Review: Revival 69: The Concert That Rocked the World
A documentary talking about a 1969 Toronto rock concert that featured John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band (Eric Clapton included), Alice Cooper, The Doors, Little Richard, and Chuck Berry among others. This should’ve been one heck of a rockumentary experience full of great footage and fascinating stories, as the rock ‘n’ roll old guard got to mix with hip young acts like The Doors and The Alice Cooper Band (who are mostly functioning as the backing band for Gene Vincent, best known for his hit ‘Be Bop a Lula’). Director Ron Chapman and writer Phyllis Ellis (who directs her own docos as well) had other ideas apparently, because this 2023 film is almost completely useless. I hate, absolutely hate the quirky animated storytelling device used throughout this. It’s like a mixture of Terry Gilliam and “Daria” , only cheap and boring. It kills what should truly be a historic, legendary story. And where’s the concert footage? For a whopping 35 minutes, all we get are crap animation ...