No Exit
by Hal Dace
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DVD details
Director: Hal DacePrimary Contributor: Blondie
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Color, Widescreen
Running Time: 88 minutes
Published: 2008
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Handmade Productions
Product features:
- Blondie's best performances ever. Never seen in America.
- Best takes from 3 different shows in Paris, Glasgow, & London.
- 16 incredible songs, 7 sets of revealing interviews.
- The female libido never more earnestly expressed than in Debbie Harry's brilliant lyrics & singing.
- Filmed in a specially developed expressive style.
DVD Reviews of No Exit
DVD Review: Fabulous Concert Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
A couple of weeks ago a I was over at a friend's flat and I was shown No Exit & Play Normally! I loved them so much I purchased some copies for myself and to sell at my knick-knack shop. I don't normally sell DVDs but my customers seem to respect my tastes so I think these will sell.
I've already got a copy of Blondie Live and I can't understand why it's taken so long for No Exit to get released. It's much better for various reasons. The band, including Debbie Harry, just seems to be playing harder and with more energy. There are many magical moments that just don't happen in Blondie Live (which was shot a few months later in New York). No Exit was shot in Europe in front of really incredible audiences and the audience in New York just doesn't seem to appreciate them quite as much. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen as appreciative an audience as the one in Glasgow during "Atomic" (except maybe in the movie Woodstock).
Another reason is the filming. Blondie Live has a lot of long flowing shots that are crystal clear and rock solid. Which is totally not what I like. No Exit has a rhythmic shooting and filming style far more appropriate to the music. Cool visual stylizations which are hard to describe but that add power and punch pepper the songs throughout.
The best one is in my favourite song, "Rapture"; during the three moments she sings the actual word "rapture" there's this totally amazing effect that makes her look like the embodiment of an epiphany, rather in keeping with the theme of the song/rap.
Another great moment, from "Atomic", is when Jimmy Destri starts playing the theme to "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" by Ennio Morricone right in the middle of the song. Once again there seems to be some kind of heavenly feel to the film's shots here that had to have been done later in "post", but I don't really understand what they did. It just looks cool. And speaking of musical homages, there's a great moment right at the end, during the end of "Heart of Glass" (in fact Debbie's already left the stage), when Chris Stein plays a riff taken from one of my favourite (and rather obscure) Jimi Hendrix songs "Waterfall". Was "Heart of Glass" originally intended to be a kind of antithesis to Hendrix's ballad?
Debbie was still gorgeous back in 1998 and the effect is amplified by the incredible articulation of her performance (which, again, seems to have more energy and more of a "message" than in Blondie Live). She doesn't just sing, she acts. She plays the roles of the protagonists of her songs. And I can hear the words of the songs more clearly than I've ever heard them before, both literally and in the way they bounce around in my head while she's singing them. And her voice! I never knew she could sing with so much power. "Shayla/Union City Blue" is a tour de force from both the band (especially Clem Burke) and Debbie who sings with a kind of passion I've never seen, ever!
I've always been a fan of Blondie's music and I've seen all the band's videos too. Apart from my two favourite albums this is the best purchase of their work I've made.
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Description of No Exit
In 1998 Blondie kicked off their first official tour in 16 years. This extraordinary movie captures the spontaneity of a newly formed band with the virtuosity of veterans. Shot in Paris, Glasgow, & London, you can see for yourself the amazing storytelling power of Deborah Harry?s performance. The band can play anything; punk, disco, hard rock, and beautiful ballads.
This particular movie captures Blondie?s eclectic performance with a dynamic and expressive style that will surprise you. There are also many revealing interviews with the band throughout the movie that help one understand the thinking behind Blondie?s music.
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