Taking Woodstock : Movie Review


With the same sensitivity he brought to The Ice Storm and Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee takes us back to 1969 to tell Elliot Tiber's untold story - beyond the music, free love and hair-decked flowers of Woodstock. It's a story somewhat left of field involving a small community and a broke, dysfunctional Jewish family whose son inadvertently becomes a vital cog in the wheel of the music festival's birth. Set on the rich backdrop of an era with the Vietnam War, the Moon landing and a tsunami-like wave of optimism that screamed for peace and love, Taking Woodstock is a fabulous trip. It's funny, involving in an addictive way and surprisingly moving.

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Author : Louise Keller