The Chemical Brothers - Don't Think - Movie

[Offender_Mullet]

The Chemical Brothers: Don't Think Blu-ray

The Chemical Brothers: Don't Think Blu-ray Review



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Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=21UItm9UCr0

You blink awake and find yourself halfway up the side of a Japanese mountain. It's night time, right at the sticky middle point of summer. You're in an opening in a darkened wood surrounded by - say - 50,000 other revelers, each of them frenzied; delirious from an all-encompassing psychedelia that seems to be emanating from a stage somewhere in the near distance. Above you, lights swoop and strafe across armies of marching toy robots and galloping deconstructed horses; paint balls explode in front of borderline psychotic clowns. You're in the thick of it, consumed by the spectacle, absorbed into the crowd, surrendering to the noise and the visuals. Stunned by the jaw-dropping intensity of what you're witnessing, just one thought flashes through your febrile mind.
Don't think. Let it flow.

Filmed July 31 at Fuji Rock Festival in Japan, the flick "places cameras in the centre of the stage as well as at the very heart of the crowd to perfectly capture a fan's eye view of the heightened emotional reactions of the audience seeing the band at their very best," says director Adam Smith, the act's long-term visuals collaborator.

"After 18 years of working on the Chemical Brothers live show we have finally captured it on film; you could almost say it's 18 years in the making," he continues. "The aim was to create a different type of concert film for a different type of show."

There's also a nice twist with special behind-the-scenes footage complete with far-out visuals that "follows selected audience members away from the stage and out into the natural environment."

"I wanted to capture what it is like to experience the show from right in the middle of the crowd as well as showing and combining the visuals featured in the show with the footage we captured on this one night; to see how the music and visuals emotionally affect and connect with the audience."

'Don't Think' is being billed as the first-ever concert recorded in Dolby 7:1 surround sound, and was mixed especially for the big screen. Judging from the trailer below, it's going to be pretty awesome, too.

Link: http://www.spinner.com/2011/12/02/ch...lm-dont-think/

Looks nuts. Loving it. One of the very few 'electronic' artists who never cease to put out interesting music, in what's become a pretty boring unimaginative genre since around the mid-2000's.

[Dubstar]

wow, wow, wow - director Adam Smith delivered such an inventive visually stunning film - now if the theater I saw it at had the audio up to spec - no 7.1 (and hardly any bass) ...

I want the bluray NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

for those interested in knowing the full setlist of the Chem's Fuji Festival set was:

Another World
Do It Again
Get Yourself High
Horse Power
Chemical Beats
Swoon
The Swoon Arpeggios
Star Guitar
3 Little Birdies Down Beats
Hey Boy, Hey Girl
Galactic Phase Shift Interlude
Don't Think
Out of Control
It Doesn't Matter
Setting Sun
Saturate
Believe
Escape Velocity
Superflash
Cherub Clown Harmonies
Leave Home / Galvanize
Block Rockin' Beats

[Deciazulado]

The Chemical Brothers: Don't Think Blu-ray Review

[TheHighRoller]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

The Chemical Brothers: Don't Think Blu-ray Review

Hey do you know if the LPCM 2.0 is 16bit or 24bit? The DVD has it in 16/48 and was hoping the Blu-ray would have it in 24bit at least.

[dobyblue]

Wow this one went right under my nose - just picked it up in the third party market used for CDN$20 shipped. Looking forward to it!

[TheHighRoller]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

Wow this one went right under my nose - just picked it up in the third party market used for CDN$20 shipped. Looking forward to it!

Can you please check to see if the Blu-ray audio is 24-Bit? It's not uncommon during the time of its release for Blu-rays to port over the DVD audio, so I just wanted to know.

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by TheHighRoller

Can you please check to see if the Blu-ray audio is 24-Bit? It's not uncommon during the time of its release for Blu-rays to port over the DVD audio, so I just wanted to know.

The surround track is lossless dts-HD Master Audio 7.1 so definitely not a DVD port, the stereo track however is 16/48 LPCM which is within the DVD-V spec.

Black levels on this BD aren’t great but it’s certainly HD and far better than DVD. I don’t know how Everything, Everything (Underworld) was shot but I would leap to own a Blu-ray if it was at least as good as this one.

[TheHighRoller]

Originally Posted by dobyblue

The surround track is lossless dts-HD Master Audio 7.1 so definitely not a DVD port, the stereo track however is 16/48 LPCM which is within the DVD-V spec.

Black levels on this BD aren’t great but it’s certainly HD and far better than DVD. I don’t know how Everything, Everything (Underworld) was shot but I would leap to own a Blu-ray if it was at least as good as this one.

Oh shoot I forgot to ask specifically about the 2.0 which is what I was refering to. I was hoping it would be 24/48 or higher since the DVD is 16/48 and there is no complete 24-Bit digital release of this online. I'm cool with the 7.1 but I hate down mixing since a straight downmix doesn't sound very natural like a specific 2.0 mix does.

I know Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour is 24-Bit, which is awesome since it also doesn't have a complete nor 24-Bit release, but then stuff like her MDNA Tour or Kylie's X2008 are sadly only 16/48 on Blu-ray. And for concerts I like to get the 2.0 for my iTunes library.

I really appreciate the answer! I've been trying to ILL this to my local libraries since summer, but haven't been able to get it. I've considered buying it, but not sure how DJ concerts come off as on screen (compared to Madonna or Kylie, who give full stage shows). I love the Chemical Brothers ("Don't Think" and "Hey Boy Hey Girl" are tied as my favorite songs of theirs), and I remember this being released theatrically but never got a chance to see it.

If I remember correctly, this was kind of like a mini-documentary during some sections, right? I'm a bit of a snob so I held off watching the DVD in case I'm able to get this for a good price or borrow it.

[dobyblue]

All the tracks I've watched so far have been live shots but I've only checked out some 5-6 songs. At least it's not as fit-inducing as the live release from The Prodigy.