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A new film should contain more about his music and views regarding the interests that inspired him.and more about his own inspirations and loves, more about his relationships with the other famous people who became his friends, and his perceptions and memories of the social movement they were all a part of with the rest of his generation, plus possibly comments about the time from the people who loved his music. This is a real eye-opener for anyone who has watched Donovan's career from the beginning. Beautifully produced and presented, it considers a time that many of the generation it talks about are still confused about. More should be done of this nature.
It's a good documentary anyway, well worth seeing. And I haven't seen any other film attempt what this one has. However, there's time for another film to top this one. This movie makes a stab at all of that, but didn't quite ascend to the heights it could have.
His most famous pop songs and not-so-great later concert performances are given too much time in the film, while many of his lyrical, fantastic creations are ignored entirely. It would be fascinating, but possibly too intrusive, for Donovan to talk about his own confusions and what happened to him at a certain stage due to all the adulation and hardcore druggie types he encountered, which must have injured his gentle soul, and then how he pulled himself together and out of all the madness, which probably took years, and how he now views it all. It's a really great film with an eye on the historical, presenting a background for what happened to young people with music in the 60s, and Donovan in particular. An interesting study would be to analyse how his innocence was ridden over roughshod by the bigtime money-men wielding the tool of a new kind of mass-influencing technology (TV, which was new to the US in the 50s and to the UK in the 60s, and film) that youngsters of Donovan's generation were for the first time being influenced by on a mass, gigantic scale.
and mother, not to mention those of his past and present families, upon him. However, I think it could present Donovan in a more true and flattering light post-60s and it just barely hints at the tremendous power of his vision and music during the time of Flower Power, of which he was definitely King and quite possibly its creator. The middle part of his career is barely mentioned.I would like to see this movie remade, with much more of Glasgow and Donovan's early beginnings and the influences of his father (fascinating character).
But I want to see this DVD. I REALLY wanted to see this. I am so sad.I don't know what to do. Such a sad day when I happily put my new Donovan DVD into my player and found out that it was the wrong kind of DVD for my machine. Any suggestions. I don't know. Some kind of inport or something. How will I know when I'm buying a DVD that is not compatible with my player.
EXCELLENT VINTAGE LIVE MUSIC,UNFORTUNATLY DONOVAN TALKS OVER SONGS SO YOU CANT ENJOY THEIR INTIREITY AND DOES A SING ALONG,DUH WHATEVER,WE KNOW YOU CAN SING,WOULD BE MORE LIKE 4 STAR WITHOUT THE BLAH BLAH BLAH.
Very high production values throughout. The bonus DVD contains full length runs of some old videos, recent performances, etc.It IS introspective and a little self-congratulatory in places, and pretty open and honest in others. If you love Donovan's music and are interested in his career, this is worth getting. It is really well put together, lots of interview footage in multiple locations done especially for this film, plus lots of old footage of all sorts edited in.
Very well done and a journey worth taking For those who love Donovan and his music, this is a must have DVD. It is both enlightening and entertaining.
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