July 27, 2007
Pearl Jam DVD!

Pearl Jam will release Immagine In Cornice "Picture in a Frame," a live concert film chronicling the band's performances and behind-the-scenes footage from the five Italian concerts that took place as part of the band's 2006 European tour. The cities include Bologna, Verona, Milan, Torino and Pistoia, Italy. The DVD is due out September 25th.

A limited edition commemorative T-shirt will be available for a special price when purchased with Immagine In Cornice during a special pre-sale beginning August 22 at pearljam.com.

Immagine In Cornice was directed by renowned photographer, filmmaker and long-time friend of the band, Danny Clinch. The film was shot in a variety of formats from Super-8 to Hi Definition.

"Picture in a Frame is a film I've really wanted to make," says Clinch. "The band invited me to Italy and gave me the access I needed to show a side seldom seen by their fans. It has become a collaboration as well. The band even offered me some music that has never been heard and Mike went into the studio to create some more music for the soundscapes. This is a look at Pearl Jam that no one has seen yet. A trip through northern Italy with the band, through the document and through abstraction."





Track Listing:

Severed Hand (Milan)
World Wide Suicide (Clips from all Italy dates)
Life Wasted (Torino)
Corduroy (Verona)
State of Love and Trust (MIlan)
Porch (Verona)
Evenflow (Torino)
Better Man (Verona)
Alive (MIlan)
Blood (Verona)
Comatose (Pistoia)
Come Back (Pistoia)
Rockin' In The Free World (Pistoia)

Bonus Tracks:

A Quick One While He's Away- with My Morning Jacket (Torino)
Throw Your Arms Around Me (Pistoia)
Yellow Ledbetter (Milan)

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UNYK76/?tag=imwan-20

This will be a bit different by the sounds of things - more of a documentary than a straight concert film. Should be interesting!!

Just got a review copy in the mail. I'll give a quick verdict here for you PJ fans before the actual review goes live (presumably some time next week).

Okay, I still have to take in the bonus material, but the film itself, despite the packaging and title sequence making it seem like it will be a documentary, is pretty much a straight concert film culled from several sources with brief bits of additional footage here and there between songs.

The concert footage is very good and well-edited, strong performances all around and excellent sound and video quality. On a few cuts they splice together two or three performances of the same song; very well edited, it's pretty seamless. The in-between song bits are nice but honestly kind of pointless. Bits about enthusiastic fans, bits with Eddie rumbling about world peace. Nothing unexpected, surprising or revealing.

Overall it's a fine concert film, well shot and sounds great; but that's what it is, a straight concert film bringing together several different shows, not a revealing tour documentary.

Pearl Jam fans will like this.