The best format to see this movie would be DVD since its easier to find the good material. There is an awful lot of dead air space, (hippies sliding in the mud, and building scaffolding) and the split screen is annoying. Although as an artifact of sixties culture, this is a film that probably has very few rivals. As usual the directors have chosen to include more of the boring musical acts and less of the great ones. Still this move is worth seeing just for three things: some great, if brief, moments from Hendrix, the Who , and a terrific rendition of "Suite Judy Blue Eyes" by Crosby,Stills , and Nash. A year or two ago there was a Rolling Stones concert of some 500,000 in Toronto for SARS. The event was very peaceful and for the most part there was no trouble, which proves maybe the sixties communal spirit is not dead after all.
