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Captain Beefheart - Under Review Reviews

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This film delves deeply into the strange and wonderful career of rock and blues icon, the idiosyncratic Captain Beefheart. Crammed with rare footage, TV clips, live performances, and interviews with experts, musicians, and almost every member of 'The Magic Band', this is the most exhaustive film ever made about the fascinating .. Read more

Starring Captain Beefheart
Genres Music/Musical

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  • Most helpful members' reviews (3) of Captain Beefheart - Under Review

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3.0 stars

    Pretty good - but not as good as the BBC documentary

    Overall this doc is pretty good, interviews with a lot of the key band members give a good overview of the Captain's music career, but it doesn't match ... more

      • g6025 from Macclesfield, England
  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 4.0 stars

    Magic Band - truly fitting.

    A fantastic documentary, but only because Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band's music is so revolutionary, so infused with infectious grooves and so ... more

      • NeilCake from Manchester
  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 3.0 stars

    Not too bad, but not for the uninitiated

    The DVD is very informative about the career and musical (?) output from a very avante garde musician. It has some very rare clips and its interesting to hear ... more

      • A customer from Bristol
  • Most recent members' reviews (2) of Captain Beefheart - Under Review

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3.0 stars

    Pretty good - but not as good as the BBC documentary

    Overall this doc is pretty good, interviews with a lot of the key band members give a good overview of the Captain's music career, but it doesn't match ... more

      • g6025 from Macclesfield, England
  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 3.0 stars

    Not too bad, but not for the uninitiated

    The DVD is very informative about the career and musical (?) output from a very avante garde musician. It has some very rare clips and its interesting to hear ... more

      • A customer from Bristol
  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3.0 stars

    Pretty good - but not as good as the BBC documentary

    Overall this doc is pretty good, interviews with a lot of the key band members give a good overview of the Captain's music career, but it doesn't match ... more

      • g6025 from Macclesfield, England
  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 4.0 stars

    Magic Band - truly fitting.

    A fantastic documentary, but only because Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band's music is so revolutionary, so infused with infectious grooves and so ... more

      • NeilCake from Manchester
  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 3.0 stars

    Not too bad, but not for the uninitiated

    The DVD is very informative about the career and musical (?) output from a very avante garde musician. It has some very rare clips and its interesting to hear ... more

      • A customer from Bristol
  • Rated - 4.0 stars

    Under reveiw

    This is a great DVD full of rare footage and live performance.Does exactly as it says on the label.

      • mick4x from Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Rated - 2.0 stars

    Customer Review

    Watch a whole bunch of self-important nobodies pontificating and sucking the joy out of some of the best music of the last century.

    Sure, the ... more

      • A customer from UK
  • Rated - 5.0 stars

    essential

    This dvd has great interviews with many magic band members, most notably John French and Mark Boston. The surprise interviews include Eliot Ingber, Ira Ingber... more

      • A customer from WELLINGBOROUGH
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    • Captain Beefheart - Under Review
      This film delves deeply into the strange and wonderful career of rock and blues icon, the idiosyncratic Captain Beefheart. Crammed with rare footage, TV clips, live performances, and interviews with experts, musicians, and almost every member of 'The Magic Band', this is the most exhaustive film ...

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