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Linkin Park lacks life onstage The concert CD/DVD set shows the band's absence of originality and freshness during live performances By Steven Neuman Freelance Reporter There was a time when a concert film was a huge undertaking, requir ing the placement of heavy film cam eras, months of post-event sound mixing, ed iting of footage and, most of all, an artistic vision. This was the process that spawned "Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace, Music and Love." However, with the increased sophis tication of digital technologies, the recording industry is now proud to bring you a not-so-very-special DVD release of Linkin Park live in concert. There is nothing particularly bad about the DVD or the matching live REVIEW album that comes with it — Linkin Park puts on a good show, after all — yet there is nothing particularly good about the double disc set either. As a media-based culture, we've become so jaded by the barrage of televised con certs, music specials, high-definition flat screens and Dolby Digital 5.1 sur round sound that this concert DVD just seems like another DVD of some random television special. The DVD doesn't break much new ground because the shots basically re peat this same pattern: Moving from a close-up of one of the band mem bers, to the lead singer, to the crowd, to the band as a whole and back to a close-up again. After about five min utes it becomes increasingly tedious. To the credit of the DVD producers, the 5.1 digital surround sound is spec tacular, and you can hear every note so beautifully that the crowd seems to be right in your living room. Also, DVD director Kimo Proudfoot shows glimpses of vision, but these are drowned out by zooming long shots and the pre-fab mass-production of the rest of the concert. Linkin Park performs admirably, trying their best to look hard-core and playing their hits and standards to the adoring crowds. Yes, that's right: crowds, plural. "Live in Texas" is not actually one concert as it is made to appear, but the combination of two separate events. Sure, they are live in I louston — but they are live in Irving, Texas, as well. Aside from the illusion created by the DVD, the "live album" barely sounds live because the music seems a little too pristine for a live recording. Turn to LINKIN PARK, page 12 NAQOYQATSI continued from page 8 his or her own interpretations re garding what exactly the film is "about." This is not to say the con tent is totally subjective, either. Roger Ebert, reviewing the film Oct. 25, 2002, said the following of the series of films: "They're ritualistic grief at what man has done to the planet." Ebert is partly correct. However, his words seem to label Reggio's films as overtly pessimistic and fails to grasp the possibility that the film might provoke change. The path of humanity is not set, after all. The "qatsi" series of films are a re flection of life and its evolution, as if the filmmaker's ideas were trying to hold up a mirror for all of us to see. That is, if anyone cares to look. Where image manipulation tech niques were used in the first two films — for example, film was accel erated or slowed down, or a series of quick cuts would be employed — "Naqoyqatsi" distinguishes itself by being the first to employ extensive digital manipulation of the film im agery. Nearly everything is filtered or computer-generated. Digitized com puter models enter and walk a Hol lywood red carpet; Earth is shown as one big computer; and the camera dives into endless fractals, a digital wormhole and warps through space like something out of "Star Trek." 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Glass' role as composer should not be underestimated. In the panel discussion with the filmmakers included on the extras of the DVD, it becomes clear how instrumental (pun intended) a role he has in the creation of these movies. This time Glass' or chestra is aided by the cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Ma's cello mastery is virtually undeni able, and adds a melancholic tinge to the progression of the film. On the DVD, the filmmakers claim this series of films was never intended to be a trilogy. Contrary to others, who feel the idea is tired, or a relic of the past, there is still room for further ex ploration. Fourteen years passed be tween the second and third film, so why not make another even if it takes another 14 more? "Naqoyqatsi" is a film that is both alive and vibrant. Watch it with friends, and watch it on DVD, with Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound to get the most out of your viewing experience. Contact the Pulse editor at aaronshakra@dailyemerald.com. 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