Dave Chappelle´s Block Party (2005).Director: Michel Gondry.
Guión: Dave Chappelles.
Elenco: Dave Chappelle.
Erykah Badu.
Mos Def.
Common.
The Fugees.
Dead Prez.
Calificación IMDB: 7.2.
Calificación Joni: 7 cachorrines.
Esto es lo mejor de meterse en el mundo del cine, empezás a conocer directores que te agradan e intentas bajarte todo su material. Así legué a esta peli, dirigida por Michel Gondry. Como les había contado, este director está muy involucrado con la música y dirección de videos. Con respecto a la peli, la verdad q no está dirigida al estilo de Michel de hacer efectos especiales lokos, si está muy bien dirigida y editada, es entretenida y mezcla la performance de Dave Chappelle (conocido cómico de USA, que descubrí que hacía de Ahchoo en Robin Hood Men In Tights, jajaja) con la performance de los músicos invitados a esta fiesta (muy importantes por cierto), pero empecemos por lo primero.
A block party is a large public celebration in which many members of a single neighborhood congregate, either to observe an event of some importance or simply for mutual enjoyment. The name comes from the form of the party, which often involves closing an entire city block to vehicle traffic. Many times, there will be a celebration in the form of playing music and dance. Block parties gained popularity in the United States during the 1970s. Block parties were often held outdoors and power for the DJ's sound system was taken illegally from street lights. This was famously referenced in the song "South Bronx" by KRS-One with the line:
"Power from a street light made the place dark. But yo, they didn't care, they turned it out."
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (aka Block Party) is a documentary film hosted and written by comedian Dave Chappelle, and directed by Michel Gondry. Its format is inspired by the documentary Wattstax.
Wattstax is a 1973 documentary film by Mel Stuart that focused on the 1972 Wattstax music festival and the African American community of Watts in Los Angeles, California. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Documentary Film in 1974.
The concert was held at the Los Angeles Coliseum on August 20, 1972 and organized by Memphis's Stax Records to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Watts riots. Wattstax was seen by some as "the Afro-American answer to Woodstock". In order to enable as many members of the black community in L.A. as possible, tickets were sold for only $1.00 each. The Reverend Jesse Jackson gave the invocation, which included his "I Am - Somebody" poem, which was recited in a call and response with the assembled stadium crowd. Interspersed between songs are interviews with Richard Pryor, Ted Lange and others who discuss the black experience in America.
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
The film follows Chappelle during the summer of 2004, up until September 18, 2004, when he threw a block party on the corner of Quincy Street and Downing Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, near the Broken Angel House. The film was produced before Chappelle's highly-publicized decision to walk away from a $50 million deal to continue his hit Chappelle's Show, and gained prominence after the announcement.
He invited several alternative hip hop and neo-soul musical artists to perform at the party, including Kanye West, Mos Def, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, and The Roots along with The Central State University Marching Band. Lauryn Hill was also scheduled to perform at the party, but since Columbia Records refused to release her songs for use in the production, she decided instead to reunite The Fugees for the occasion. In addition, Chappelle performed comedy monologues and sketches in between the musical acts.
En fin, esto es lo bueno de bajarse de todo. No soy fan del Hip Hop, pero la peli esta muy buena, tiene grandes cantantes, es más, es en esta fiesta donde se vuelven a juntar los Fugees, con Wyclef Jean y Lauren Hill. Además tiene que ver con el tema racial de USA que se llega tocar en ciertos puntos de la peli y obvio que en la música tb. Me gustó y la recomiendo.
