DVD Talk reviews for Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
Once Were Brothers: Robby Robertson And The Band (Blu-ray)
by Ryan KeeferWhat I know about the music group The Band is learned mostly from a couple of different areas: the internet (because why not?) and Martin Scorsese's excellent The Last Waltz which highlighted their farewell concert. And I know of some of frontman Robbie Robertson's solo work since then, but I did not have much more of an inkling past that, so I hoped to get a bigger picture when watching Once Were Brothers, a documentary that attempts to cover him and the group he was notable for forming.
Scorsese serves as Executive Producer of and appears in the film; Brian Grazer and Ron Howard also get EP credits for the film directed by Daniel Roher and inspired by Robertson's 2016 autobiography "Testimony." The film features contemporary interviews with Robertson, his wife and friends, along with vintage in...Read the entire review »