Product Details

• Actors: Pete Townshend, Phil Palmer, John "Rabbit" Bundrick, Peter Hope-Evans, Jody Linscott
• Directors: Hugo Currie, Toby Leslie
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: February 26, 2002
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005UQ86
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,473 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great, but where is the rest?, May 10, 2002

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K. Manzel (Falls Church, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pete Townshend - Music from Lifehouse (DVD)

This really is a wonderful document of the concerts, with a rare live glimpse of Pete performing his music on his own terms. His guitar work is, as always, superb, and the neck-cam on "Can You Help the One You Really Love?" brings into focus--literally--his underrated skills as an acoustic guitarist.

That said, the CDs (available on his website eelpie.com) are much better quality for not containing his false starts, forgotten lyrics, and for the best versions of almost all of the songs over the two performances. The DVD also leaves out almost all the classical compositions, as well as an absolutely wonderful version of "Sister Disco."

The DVD is wonderful and oddly compelling, but it would've benefited from the expanded and more polished contents of the CDs.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Performance, Poor Recording, July 1, 2002

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Suzanna Noort (Amsterdam Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pete Townshend - Music from Lifehouse (DVD)

Watching and hearing Townshend play his compositions from 'Lifehouse' with the backing of a full orchestra and others such as John 'Rabbit' Bundrick and Chucho Merchan was a pleasure.

However, I was rather disappointed with the quality of the video recording. Cameras were often making focus adjustments or still searching for their shot when cut to and the picture quality varied greatly between cameras (and I don't mean the cam on the neck of Pete's guitar during on "Can You Help the One You Really Love?" which was great and was, as a miniature camera, understandably of different quality). The camera registration therefore came across as a little amateurish and for a DVD priced at around (this price) I found that rather disappointing.

Some more extra's on the DVD in the form of background info / interviews etc. would, I'm sure, have been warmly received as this is really a DVD for Townshend fans.

Conclusion: The show was great but a DVD should offer more than this.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure And Easy, March 13, 2002

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Jay Lefkowitz "JayinVegas" (LAS VEGAS, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pete Townshend - Music from Lifehouse (DVD)

The Music as said many times by Rodger Daltry is by "Pete Townshend" and he and THE WHO are lucky enough to perform it.
On this DVD you see the core make up of Pete Townsend, his total depth.
Passion comes exuding out of himself and his guitar on the Tracks, watch the song "Mary", followed by "I Don't Even Know Myself", any Pete Townsend Fan is awestruck and emotional as well.
If you are any kind of Pete fan, or Just want to enjoy an amazing Guitar show this DVD will not dissapoint you