The Black Keys Live at the Crystal Ballroom
- Fundamentals, reception.
- American live action feature length film, 2008, NR, 64 minutes, music, documentary.
- IMDB: 5.1/10.0 from 30 audience ratings.
- Rotten Tomatoes: 'No reviews yet' and 100% liked it from 15 audience ratings.
- I watched this on Crackle. The commercials were quite an improvement over the sub-amateur concert content.
- Directed by: Lance Bangs.
- Starring: Daniel Auerbach (guitar, vocals, keyboard) and Patrick J. Carney (drums) as themselves.
- Setup and Plot
- The Black Keys was a two man group in this 2008 effort: Daniel on guitar, keyboard, and vocals, Patrick on drums.
- The pair was recorded during a set at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon, USA.
- The visuals are between poor and worse. The audio is not that good.
- One can make out some of the sound that would later mature into something good. The musical style for which the group achieved fame was definitely not present yet.
- Conclusions
- One line summary: Might be interesting for die-hard fans.
- Two stars of five.
- Scores
- Cinematography: 1/10 Sub-VHS quality. Bad focus, lens flare, so-so framing, contrast flattening. Looks like the worst-ever camcorder product from the eighties.
- Sound: 4/10 Not very good. I've heard far better quality from Black Keys cuts on the FM radio in my car. Their expanded group for post 2010 efforts has a much better sound.
- Acting: z/10 Not really relevant. This is musical performance only, with no further aspirations.
- Screenplay: 3/10 Straight-up concert recording, with no particular frills, or acting, or story line. This was about the longest 64 minutes I can remember.
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