle George Harrison in 1971 at Madison Square…
Ladies and Gentlemen...The Rolling Stones (1972)
- Dir. Rollin Binzer
- Legendary Stones concert film captures the band at arguably their artistic peak shortly after the release of Exile on Main Street. Filmed on a…
Elvis - That's the Way It Is (1970)
- Dir. Denis Sanders
Feat. Elvis Presley
- The King is captured in preparation of an elaborate Las Vegas concert that was to mark the end of an eight year absence from public performance. With…
Gimme Shelter (1970)
- Dir. David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
Feat. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood…
- The Rolling Stones captured at the summit of their popularity and musical form in 1970, on the tour that led to disaster at Altamont.
The Maysles…
Groupies (1970)
- Dir. Ron Dorfman, Peter Nevard
- A flawed but fascinating glimpse into the world of rock groupies (both male and female) during the heyday of psychedelia in 1969.
Though managing…
Let It Be (1970)
- Dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Feat. John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney…
- 'Fly on the wall' chronicling of The Beatles' recording session for their "Let It Be" album that unwittingly provided glimpses into the fractious…
Nashville Sound, The (1970)
- Dir. David Hoffman, Robert Elfstrom
- Encyclopedic doco filmed during Country Music Week 1969, featuring a pretty impressive lineup from a great period for the form.
Includes Roy…
Woodstock (1970)
- Dir. Michael Wadleigh
- Historical gathering of the world's best rock performers and half a million Americans for an unabashed weekend of sex, drugs, rock and roll and…