E1 ENTERTAINMENT Disco

I first heard about this Dvd last year while attending a saturday night disco concert featuring several well known acts of the disco era. Footage of this dvd was shown between acts and I must say that it caught my attention. Anyways, some 6 to 12 months later,I have finally seen it and I must say that it was just okay. Nothing exciting,nothing fantastic,nothing to brag about to friends. Just OKAY. Let me explain why it was just OKAY in several reasons.......1) The information on the back of the dvd claims it has a running time of 90 minutes yet by the time the ending credits appeared when watching it,the numbers displayed on my dvd showed it had a running time of roughly 75 minutes. My alarm clock even backs that up. Not long enough for a documentary solely on the history of disco music,especially when the first 30 minutes talks not about disco but its early influences such as James Brown and the Motown era. It's like taking Ken Burns' dvd box set on the history of baseball and editing it down to half the amount of discs. 2) The show focused too much on Gloria Gaynor. Okay,so maybe she had what they called the anthem of disco music,"I will survive",but she was not the history of disco. She even claimed in one of her many interviews in this dvd that it were her two only hits,"I will survive" and "never can say goodbye",that were the bookends of the era. Speak for herself. She also claims that it was disco music that first brought blacks and whites together. Not true! I have seen so many rock n roll related specials and documentaries that shows footage of blacks and whites getting down together to music as early as the 1960's. If you also look into Los Angeles history,it will show that in the era of big band music,there were clubs that brought blacks and whites together simply for an evening of fun. Sadly,it was the racist LAPD that cut those dance club evenings short. She even takes up half of the bonus features. 3) There was no mention or even footage of such acts who contributed to the era such as Abba,The Jacksons,The Emotions,Sister sledge,heatwave,Earth,wind,and fire,Ohio players,Vicki Sue Robinson,Tavares,Peter Brown,Andy Gibb,McFadden and White,just to name a few (this of course explains why it needed to be more than 75 minutes). 4) Not enough made-for-dvd interviews with key figures of the era. Besides those mentioned in reason #3,where was KC? Where was the surviving founder of Studio 54? Where was Diana Ross? Where was Robert Stigwood? Where was Barry or Robin Gibb? Respectfully speaking,when a disco documentary has Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead and not the mentioned individuals,something is wrong. As for other interviews,roughly most were either done in the 1970's or in the 1990's in some public building where people are heard talking loud in the background. 5) There was no mention of such popular shows as American Bandstand,Soul train,or the short-lived Hot City (bet you forgot about that show!) who all contributed big to the disco era. They did not even mention the ever so popular weekly dance contest show,Dance fever,hosted by Denny Terrio,the man responsible for John Travolta's moves in Saturday night fever. 6) The segment on hardrock bands jumping onto the disco band wagon was poor. If the documentary was going to talk about Kiss,Rod Stewart,and The Rolling Stones making songs suitable for disco,the least it could have done was play bits and pieces of those songs. And 7) In under a minute or two, the documentary goes from talking about the fall of disco to disco in the 21st century to the ending credits. That fast! Anyways,don't get me wrong! I am a fan of disco music,which accounts for roughly 20% of the 400-500 cds I own. I do plan on attending this year's saturday night disco concert but I must say that for a documentary on disco music,I have seen better. Two interesting examples were VH1's "when disco ruled the world" and VH1's Studio 54 "behind the music",even though it was based on just the famous club itself. Do I recommend this dvd to one? Honestly....I don't know. It's up to the disco music lover to decide. Trust me,I don't mean to sound soooo negative,but if I am entitled to give a review,an honest one is necessary. Still,after watching it,I will survive,heyyyy,heyyyy!!!

A great documentary hosted by an over effusive Gloria Gaynor and featuring tons of interviews with some of the disco stalwarts Tom Moulton, Alicia Bridges, Thelma Houston, Giorgio Moroder to name a few. It really tells the story from an American perspective and if I were to make one minor criticism it would be that it excludes the European side of disco; after all across the Atlantic in Germany to be precise a whole movement was taking place as well artists such as Donna Summer, Boney M, Amanda Lear, were emerging whilst elsewhere acts like Baccarra, ABBA, LaBionda etc were also making significant contributions. Never the less this is an entertaining history lesson.

ONE PROBLEM WITH THIS FILM. But first, I found this film highly entertaining and nostalgic. It was incredibly insightful and thorough. Except for the ONE PROBLEM : NOT ONE MENTION OF THE BEE GEES. I loved how they traced the roots of disco, to the innovators and, subsequent explotation of the genre. But you cannot talk about disco without a mention of the Bee Gees who's Saturday Night Fever soundtrack is still the highest selling of all time. The irony, they talk about that soundtrack and some of the artists in it. Know this: I'm not a bee gees fan, I just feel that is a blatant omission which should be mentioned. If some of the filmmakers can respond to this review I would love to know your motiveWhat the hell?

Nice look behind the scenes. Disco really was a revolution and it helped to liberate women, gays and blacks. Nice to see another doc. about the subject shed light on how it became and how it came to an end. The only issue I had with this disc is they credit Gloria Gaynor as the Queen of Disco and clearly, we all know that title has always belonged to Donna Summer.

Me esperaba más del DVD. Incluso algún videoclip de la época.

Forget all the negative comments about this DVD. For the money (buy it used) it's a lot of fun to see interviews with disco pioneers, historical footage, as well as a few performance clips (it is a documentary so don't expect to see a lot of complete performances). As you watch the DVD you may not realize the significance of the people it features. Get Peter Shapiro's book, Turn The Beat Around and look up some of the names and you'll find that this DVD is featuring the "founding fathers" of disco (such as Earl Young - look him up). What more could a 70s child ask for!

A good review of 70s disco, with host Gloria Gaynor explaining the ins and outs of the dance music history. I was looking for more, but I understand the licensing of songs is very costly. I recommend this DVD because it was enjoyable.

How do you make a documentary about Disco and not mention the Bee Gees? ….and sure "Love To Love You Baby" was Donna Summer's big breakout hit but how could you overlook "I Feel Love" which has had a far deeper impact on music.

Wer angesichts der Angaben des Covers erwartet, dass ein Dutzend von Musiktiteln zu sehen wären, der wird bitter enttäuscht. 90 min. Gesülze, die zwar interessant sind, aber durchaus auf 15 min. max. 30 min. beschränkt hätten werden können. Dann wäre auch Platz gewesen, die angekündigten Musikstücke unterzubringen. Ich fühle mich hier eindeutig betrogen. Leider ist es Mode geworden, dass irgendwelche "Prominenten" ihre Meinungen zur Schau stellen und unterschwellig werden dann Musiktitel angespielt. Irgendwie haben die Verantwortlichen nicht begriffen, dass man etwas ganz anderes erwartet. Ich kann also nur vom Kauf abraten.

de très beaux titres..et rien derrière. j'avais rêvé de partager des moments avec mon épouse; que du bla-bla, et qui plus est creux, pour qui comprend bien l'anglais, ce qui est mon cas. parlez de ce dvd à vos amis.pour leur éviter une dépense inutile et une grosse déception.belle couverture, beaux titres sur la jaquette seulement. la dorure s'envole dès les premières secondes de lecture. même pas documentaire. ne mérite même pas l'étoile qu'on est obligé de mettre

Je suis déçu. C'est une documentaire en anglais, avec des extraits de musique ne durant pas plus de quelques secondes. Je voulais les chansons en entier, et le catalogue d'artistes annoncés sur la jaquette est trompeur.

Un peu dessus sur l'originalité du produit.Pour les novices c'est très bien mais pour les connaisseurs passez votre chemin