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Sep 05, 2008
Jon Cleary -- Keeping New Orleans on the map!
First, know that Jon Cleary is a national treasure. :)
That having been said, this CD is a real good example of exactly WHY I seek out anything Jon Cleary performs on.
Quality is top notch throughout and the "Absolute Monster Gentlemen" sidemen are exactly that.
It's a rare performer that can convey a sense of relevance, humor and a thorough mastery of his instrument into a digital media...but Cleary seems to do this effortlessly.
And FUNK? Did I mention FUNK? It's served up modern New Orleans style in a gumbo of talent, tone and taste. It picks up where typical retro funk, soul or old school R&B offerings dropped you off.
If I appear to gush, I apologize,..but there have been few artists that offered anything to keep my interest in the past decade or so (The Ugly Americans of the mid '90s were another interesting, if abbreviated, example worth checking out). I'm not associated or related to Mr. Cleary...but if he ever wishes to drop by to play my Hammond B3, Wurlitzer 200B or Hohner D6 Clavinet...he's ALWAYS WELCOME!
Sep 05, 2008
Disappointing...
First, I typically really like Norman Hutchins musicianship and songs.
So, I purchased this DVD version based on the quality of the Norman Hutchins CDs.
I was disappointed.
The DVD is Norman Hutchins and a small choir performing to backing tracks in a live setting. It was a let down to find there were no live musicians to breathe live into this production. I found it a snooze-fest and certainly wouldn't have purchased it if I had known.
I'm still trying to think of something nice to say...so I'll opine that everyone in attendance for this filming dressed well...and Norman Hutchins sounds fine walking back and forth performing karaoke to a few of his popular songs.
If you just want something to be on the LCD display while listening to Norman Hutchins...I guess this counts as "something",..but not by much.
Dec 05, 2006
Three Days Of The Condor (1999, DVD)
4 of 4 found this helpful I don't typically write movie reviews, so mine is a more heartfelt than content related view.
I saw Three Days Of The Condor in a movie theater in the mid '70s and it strangely stuck with me as few movies ever have.
I consider it one of me "guilty pleasure" films. One of a handful of movies I can watch again and again...yet STILL find interest in the plot and characters.
On viewing the recent DVD release, it felt dated, but terribly familiar. The quality of production and camera work certainly holds up...but the film score/musical style dates it. It rather close to the feeling I get watching Steve McQueen in "Bullet" these days, but not nearly so much.
The blockbuster beginning story at Redford's workplace is certainly tame by today's standards of violence, yet it's the calm method and business-as-usual attitude that still gives me goose bumps. Wonderful stuff.
Robert Redford looks great...as does Faye Dunaway. That's how we KNOW it's an old movie. This was the LAST movie that featured a beautiful Faye Dunaway. It was all downhill from here. Robert Redford is just beginning to lose his boyish looks and get a hint of wizened character in his smile. It served the movie.
The story is everything in this film. It isn't too intricate, yet it cast a sense of fear that stuck with me all these years. It's not a horror movie, but the feeling of hopelessness against an unseen government entity working efficiently behind the curtain to eliminate this little guy (Redford) still creeps me out wonderfully.
You can compare it to Will Smith and Gene Hackman in "Enemy Of The State" with less of the running view of what the bad guys are planning next. It's basically one lone character against a faceless government-sponsored evil.
Lastly, I'll say that my most lasting character in this film was played by Max Von Sydow. I can't remember a film "bad guy" quite like him in all the years since. To this character, there is no right....there is no wrong....only belief in himself and his professional "talents". Simple and sinister, nothing personal. Von Sidow should have gotten an Academy Award for this film.
As a bit of trivia, I don't think this movie did much at the box office.....yet it sort of became a quiet cult classic. It must have stayed with some of the writers of the comedy "Seinfeld" when they later adapted Max Von Sidow's creepy warning to Redford in this film into a line for Newman in a timeless episode in which Newman warns Kramer not to go up against the powerful U.S. Postal Service.
Buy this DVD....you'll enjoy it (and your wife will always wonder why. It's a "guy thing"). :)