{"id":9142,"date":"2009-08-14T22:16:17","date_gmt":"2009-08-15T05:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9142"},"modified":"2021-01-29T20:46:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T03:46:35","slug":"monterey-pop-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9142","title":{"rendered":"Monterey Pop (1968)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We all love each other, right?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Monterey-Pop-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Monterey-Pop-Poster-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-66950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Monterey-Pop-Poster-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Monterey-Pop-Poster-92x128.jpg 92w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Monterey-Pop-Poster-194x270.jpg 194w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Monterey-Pop-Poster.jpg 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nSome of the world&#8217;s most notable musicians perform at the historic 1967 Monterey International Festival in Northern California.\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<li>Counterculture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nWidely acknowledged as &#8220;the first major rock concert film&#8221;, <em>Monterey Pop<\/em> gives us &#8220;a chance to see some of the greatest rock-music acts in the world&#8221;, and accurately captures a &#8220;time when music was so central to the counterculture&#8221;. While we may be familiar with many of the types of images presented here (either from other concert films, or from random documentary footage), it nonetheless remains an invaluable time capsule in its own right, as creatively conceived and captured by D.A. Pennebaker and his team of six cinematographers, who were given homemade cameras and told to shoot whatever they saw of interest, <em>cinema verite<\/em> style. If you&#8217;re a fan of music from this era at all, you&#8217;re guaranteed to enjoy many of the performances; my personal favorite (after Janis Joplin&#8217;s heartfelt rendition of &#8220;Ball and Chain&#8221;) is Ravi Shankar&#8217;s lengthy, rousing finale. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A priceless document of late 1960s counterculture<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/mp-counterculture1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/mp-counterculture1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9145\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/mp-counterculture2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/mp-counterculture2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9146\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Janis Joplin performing &#8220;Ball and Chain&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/mp-janis-joplin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/mp-janis-joplin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9148\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jimi Hendrix&#8217;s memorable guitar-burning performance of &#8220;Wild Thing&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/mp-jimi-hendrix.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/mp-jimi-hendrix.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9149\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Mamas and the Papas performing &#8220;California Dreamin'&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/mp-mamas-papas.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/mp-mamas-papas.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9150\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Simon and Garfunkel singing &#8220;The 59th Street Bridge Song&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/mp-simon-garfunkel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/mp-simon-garfunkel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9151\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ravi Shankar&#8217;s joyous finale performance<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/mp-ravi-shankar.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/mp-ravi-shankar.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9152\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as an historically important, most enjoyable concert film. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Good Show<\/li>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0064689\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1968\/12\/27\/archives\/screen-upbeat-musicalmonterey-pop-views-the-rock-scene.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s637pop.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/review\/3968\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We all love each other, right?&#8221; Synopsis: Some of the world&#8217;s most notable musicians perform at the historic 1967 Monterey International Festival in Northern California. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Concert Films Counterculture Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Widely acknowledged as &#8220;the first major rock concert film&#8221;, Monterey Pop gives us &#8220;a chance to see some of the greatest rock-music acts in the world&#8221;, and accurately captures a &#8220;time when music was so central to the counterculture&#8221;. While we may be&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9142\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9142"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66952,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9142\/revisions\/66952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}