{"id":67029,"date":"2021-01-30T12:08:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T19:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=67029"},"modified":"2021-01-30T17:34:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T00:34:24","slug":"jimi-plays-berkeley-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=67029","title":{"rendered":"Jimi Plays Berkeley (1971)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;He can&#8217;t say anything to me; I just feel it, you know?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Poster-204x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-67031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Poster-204x300.png 204w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Poster-87x128.png 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Poster-184x270.png 184w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Poster.png 603w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nJimi Hendrix performs in Berkeley, California while counter-culture protests occur on the streets.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Concert Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis one-time midnight movie features Jimi Hendrix &#8212; the highest paid rock musician in the world in 1969 &#8212; performing in Berkeley, California four months before his death by overdose at the age of 27. While many viewers have complained about the <em>cinema verite<\/em> style of this film, arguing that his songs are too chopped up and edited to appreciate in their entirety, I think that&#8217;s exactly the point: Hendrix was a cubist musician, a guitarist who could riff on a theme or chord or musical idea until he&#8217;d gone as far as he wanted to, then cleanly return to the melody without error &#8212; just as the directors and editors here cut across their footage at will while retaining a cohesive whole of sorts. <\/p>\n<p>The film opens with Jimi riding to his venue while an unseen commentator describes him as someone who lives for his music, and feels his audiences deeply.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Riding2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Riding2-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Riding2-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Riding2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Riding2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Riding2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Riding2-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Riding2.png 1377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;He feels things from audiences. Like, one gig in L.A. he just split in the middle of it because the people weren&#8217;t receptive. And then a couple of days later, he came back and he did a free thing &#8212; got up and jammed all afternoon; it was beautiful.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Next we&#8217;re shown footage of peaceful protesters in Berkeley refusing to pay $3.50 to see <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=39381\"><em>Woodstock<\/em> (1970)<\/a> &#8212; a film, one argues, that they (the people) made. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-We-Did-The-People.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-We-Did-The-People-1024x763.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-We-Did-The-People-1024x763.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-We-Did-The-People-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-We-Did-The-People-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-We-Did-The-People-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-We-Did-The-People-362x270.png 362w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-We-Did-The-People.png 1375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the bulk of the short documentary consists of Jimi playing, once even using his teeth (his virtuosity here must be seen to be believed): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Teeth.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Teeth-1024x799.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"499\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Teeth-1024x799.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Teeth-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Teeth-128x100.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Teeth-768x599.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Teeth-346x270.png 346w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Teeth.png 1347w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>In between, we see footage of increasingly violent protests taking place across the city: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Protests.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Protests-1024x784.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"490\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Protests-1024x784.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Protests-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Protests-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Protests-768x588.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Protests-353x270.png 353w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Protests.png 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but we return again and again to Jimi himself on stage: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Face.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Face-1024x761.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"476\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Face-1024x761.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Face-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Face-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Face-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Face-363x270.png 363w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Face.png 1361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; cross-cut with audience reactions, including these two impossibly-young-seeming front-row fans:  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Audience.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Audience-1024x778.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"486\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Audience-1024x778.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Audience-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Audience-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Audience-768x584.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Audience-355x270.png 355w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Audience.png 1383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Film fanatics with a particular interest in Hendrix will surely want to check this concert movie out, though others may be content simply to see his iconic performances in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9142\"><em>Monterey Pop<\/em> (1968)<\/a> or <em>Woodstock<\/em> (1970). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many close-up shots of Jimi&#8217;s inimitable performance style<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Still-1024x787.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"492\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Still-1024x787.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Still-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Still-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Still-768x590.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Still-351x270.png 351w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Jimi-Plays-Berkeley-Still.png 1375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s certainly worth a look and a listen for its historical relevance. Listed as a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0245184\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=11387\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=11387\">Entertainment Weekly Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;He can&#8217;t say anything to me; I just feel it, you know?&#8221; Synopsis: Jimi Hendrix performs in Berkeley, California while counter-culture protests occur on the streets. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Concert Films Review: This one-time midnight movie features Jimi Hendrix &#8212; the highest paid rock musician in the world in 1969 &#8212; performing in Berkeley, California four months before his death by overdose at the age of 27. 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