Product Details

• Directors: Jonathan Furmanski
• Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Indie Blitz/E1 Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: November 15, 2011
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0057O6IFA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #93,882 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Synopsis:
Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 11/15/11
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve Please note: This supplier will be closed on 11/24, 11/25, 12/26, 1/2 for the holidays. The shipping cut off is 12/10 to try and have the products delivered by Christmas.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Depressing..., September 26, 2011

By 

Eddie Landsberg "My 10th year as a reviewer !... (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Weird World Of Blowfly (DVD)

First, its great to finally get to learn a bit more about the legend behind the mask... second, the film seems almost as much a self promotional vehicle for his jerky (I can't use the other word on Amazon) drummer and his pals. There are some interesting interviews -- but mainly what we see is an old man who was exploited back in the day, and seems to be the subject of exploitation today.

He can still perform.... but the film in is in-dignifying. He's treated not so much as a "legend" but as a cranky old man who simply won't cooperate with the Bowker the drummer/manager's scheme of helping him break through to the next generation by playing new stuff that he's written. In between, there's clips of his gigs (playing mainly before young white audiences, some who do and some who don't seem to know who he is.)

The film reveals interesting stuff about him... including that he's very religious and also has issues with black people, which is a shame,
because if he actually had some brothers of his generation (or people who appreciate his peers of that generation) -- and if he was surrounded by musicians who genuinely respected him and weren't butt heads, perhaps he'd be able to work the RIGHT circuit and be right up there with other R&B legends (or even working the black comedy circuit.

There's also very little footage of him performing back in the day (probably because very little exists), minimal interviews with the artists he worked with -- and the film is totally all over the place, even though its nicely shot and edited.

The director might very well argue that the film was merely an effort to help sell his music to a new generation who don't know his music -- but as Reid (Blowfly) himself says, he's been making music since 1959 and people come to hear that music. Apparently, the band just isn't that enthused.

Overall, I'd suggest taking the money you would have spent renting this DVD and actually getting some of his classic recordings... It is great that the filmmaker took the time to capture BLOWFLY on film... but please... someone who has some respect for the brother, HELP HIM and give him something that lives up to what he deserves.