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GrindsMan presents:

Elvis on Tour.(1972)-grInDSmAN

type. muziek
formaat. DVD5
bron. DVD9
taal. engels
ondertitels. frans spaans engels
duur. 93 min

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After the solid success of Elvis: That's the Way It Is, and with his career as a
movie actor having reached a standstill, Elvis Presley undertook a second
concert documentary. Elvis on Tour trails after the King on a few concert dates
in 1972, as he powers through a curious set list that downplays the classic hits
in favor of the likes of "Polk Salad Annie" and "Proud Mary." Rehearsal footage,
preshow jitters, and after-hours sessions singing gospel with the gang are
included; most revealing is a sequence that follows Elvis off stage and into his
waiting limo, where he towels off in exhaustion, cracks a few jokes, and listens
to the praise of the entourage. These glimpses are a logical counterpoint to the
concert material; less explicable is the rundown of Elvis's early years, which
hardly fits the subject at hand--and frankly reminds us that Elvis looks pale
and just a bit puffy at this moment in his life. The fun stuff includes a
workout on the still-new "Burning Love" (Elvis has to read from a lyric sheet),
committed takes on "Bridge over Troubled Water" and "I Got a Woman," and a
spirited "Never Been to Spain," a song that fits Elvis's taste for simple,
dramatic builds. That, and Elvis giving a stage introduction to "the guy that
gives me my water and my scarves and so forth." The movie's structure feels a
little random, not that that will matter to fans. At times it catches the King
looking undeniably weary of it all, except in those moments when a song really
catches him (certainly during the gospel moments) and you see just how utterly
"in the music" he was. The split-screen approach is intact, and the film's
"montage supervisor" was a young fellow named Martin Scorsese. Note about this
2010 edition: The original song that played under the opening credits, a cover
of "Johnny B. Goode," has been replaced (apparently due to rights issues) with a
live "Don't Be Cruel."

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