The Last Waltz (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

More than just one of the greatest concert films ever m The Last Waltz is an at once ecstatic and elegiac summation of a vital era in American rock music. Invited to document the farewell performance of the legendary group the Band at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom on Thanksgiv 1 Martin Scorsese conceived a new kind of music documentary. Enlisting seven camera operators (including renowned cinematographers Vilmos Zsigm László Kov and Michael Chapman) and art director Boris Leven to design the strikingly theatrical s Scorsese created a grandly immersive experience that brings viewers onstage and inside the music itself. That music—as performed by the Band and a host of other generation-defining arti including Bob Dy Joni Mitch Van Morri the Staple Sing Muddy Wat and Neil Young—lives on as an almost religious expression of the transcendent possibilities of rock and roll.DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY BO PACK SPECIAL EDITION FEATURESNew 4K digital restorat supervised and approved by musician Robbie Robert with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrackOne 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special featuresAlternate u pressed stereo soundtrackTwo audio mentar featuring director Martin Scorsese; Robertson; other members of the Band; members of the production crew; and performers Dr. J Ronnie Hawk and Mavis StaplesNew interview with Scors conducted by critic David FearDocumentary from 2002 about the making of the filmOuttakesInterview from 1978 with Scorsese and RobertsonTrailer and TV spotEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingPLUS: An essay by critic Amanda Petrusich