Review of Festival

Festival (1967)
3/10
Poor effort.
16 July 2018
Warning: Spoilers
I seem to be the only one who doesn't care for this documentary. First, what I liked; a duet by Joan Baez and Dylan near the beginning which introduces us to the youngest Joan I have ever seen, she is beautiful; a few snippets of Son House and another snippet of Richard and Mimi Farina; some unidentified folk dancers; interview with Mike Bloomfield. What I didn't like: The musical selection was pretty much awful and nearly all performances were truncated. There was very poor continuity, virtually no connection between various scenes. Performances were from four different festivals apparently with no info as to which was from which festival. Also if you don't already know who the performers are there is no identification of them.

It might be worth watching as an historical document, but if you want to hear some good music don't waste your time.
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