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MARLENE DIETRICH - HER OWN SONG DVD :.
As
we all know, Bacharach at the start of his career was an
arranger and a pianist at nightclub acts, including Dietrich's
in the '50s. There are several recordings and shows where
Bacharach was the musical arranger.
In this DVD, there are footages of clips from concerts of
Dietrich singing and there is an interview from the '90s of
Bacharach. He might have appeared conducting the orchestra on
those early shows, can anyone confirm?
Description
This is a fascinating documentary about the great screen legend Marlene Dietrich, not the less because of the particular focus on her life it takes. Without much question, Dietrich was one of the more interesting and complex individuals to have a career in Hollywood. Her films are fascinating for the imagery and complex sexuality presented upon the screen, and her life was interesting for many of the same reasons.
This documentary leaves large parts of Dietrich's life undiscussed in order to deal more completely with aspects normally neglected. For instance, there is surprisingly little devoted to her actual film career. Many of her greatest film roles are not mentioned at all,
nor her sex life.
On the other hand, we do get a portrait of Dietrich that, in conjunction with the more commonly known side of her, that richly deepens the more common portrait of her. There are many extraordinary early photographs and film footage of the very young Marlene in Germany, a great deal of fascinating home movie footage, and many interviews with family members. In fact, the sections of the documentary dealing with her family relations is among the most interesting.
DVD Information:
Director: David Riva
Encoding: Region 1
Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen
Rated: NR
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
DVD Release Date: December 3, 2002
Run Time: 101 min
Interviewees: Burt
Bacharach, Rosemary Clooney, Hildegard Knef, A.C. Lyles, Felix
Moeller, Barney Oldfield, Maria Riva, Volker Schlöndorff,
Nicholas Josef von Sternberg, Jamie Lee Curtis
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