Doors, The-Storytellers-The Doors: A Celebration (2001) |
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Doors, The-Storytellers-The Doors: A Celebration (2001) |
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| General | Extras | ||
| Category | Music |
Booklet Menu Audio Music Video-Riders On The Storm Music Video-Wild Child |
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| Year Of Production | 2001 | ||
| Running Time | 62:08 (Case: 75) | ||
| RSDL / Flipper | No/No | Cast & Crew | |
| Start Up | Menu | ||
| Region Coding | 2,4 | Directed By | Dave Diomedi |
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Studio
Distributor |
 Warner Vision |
Starring |
Ray Manzarek Robby Krieger John Densmore |
| Case | Amaray-Transparent | ||
| RPI | $39.95 | Music | None Given |
| Video | Audio | ||
| Pan & Scan/Full Frame | Full Frame |
English Dolby Digital 5.1 (448Kb/s) English Dolby Digital 2.0 (224Kb/s) English dts 5.1 (1536Kb/s) |
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| Widescreen Aspect Ratio | None | ||
| 16x9 Enhancement | No | ||
| Video Format | 576i (PAL) | ||
| Original Aspect Ratio | 1.33:1 | Miscellaneous | |
| Jacket Pictures | No | ||
| Subtitles |
French German Italian Spanish |
Smoking | No |
| Annoying Product Placement | No | ||
| Action In or After Credits | Yes, Credits roll over Roadhouse Blues | ||
The Doors: A Celebration brings together the three surviving members of the group (Ray Manzarek, John Densmore and Robby Krieger) and an array of guest vocalists, including Perry Farrell (Jane's Addiction), Pat Monahan (Train), Ian Astbury (The Cult), Travis Meeks (Days Of The New), Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) and Scott Stapp (Creed), who try to fill the leather pants of Jim Morrison. All of the vocalists put their heart and soul into the music but none bring back Jim Morrison better than Travis Meeks in The End and Scott Stapp in Light My Fire and Riders On The Storm.
The music is interspersed with anecdotes from Ray, John and Robby, giving some insight into the circumstances that resulted in the songs and explaining, in response to questions from the audience, some of the events from the group's history such as when Jim Morrison was arrested during the middle of a concert in New Haven.
If you are interested in learning more about The Doors then I suggest you watch Oliver Stone's The Doors for that particular director's interpretation of their story. Alternatively, read No One Here Gets Out Alive, the band's biography, by their manager, Danny Sugerman.
| 1. L.A Woman 2. Love Me Two Times 3. Whiskey Bar 4. Back Door Man 5. The End 6. Break On Through | 7. Five To One 8. Light My Fire 9. Roadhouse Blues 10. Wild Child (Bonus Track) 11. Riders On The Storm (Bonus Track) |
The transfer is presented in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 which is the original aspect ratio of the source material and is therefore not 16x9 enhanced.
The transfer is occasionally sharp but is often in soft focus and occasionally is very unfocused. This is undoubtedly a result of the source material rather than any lack of care in creating the transfer. Shadow detail is good. No low level noise was noted. The colour palette is good and colours are fully saturated. Skin tones are realistic.
Neither edge enhancement nor aliasing are an issue with this transfer. Posterization was occasionally noted, however this was subtle and consequently not distracting. Colour bleeding was also present but given the tendency for the lighting used in concerts to give objects an apparent coloured halo this artefact was not a great concern.
The transfer was free of film artefacts except for two instances when small white marks were noted. Minor film grain was present throughout, however.
Subtitles are provided but are only used for the dialogue between songs. Since there are no English subtitles, it is not possible to comment on their accuracy.
This disc is a single layered DVD5 and consequently there is no layer change to interrupt your enjoyment of the performance.
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There was no significant difference between the DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks except for a noticeable increase in the subwoofer level on the Dolby Digital 5.1 track. The subwoofer supported the music on the DTS soundtrack without calling attention to itself.
As expected from a music DVD, all the channels were used to provide a feeling that you were in the audience in the middle of a live performance. The front channels were very directional while the rear channels were mostly used to provide the ambience of the venue.
There was some low level buzz and hiss evident during the dialogue, however this was at too low a level to be evident during the musical performances.
No audio sync problems were noted.
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Bonus Tracks
Wild Child featuring Ian Astbury, and Riders On The Storm featuring Scott Stapp.
NOTE: To view non-R4 releases, your equipment needs to be multi-zone compatible and usually also NTSC compatible.
The video quality is adequate given the problems associated with capturing a live performance.
The audio quality is very good once again giving consideration to the difficulties in recording a live performance.
The extras are limited.
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| Review Equipment | |
| DVD | Pioneer DV-515, using S-Video output |
| Display | Sony VPL-WV10HT LCD Projector on to 100" (254 cm) 16:9 ratio Screen. Calibrated with Video Essentials. This display device is 16x9 capable. This display device has a maximum native resolution of 720p. |
| Audio Decoder | Built in to amplifier/receiver. Calibrated with Video Essentials. |
| Amplification | Yamaha RXV-995 |
| Speakers | Front L&R - B&W DM603, Centre - B&W LCR6, Rear L&R - B&W DM602, Sub - Yamaha YST-SW300 |