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Gag Gifts, Occasion Gifts - Moog
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Manufacturer: Plexifilm
Starring: Charlie Clouser, Herbert Deutsch, Keith Emerson, Edd Kalehoff, Gershon Kingsley
Directed By: Hans Fjellestad
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0082354002220
Format: Color
Label: Plexifilm
Manufacturer: Plexifilm
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Plexifilm
Region Code: 0
Release Date: 2005-05-31
Running Time: 72
Studio: Plexifilm
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
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Editorial Reviews:
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ROBERT MOOG HAS BEEN INVENTING AND BUILDING ELECTRONIC MUSICAL instruments for nearly half a century. MOOG, the film, takes us inside the mind of this legendary figure as he shares his ideas about creativity, design, interactivity, and spirituality. To this day, Moog continues to shape musical culture with some of the most inspiring instruments ever created.
MOOG features interviews and performances by Stereolab, Keith Emerson, Walter Sear, Gershon Kinsgley, Jean-Jacques Perrey & Luke Vibert, Rick Wakeman, DJ Spooky, Herb Deutsch, Bernie Worrell, Pamelia Kurstin, Tino Corp., Charlie Clouser, Money Mark, Mix Master Mike and others.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: "Moog" a brilliant Film for anyone interested in moog,
Comment: "Moog" a brilliant Film for anyone interested in moog,theremins, synthesizers or the history of eletronic music!!!!! this is a great DVD [[ASIN:B00095L94W Moog]
This is one of the best documentaries i own and its a brilliant peice of both art and science in one!!!
best-Collette
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Summary: Analog Synthesizer Fever
Comment: I finished watching it 5 minutes ago and the first time I did was come here to amazon to see how much a minimoog costs, too bad I will have to wait a couple of years before I can afford one. Anyway, it's a very good documentary, I'm glad someone honored Mr. Moog making a documentary about him, he desserves that and way more.
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Summary: mumbling, muttering mess
Comment: A documentary about Robert Moog, one of the most important figures in electronic music? Yes, please, sign me up. Alas, this premise goes awry from the outset. This mishmash of a documentary feels like a collection of outtakes from a better work. I don't need to see Robert Moog talking about pepper plants and Money Mark diddling around on a synthesizer.
MOOG demonstrates that sometimes it's best to not rely on the subject of the documentary as the subject matter expert of the film. Robert Moog is not the most well-spoken advocate and historian of his life's work. Likewise, showing the electronic guts of his machines doesn't do much to explain how they work or why Moog's work is important to the music world.
When utilizing archive footage, MOOG works. Unfortunately, these moments are few and far between leaving MOOG a mumbling, muttering mess for its interminable seventy-two minutes. Moog and electronica deserve better.
Customer Rating:
Summary: We're lucky to have it...
Comment: Nobody would fund this poor guy Hans Fjellestad... Wendy Carlos apparently even threatened legal action (for what he did or might do, I don't know). Apparently nobody else had the foresight to realize that Bob Moog wouldn't live forever. We're lucky to have this document on Bob's life, imperfect that it may be. Mr. Fjellestad was working on an extremely limited budget, so how much can you complain when it's clear nobody else was willing to share his dream, or at least help pay for it. Now it's too late to make anything like it again, at least with Bob himself in it. I for one own a copy, and am grateful for it.
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Summary: Great Overview and Insite into Moogs Private world.
Comment: I enjoyed this documentary. I've read a few of the other reviews and I guess I am confused as to what some of these viewers expected. This is not an engineering documentary on Moog synthesizers in any regard, What we have here is a very good overview of the Man himself. Bob Moog comes across as a very easy-natured person who was initially very interested in electrical engineering but was luckily diverted into musical audio technology. In this video you can see him interacting with musicians and learning how they use his instruments. He learned not just the electrical side but the artistic side of the musicians he listened to when developing ideas. This was constant. I am currently reading a very good documentary on Moog and this video complements it very well. Since Moogs Passing in August of 2005, this video will shed much light on his character and his life interests. Bob never gave the impression he wanted to be rich from the fruit of his labors, but wanted to stay inquisitive to all aspects of his life.
- Dave Carlin
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