The last waltz

published in music by seven on May 11 2007 06:12 PM

band cinema Scorcese Dixie Last Waltz music

In 1978 Martin Scorcese taped the last concert of a musical band named The Band. In a parallel way he interviewed its members and, in the assembly, he alternated scenes from the concert with fragments of the interviews. The end result was a memorable The last waltz. Raw music; raw cinema. To (re)see countless times.

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