Phish - Bittersweet Motel

I used to own this on VHS when it was first released. It’s just a great today as it was 20 some odd years ago. The intimacy of the movie is to me, what’s so captivating. I C was actually lucky enough to be acquainted with Trey for a number of years when I lived in Vermont. He’s a genuinely good hearted human being and has absolutely no ego none of them do and that shines through in this film as well. So buy yourself a copy turn up the volume and enjoy the sights and sounds of Phish!

The overall quality of this movie is excellent. I was there in person for almost all of the US concert footage and the movie does a good job of capturing what you would see at a live show with one big exception, the film in extremly "Trey-Centric." The majority of the concert footage and Q+A is focus on Trey. The film should mirror the orginal idea of the band which was to have equal airplay for all four members. Perhaps the movie should be entitled "Trey." Besides the fact that it is Trey-centric, I think the film is excellent, the sound is good, the behind the scenes looks give a little sense of how the Phish machine is run and you get a good sense of the personalities of the members. I really liked how the film didn't focus on the Phans. The media tends to cocentrate of the wacky Phan-base instead of music, I guess Phish allowed the documentary with the notion that it would center around the music. Overall, the film is great but there is one minor detail that should be mentioned, the DVD menu system for this DVD is extremly poor. The interface is buggy and the animations are terrible.

This was an amazing gift! Got this for my Phish loving GF. She could not stop listening to it over and over. The sound is great! The one of a kind clear/black LP discs are unique per pressing and makes for one of a kind of gift per set. Couldn’t be happier.

An essential Phish film that includes concert footage as well as interviews and solo playing all within a very casual framework that shows the real Phish.

Arrived in good condition, disc played well.

This movie is a great keepsake for all those who are phish fans and attended The Great Went. I am in the movie; my little piece of fame! Great to watch and remember the good ole days before kids when it was all about "ME"

Great glimpse into the phish world. Good choices for music snippets without going into too much jam for the non-phish fan. Great introduction to demonstrate what phish is all about.

My problem here is that the filmmaker tried to make 3 films and didn't do any of them very well, though when I got the DVD the movie was better than I remembered from the theater. I thought that the concert footage was great, but since he almost never gives us a complete song, the tension and release that is behind many Phish jams (as well as entire sets) was missing. He could have done a Phish interview movie, but it became increasingly Trey-centric as the rest of the band lost interest in being followed around and filmed. Or he could have done a film about the "scene" and the fans, which he scratched the surface of. I agree with the other reviewers who said that Phillips appeared to focus on some rather shallow fans. It would have been interesting if he would have interviewed some of the tapers -- people who feed a worldwide network of collectors with remarkably high-quality recordings, and their own special subspecies. By trying to do all three things at the same time none of them were very good. I liked the exras, with more or less full length versions of several songs.

Diese DVD war schon einmal in meinem Besitz, leider verschenkte ich sie damals und war dann immer wieder an den horrenten Preisen bei amazon.de gescheitert. Nun hat alles gestimmt und sie steht wieder in meiner kompletten PHISH-DVD Sammlung.Als Einstieg für zukünftige Fans eignet sich diese Doku DVD besonders. Man erfährt viel über Hinter- und Beweggründe der Band, einiges von ihren kuriosen Sommer Events. Die wohl einizge Europ-Tour dieser Band wurde auch festgehalten. Der Sound ist super. In den Extras einige komplette Songs. Die deutschen Untertitel sehr wohltuhend, da mein englisch leider nicht perfekt ist. In den USA wurde dieser Film damals in den Kinos gezeigt, hier in D wäre so was unvorstellbar, denn die Musik dieser Band hat die künstlerische Freiheit verinnerlicht. Schubladen ausgeschlossen. Wer erst mal die Fährte von PHISH aufgenommen hat wird diese zeitlebens nicht mehr verlassen, diese Musik geht ganz tief rein. Noch ein Tipp, wer schnuppern möchte, bei YouTube gibt es jede Menge kompletter Konzerte in super Bild und Tonqualität. Dort immer nach Pro Shot schauen. Erstaunlich, dass man in Deutschland immer noch allein darsteht mit Phish. Kaum jemand kennt diese Band. In den Staaten sind die kompletten Touren meist nach kurzer Zeit ausverkauft. Tausende pilgern durchs Land. Das Schärfste sind ihre Sommer Events. 1 Festival, 2 Tage, 1 Band, 6 Konzerte > 80 bis 100.000 Zuschauer. Peace!

Selbstredend dass diese DVD ein MUSS für jeden PHISH-head ist!Diese DVD-Edition hat meines Wissens nach als einzige deutsche Untertitel und eine komplett deutschsprachige Hülle, find ich super, jede Menge Extras und ganze Videos als Bonus