Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage (or Music Box: Woodstock 99) is a 2021 documentary film about the music festival Woodstock '99.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Garret Price |
| Starring | Moby Jewel |
| Narrated by | Bryan Vadnais |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Running time | 110 minutes |
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| Network | HBO HBO Max |
| Release | July 23, 2021 |
Summary
editThe film features interviews in which the concert promoters, workers, performers, and attendees share their experiences of the infamous 3-day festival that was marred by intense heat, overpricing, violence, sexual assault, looting, vandalism and fires.[3]
Cast
editProduction
editDirector Garret Price said in a 2021 interview that he thought the late 1990s had a "toxic" culture. Price reflected that when the festival took place, he and his college roommates "were glued to the pay-per-view that whole weekend", adding "It’s weird, though, as all that chaos unfolded in real time, it never felt crazy to me back then — it was almost like this extreme FOMO, wishing I was there. It wasn’t until years later when I started going down a YouTube rabbit hole of reliving the performances and reading articles that I started to understand all the issues that started to unfold that weekend. Not just of the festival itself, but of America culturally."[5] Price also remarked, "I think the reason the '90s are so in right now is that people are nostalgic for the decade they were born in. So kids at Woodstock '99 were nostalgic for the mid-late '70s, with Dazed and Confused being popular. But Woodstock ’99 tried to push a nostalgia for the last '60s, and the ideals of counterculture and free love."[5]
It was the first film of the six-part documentary series Music Box.[6]
Release
editWoodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage premiered on July 23, 2021 (the 22nd anniversary of the concert's first day), on HBO and HBO Max.[7]
Reception
editOn the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 91% of 32 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.4/10. The critics consensus reads, "Woodstock 99 documents the notorious music festival like an unraveling horror film to visceral effect, presenting a flashpoint in cultural nadir while suggesting that it was also a sign of troubles to come."[8]
See also
edit- Trainwreck: Woodstock '99, another documentary about Woodstock '99
- Baby boomers
- Generation X
- Nu metal
- Progressive rap
- Grunge
- Coachella
References
edit- ^ "HBO Releases Trailer For A New Doc On Woodstock '99, A.K.A. "The Day The Nineties Died"". Gothamist. July 7, 2021.
- ^ "'Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, And Rage' Doc Preview Chronicles Music, Mayhem at Ill-Fated Fest". Billboard.
- ^ HBO's Woodstock '99 Documentary Is a Dark Warning - The Atlantic
- ^ Was Moby's 'Play' the Spiritual Death of the '90s? - The Ringer
- ^ a b "Woodstock '99 Director Garret Price on His Rock History "Horror Film": "I Wanted a Boots-on-the-Ground Experience"". 23 July 2021.
- ^ White, Peter (July 23, 2021). "Bill Simmons On 'Woodstock 99' & Turning 'Music Box' Into Coding for numbers in headlines: '30 For 30' Of Music Documentaries: Deadline Q&A". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
- ^ "Watch the Trailer for New HBO Documentary Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage". Pitchfork. 7 July 2021.
- ^ "Music Box". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved January 1, 2022.