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Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper
(1973)
Billed as "The film that out-grosses them all"... this movie which combines footage from the ring's 1973 Billion Dollar Babies concert tour, with what might charitably be described every bit a storyline, had a brief theatrical run in the mid-'70s.
For more about Practiced to See You Once more, Alice Cooper and the Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper Blu-ray release, see Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper Blu-ray Review published by Martin Liebman on October 23, 2010 where this Blu-ray release scored 3.0 out of 5.
Director: Joe Gannon
Writers: Joe Gannon
, Shep Gordon, Fred Smoot
Starring: Alice Cooper, Dennis Dunaway, Michael Bruce, Neal Smith, Glen Buxton
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Practiced to Run into Yous Once again, Alice Cooper Blu-ray Review
Oddball cinema at its oddest.
Reviewed by Martin Liebman, October 23, 2010
Fifty-fifty if they went to the moon, I would chase them to the moon.
To say that Alice Cooper is an untraditional entertainer would be a drastic understatement, so information technology just seems plumbing equipment that an Alice Cooper "characteristic motion-picture show" is no unlike. Proficient to See You lot Again, Alice Cooper is a picture centered around concert footage of Cooper's 1973 Billion Dollar Babies Bout, intercut with a loosely-structured plot featuring a crazed German director tracking Cooper and his band, presumably across the country, seeking revenge for their failure to fulfill contractual obligations to his movie and costing him his shot at directorial stardom. The plot barely makes sense and the dialogue and acting are just this side of atrocious, but it works, oddly enough, as a means of doing something unique with an otherwise entertaining simply structurally generic concert. The side story actually supersedes the concert footage as the film's highlight, not in terms of energy just rather for the novelty and train wreck-like allure information technology engenders, despite all of the whacky trademark Cooper oddities that are present and deemed for in the concert proper. Originally conceived equally a movie featuring Cooper on trial for existence "the Rock 'N' Roll Scourge of America" that was ultimately replaced with the High german director storyline, Good to See You Over again, Alice Cooper enjoyed but a brief theatrical run in 1974, first with the storyline footage removed altogether, and then several years after in what is now the final version. Released on home video for the first fourth dimension ever in 2005 and now, 5 years afterward, on Blu-ray, this sensationally ridiculous but undeniably appealing low-rent film/concert hybrid is a must-see for both the insanity of Cooper's live performances and the hilarity of the no-budget film randomly inserted in between concert footage.
Alice Cooper (himself) and his band, clad in white tuxedos and looking cleaner and sounding more conservative than e'er before, are performing a Sinatra-esque rendition of The Lady is a Tramp, all every bit part of a feature film they've signed on to perform in. A few minutes out of character bear witness a few too many for the radical entertainer, and he and his band promptly stop singing, get out of the clothes, and smash the fancy white set before heading out to put on a existent testify, the kind that made them famous and in which they're most comfortable performing. A furious Herr Managing director (Fred Smoot) vows to chase the "Cooper Gang" 'circular the Moons of Nibia, and 'round the Antares Maelstrom, and 'round perdition's flames, or at least around the land as Cooper performs in his 1973 Billion Dollar Babe Tour. The picture show features a distraught Herr Director 1 twelvemonth later and wearing the same wearing apparel from the fateful day on the set, recalling the escapades to his psychiatrist, remembering chasing down the gang with the aid of oddball characters like Baron Krelve (Jefferson Kewley) and The Lonely Person (again Smoot), lamenting his lost chance at stardom and at making the greatest film of all time.
So, yep, this is one weird movie. Part traditional concert film and part Mystery Scientific discipline Theater 3000 refuse sort of lame-o no-upkeep picture, Good to Come across You Again, Alice Cooper is more than of a curiosity than anything else. It'due south certainly not a motion-picture show to exist taken seriously, and if there'south a signal outside of aiming for the most ridiculous and shoddiest movie e'er made, it's not readily evident. For every bit apartment-out foreign equally information technology may be, at that place are two built-in audiences that volition desire to give this rarely-seen "jewel" a shot: Alice Cooper fans and cinephiles in search of anything that's nigh every bit far outside the mainstream as is humanly possible while however staying in somewhat good taste. For all of Cooper's strange and occasionally sadistic on-stage antics, the flick surrounding his performances is surprisingly tame; it'southward low on foul language and costless of any real violence. Information technology plays every bit direct and clean Comedy for the most role, and that'southward in stark contrast to Cooper'due south incomparably adult-themed performance that sees the entertainer wearing genu-high leopard-print boots over tight, tattered, and filthy underwear, accentuated with a small green appendage betwixt his legs that at i betoken has a gigantic plastic fly attached to it. That'south not even to mention Cooper's unique uses for an anatomically-right female person torso, his chasing of a giant tooth with an oversized toothbrush, his slithery companion, a staged beheading, and a jab at 1970s American Bourgeois politics. It'southward not but that the film footage around the concert is bad, it'south that it's and then contrary to what plays out during the concert, and that complete randomness is the true star of the movie and what makes it so strangely highly-seasoned.
One tin can only image how those extra filmed segments came to be. Who thought them upwardly, how they were fabricated, how much of the dialogue was improvised on the spot, and how many of the goofs were actual goofs that were simply left in the motion-picture show versus how many were staged to add to the inanity of the whole thing are all questions that are equally fun to recollect about every bit the moving picture is to watch. When a "Lonely Ranger" character appears out of nowhere and his mask falls off, was it planned? How in the world was it decided that one of the film'south main characters would be a stubby guy wearing a metal breastplate, a winged plastic helmet, and who would say little more than than "good to see you lot again!" every fourth dimension he'southward on screen. What's with the repetitive joke of the "villains" riding animals backwards? Most of Adept To Meet You Again, Alice Cooper is and so completely idiotic that the very fact that someone, somewhere, managed to coordinate all of this and believe information technology to be expert plenty -- or bad enough, peradventure -- to put into an actual movie that people were going to pay to see is in and of itself utterly fascinating, far more even than the finished product is a fascinating study in no budget, barely rehearsed, and likely ad-libbed filmmaking. Of course, in hindsight, it's easy to see that that insanity of it all is the real charm and attraction, but did this seem similar a good thought at the time or was this simply a concentrated effort at making an instant cult classic? Considering that the movie was made for pretty much the cost of the camera and a few Halloween costumes, it has to be the latter. Otherwise, there'southward no explanation for assuasive acting this bad and dialogue this goofy to make information technology into a movie promoting one of the world's top entertainers. Of grade, that gets back to the out-of-left-field oddity that is Alice Cooper himself, so making a moving picture with zippo production values -- just one that admittedly ties together its very loose story to the bespeak that it makes simply plenty sense inside the context of the whole experience to work -- seems like something crazy enough for the fringe entertainer to corroborate.
The following 13 live songs are included, carve up of the studio performance of The Lady is a Tramp that opens the film:
one. Hello, Hooray
ii. Billion Dollar Babies
3. Elected
4. I'm Eighteen
v. Raped and Freezin'
6. No More Mr. Squeamish Guy
seven. My Stars
8. Unfinished Sweet
9. Sick Things
x. Dead Babies
11. I Love the Dead
12. School'south Out
13. Under My Wheels
Good to Encounter You Again, Alice Cooper Blu-ray, Video Quality
Good to Come across You Again, Alice Cooper features a rough but serviceable 1080p, 1.78:1-framed transfer. Sourced from the original 16mm elements, Shout! Manufacturing plant has done a commendable job in bringing this cinematic oddity to Blu-ray. The results are rarely stellar in terms of sheer eye processed, just this transfer handles the original source material -- which includes lessened details and poor colors -- well enough. Fine detail rarely proves eye-catching, and just close-up shots reveal much in the mode of texturing on skin or wearable. Colors announced faded and worn, notably during the "film" segments; the concert footage is so dark that rarely is annihilation exterior of the brightest splashes of colour -- for example the American flag seen at pic's end -- even all that noticeable. The blacks are and so overwhelming during the concert segments that all but the best-lit details vanish, leaving much of the screen covered in globs of impenetrable darkness. Additionally, in that location are some heavily jagged edges in some visible background objects during the concert scenes, making some musicians look similar chunky digitized blocks rather than polish and natural man beings. The film elements suffer from some heavy pops and scratches throughout, not to mention one spot where a behemothic light-green hulk briefly covers about a 3rd of the screen. Additionally, heavy grain coats the screen from starting time to end. The epitome isn't overly sharp, but it never gets excessively fuzzy or soft, either. This is by no means a handsome and slick high definition presentation, but given the 16mm elements and the history of the film, it's hard to be disappointed with the end results. If nothing else, the transfer's rugged and tattered appearance gives the motion picture a handsome throwback character that tin can't be institute on newer, cleaner films.
Proficient to Run across You lot Over again, Alice Cooper Blu-ray, Audio Quality
Good to Encounter You Again, Alice Cooper delivers a DTS-HD MA 5.1 lossless soundtrack that, like the video presentation, is decidedly rough around the edges simply certainly beyond adequate given the conditions surrounding the movie. The track lacks much in the way of absolute clarity; fifty-fifty the lossless presentation tin can't magically make everything audio like it was recorded yesterday, but fans should savour the somewhat more vintage presentation. Audible hissing is heard throughout the pic, but information technology never drowns out any of the music, dialogue, or sound effects. The film segments feature virtually nothing in the way of atmosphere. The track is pretty much focused up front and around the eye speaker, with adequately clean and authentic dialogue the primary element. What sound effects at that place are -- such as a bulldozer peachy a stage a few minutes into the film -- play every bit crunchy and indistinct. The concert footage is, commendably, the best part of the track. There'due south an unmistakable energy at work, and even if the runway is absent that pinpoint clarity, spaciousness, and seamlessness of the best mod tracks, information technology never actually disappoints. Music flows freely and accurately through the forepart channels, with oversupply noise seeming to come primarily from the rears. In that location is a fair fleck of bass in the track, but nothing that's going to challenge the subwoofer. In brusque, the film elements play equally passable bland and the concert footage sounds exponentially better, and neither are a match for today's spacious and realistic presentations. There'southward no shortage of energy and excitement in this track, but information technology definitely shows its historic period.
Expert to See You Over again, Alice Cooper Blu-ray, Special Features and Extras
Adept to See You Again, Alice Cooper contains a few extras, highlighted by an audio commentary track with Alice Cooper. Sadly, Cooper's commentary has a patchwork feel; he occasionally has something interesting to say and he comes off as an intelligent individual, only he generally offers little more than a few brief words of little substance here and there, surrounded by plenty of empty space. The runway really needs a second vocalism to make full in the gaps -- even if it was in the class of someone recorded separately and spliced in between Cooper's thoughts -- to brand it a track that's more than worthy of the listener's time. As it is, just diehard Alice Cooper fans will probably want to give this i a listen. Unfinished Sweetness (Uncensored Edit) (480p, 3:57) is included, an uncut performance of one of the songs. Too included is the film'southward trailer (480p, 3:xv), text-based ring member biographies, a poster art gallery (480p, two:57), and a deleted scene (480p, two:00). The disc also allows viewers the opportunity to view the concert footage costless of the added side story. In this mode, the film runs 59:35. Inside the case is a small-scale booklet that offers a brief history of the motion picture and chapter listings.
Practiced to Meet Yous Again, Alice Cooper Blu-ray, Overall Score and Recommendation
Good to See You lot Again, Alice Cooper would probably run away with the accolade for "oddest Blu-ray release of the year" if such a thing existed, and the movie itself would have to at least be in the running for recognition every bit one of the strangest films ever made. Made upward of Alice Cooper concert footage -- normal enough, with "normal" being a relative term when talking about Cooper -- and supported by several barely-coherent vignettes nearly a crazy German managing director lamenting his failed efforts to track down the "Cooper Gang" after ruining his moving-picture show, Good to See You lot Over again, Alice Cooper falls into the "and then awful it's good" category. Combining terrible film footage with Cooper'southward over-the-tiptop antics makes for one of the about unusual films ever made, and it's a must-run across for anyone who loves fringe cinema and/or Alice Cooper. Shout! Manufacturing plant has granted this motion picture a few extras and provided a skillful technical presentation when taking into account the moving-picture show'due south age, upkeep, and state of the elements. Recommended.
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