One for the collector or the sucker, like me. Even though I'd read plenty of warnings that the film and sound was lousy I still went ahead and bought it. Why? well its very hard to get hold of, and this particular DVD also includes the Exploding Plastic Inevitable film that got projected onto the band during their early live shows, a bonus that's hard to ignore.
I will add some images taken from E.P.I. which make the whole thing look great but do note that the images pass in a blink of the eye, what you mostly see is blackness.
ReviewThe footage is rare, and for good reason - its terrible. What you get is a jam session/rehearsal but it appears that the cameraman has yet to learn the fundamentals of operating the camera and seems to have difficulty trying to get the thing fixed on a stand, and then he plays around with the zoom, continuously. The sound is barely audible on much of the soundtrack even though after about 50 minutes the cops arrive and cut the session after neighbours complain, the remaining footage is just people milling around the studio.
Tagged on afterwards is the short film Andy Warhols's Exploding Plastic Inevitable, which has been sourced from a video-taped copy. Images flicker sporadically on the screen and are only briefly sequenced, but you can make out the faces from the factory scene. The purpose of these films was to contribute to the light show projected onto the live band, so they are really just an element of a multi-media art experience. Many images are repeated, and the whole 22 minutes may have been looped several times, generally its fairly boring to watch without a band playing on stage.