Naïve Old Fart

Most live albums used to be collated from various performances on one, or more, tours. It was rare that a single entire concert was released. Nowadays, all sorts of concerts are recorded and filmed for release. Entire box sets are dedicated to a band's entire output from a particular era (case in point: King Crimson). At least FLASHPOINT sounds better than STILL LIFE

FLASHPOINT is a live album. It documents (in part) the Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle tour. The full concert can be found on STEEL WHEELS LIVE, released in 2000.

Thanks, @Thor As I said: it comes from a lifetime of listening to music, getting to know what "sound" producers choose to employ. To respectfully disagree with my illustrious JWfaner, I am not a genius, I merely have a "good ear".

Have you seen UNTIL SEPTEMBER, and THE PERFECT STORM? She's good, in both.

... like Peter Hyams and 2010. Apparently, the suits said that it was too dark. Peter Andrews, on the other hand, always lights impeccably

Vaughan Williams SYMPHONY #2, FANTASIA ON A THEME BY THOMAS TALLIS, and SERENADE TO MUSIC. Roger Norrington/LPO. This is music!

Yeah, but he got fired from ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST.

The Rattle/CBSO Mahler 2, is phenomenal, and my go-to version. I'll check the earlier Rattle TROS. I've read... er... "interesting" things about Stravinsky and Karajan

Sadly, true

Can anyone recommend me a decent THE RITE OF SPRING? I've been having a wee look on Amazon, and I think I'm going to go for the Rattle/Berliner Philhamonika from 2013. Any suggestions, folks?

PRESUMED INNOCENT was shown in Dolby Pro Logic (aka Dolby Surround) or, possibly, Dolby SR, which was a 4.0 system (three front channels, and a mono rear channel).

... Freddie Francis... Of course not, Alex. I only said something that I had read at the time, hence the quotation marks It's well documented that some DPs have been let go because they clashed with the director (Gil Taylor; Haskell Wexler; Dick Bush), or had to leave due to illness (Jordan Cronenweth), but one cannot underestimate the great talent that a decent DP brings to a film. Check out Lathrop's Oscar nominated cinematography for both THE AMERICANIZATION OF EMILY, and EARTHQUAKE. The latter has a very distinct color palette.

Just a "heads up", y'all. Next Saturday at 4pm BST, there will be an interview with Eliot Goldenthal, on BBC Radio 3's programme THE SOUND OF CINEMA.

Sometimes directors have no idea how to create a shot, what they want, or how it's achieved. Apparently when it came to shooting THE ELEPHANT MAN, Lynch "didn't know one end of the camera from the other". In the case of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, to say that Dougie Slocombe's cinematography is "stunning", takes nothing away from Jewison's direction. By the way; Dougie Slocombe's cinematography is stunning

Without puffing myself up too much, I'm pretty sure that I can tell the difference between the sounds of Armin Steiner, Shawn Murphy, Ted Keep, John Neal, Dan Wallin, and Bruce Botnick. In much the same way, I can tell whether something is Trevor Horn, George Martin, Roy Thomas Baker, Todd Rundgren, Martin Rushent, Steve Lillywhite, Daniel Lanois, or Phil Spector. It comes from a lifetime of listening to, and studying, recorded music.

Agreed, Thor. The biggest mistake they made was killing John Connor in first ten minutes. At least it's better than whatever GENISYS was all about. Er... what was GENISYS all about?

Yes, Alex, and it's an honour that GB has had, several times - and well deservedly so. LOVE, in DTS 5.1, thank you very much. What the Martins did on this, is nothing short of astonishing. I know that there are two-channel purists, and I respect that. I also know that there are those who say: "You don't mess with The Beatles", and I respect that also, but I really like what they've done. If George Martin was the 5th Beatle, does that make Giles Martin the 6th? Oops! Gotta go. I'm coming up to the brilliant 'Tomorrow Never Knows'/'Within Without You' mashup.

It's got Doctor #9 in it, so... how bad can it be?

"Shit". "As much as I hate to stoop to symbolism, Major..." (blows smoke in face). A great cast, a nifty score, by Jack Nitzsche, and some astonishing miniature work, by ILM.

"What happened?" "He got the boot."

THE MUMMY (2017) What the chuffin' 'eck was that?! I'll tell you what it wasn't: Funny ✓ Thrilling ✓ Exciting ✓ Well made ✓ Interesting ✓ Gruesome ✓ Ghoulish ✓ Good✓ Worth watching ✓ I don't expect much from a Summer blockbuster movie, anymore, especially one with Scientology's finest. Ed Byrne said it best, on MTW: "Tom Cruise! Explosions! A flash of boob! That'll do ya", but I was hoping for more than this. Everything on screen, I had - literally - seen before, just done so much better. I pity the poor souls that shelled out to see this at the cinema. I'm glad that I only paid 25p for it, at my local thrift store - and I still feel ripped off! It must be the only film in cinema history to end a franchise before it had even begun

@Sweeping Strings Agreed, Sweep. He was my favourite character, in LICENCE TO KILL. I've never seen Anthony Starke in anything else.

R.I.P., O.J. Simpson

"Great, Franz! Another eighty million dollar right-off." "I guess it's time to start cutting overhead."

"Finish your tea, Sam."