Message to Love

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Message to Love

1996

2h 8m

Documentary

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In 1970, 600,000 people descended on the Isle of Wight in England to watch a three-day music festival headlined by the Who, the Doors and Jimi Hendrix. Shot during the festival but only completed 25 years later, Murray Lerner's documentary is equal parts nostalgia and critique, contrasting the festival's classic-rock performances with its chaotic planning and financial failure. This film shows this collision between ideals and commerce at the end of an era of change.

Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 3/5

Feb 21, 2001

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Michael Atkinson

Spin

Lerner's document is a wizened squint at the tension between hippie idealism and the backstage laws of late capitalism.

Dec 27, 2022

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Brian J. Arthurs

Beach Reporter (Southern California)

Rated: 3/5

Oct 18, 2002

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

...an important anthropological and historical record of a moment in our cultural history

Rated: A-

Aug 29, 2002

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Bob Grimm

Las Vegas Mercury

Rated: 3/5

Aug 13, 2002

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Steve Rhodes

Internet Reviews

The music's power dominates.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 21, 2001

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Bob Dylan, The Who, and Jimi Hendrix were the stars of the great show.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Very Important, But I don't like hippies.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Der skulle en ha vÃ¦rt,glimrende doku om festivalen som gi litt skeis,med masse digg musikk seff,men fÃ¸rst og fremst en flott studie i hedonisme!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Leonard Cohen Live at The Isle of Wight (1970)

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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An amazing concert, only behind Woodstock in my opinion. From the Joni Mitchell, to Leonard Cohen, to Jimi Hendrix, to the hippie talking about marijuana on the toilet, its a great documentary.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Synopsis

In 1970, 600,000 people descended on the Isle of Wight in England to watch a three-day music festival headlined by the Who, the Doors and Jimi Hendrix. Shot during the festival but only completed 25 years later, Murray Lerner's documentary is equal parts nostalgia and critique, contrasting the festival's classic-rock performances with its chaotic planning and financial failure. This film shows this collision between ideals and commerce at the end of an era of change.

Director: Murray Lerner
Producer: Murray Lerner
Screenwriter: Murray Lerner
Production Co: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Pulsar, Initial Film and Television
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Dec 9, 1997
Box Office (Gross USA): $143.4K
Runtime: 2h 8m