Passing Strange
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 2 hours, 15 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 12, 2010
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: IFC Independent Film
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | Spike Lee | |
Narrated by | Stew | |
Music Performer: | Christian Cassan, Christian Gibbs, Heidi Rodewald, Jon Spurney & Stew | |
Composition by | Stew & Heidi Rodewald | |
Director of Photography: | Matthew Libatique |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3.5/4 --
The invigorating result, zestily edited by Lee's own inside iron man, Barry Brown, is in every way a knockout.
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Rolling Stone
[The] camera movements and compositions immerse the viewer at once in the story and the process of performance, emphasizing both the play's artifice and its fidelity to emotional facts.
New York Times
A rousing, emotional roller coaster that's a must see not just for fans of rock musicals but those with an eye (and an ear) for something unusual - compellingly so.
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Windy City Times
Rating: 3/4 --
Spike Lee's Passing Strange: The Movie is basically canned musical theater, but this is one Tony-winning Broadway show that's well worth preserving and seeing.
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New York Post
4 stars out of 5 -- Tender, sexy, funny, moving and profound, PASSING STRANGE bears comparison not just to the great works of the American musical theatre but to literary landmarks like James Baldwin's ANOTHER COUNTRY and Ralph Ellison's INVISIBLE MAN.
Box Office
3.5 stars out of 4 -- The invigorating result, zestily edited by Lee's own inside iron man, Barry Brown, is in every way a knockout.
Rolling Stone
Hugely entertaining, poignant, funny and thoughtful.
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National Newspaper Publishers Association
Product Description:
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee turns his camera toward the stage for this filmed performance of the acclaimed Broadway musical by singer/songwriter Stew and his creative partner Heidi Rodewald. Developed at the Sundance Theater Lab, the story follows a young black man from Los Angeles as he attempts to make sense of the conflicted cultural signals constantly bombarding him from all sides. Raised in a religious household somewhere south of Interstate 10, the frustrated adolescent feels suffocated by his mother's fixation on family ties, her unwavering devotion to the church, and her unapologetically bourgeois aspirations in life. He longs to experience something "real" in life, ultimately making the decision to follow in the footsteps of James Baldwin and Josephine Baker by traveling to Europe and exploring the world. From outrageous Amsterdam to ultra-militant Berlin, the impressionable wanderer experiences misadventures with sex, drugs, politics, and art as his eyes are opened ever wider to the world around him.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 68,208
- UPC: 030306951997
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