Woodstock, Dale Bell
Woodstock, Dale Bell
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Woodstock
Interviews and Recollections

Author: Dale Bell

Narrator: Peter Berkrot, Xe Sands

Unabridged: 16 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/12/2019


Synopsis

Featuring a foreword from legendary director Martin Scorcese, Woodstock: Interviews and Recollections combines stories, anecdotes, and perspectives from dozens of musicians and filmmakers about the making of the Academy Award–winning documentary Woodstock. Assembled by associate producer Dale Bell, the oral history takes listeners behind the scenes—and behind the camera—at the decade-defining event.

About Dale Bell

Dale Bell has spent his professional life in the arts, television, and film. His awards include the Academy Award, the Peabody Award, two Emmy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, and two Christopher Awards. His work-which includes performance, dramatic films, documentaries, and commercials-has been seen globally. In 1999, he joined Harry Wiland to create the Media & Policy Center, where together, they have earned the Ashoka and the Purpose Prize Fellowships while producing social justice multi-media initiatives for PBS on such topics as health care, eldercare, sustainable pioneers, and healthy schools and communities.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Aidan

This book was a real milestone in my training as a documentary filmmaker. I re-read it again and again, soaking up the experiences, the feeling and the design of the most important documentary of all time. The festival itself is front-and-center - covered in beautiful detail, from all sides - the pe......more

Goodreads review by Kathy

Excellent book! Very interesting and fascinating with interviews of the people involved. Highly recommend.......more

Goodreads review by Allen

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched the movie. 50? I do know that is was often the $1 movie when I was in college and we saw it often. I also have it on DVD and have watched it multiple times. I’ve also heard all of the records and CDs that have been released over the years and have read multip......more

Goodreads review by David

Woodstock: An Inside Look at the Movie That Shook Up the World and Defined a Generation by Dale Bell (Michael Weise Productions 1999) (780). This is the story of the making of a movie from the Woodstock footage. This is a book for budding vidiographers and producers rather than musicians or hippies.......more

Goodreads review by Jon

Not what I expected when I grabbed it off the library shelf, this is about the movie as opposed to the actual festival. It's actually more like a printed version of an audio commentary about getting Michael Wadleigh's Woodstock documentary filmed, edited, and into theaters. Most of the interviews ar......more