Underplayed Gems

An Audience with Elton John (1997)

An Audience with Elton John poster
Directed by
Jonathan Glazier
Genre
music
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
12
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a video of Elton John performing in front of a celebrity audience. He sings his biggest hits and some lesser-known songs, sometimes with special guests like the Spice Girls and Pet Shop Boys. He also takes questions from famous friends in the crowd and even improvises a funny song from a microwave manual.

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What happens

An Audience with Elton John è una VHS di Elton John, distribuita nel 1997 dalla Telstar. Si tratta sostanzialmente di una famosa trasmissione britannica, durante la quale Elton esibisce (con la Elton John Band o con diversi ospiti) alcune delle sue canzoni più famose e altri brani meno noti al grande pubblico; è particolarmente nota l'esecuzione di Don't Go Breaking My Heart con le Spice Girls, e il duetto con i Pet Shop Boys nella canzone I Believe In Love (It's All We've Got). Altri brani messi in evidenza nella VHS sono I'm Still Standing, Something About the Way You Look Tonight, Abide with Me (con Black Dyke Mills Band), Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting) (con alcuni sportivi inglesi), If the River Can Bend, Believe, Song for Guy (entrambe eseguite in medley con i Pet Shop Boys), Philadelphia Freedom, Can You Feel the Love Tonight, Come Down in Time (con Sting) e Your Song. Inoltre, durante lo show, Elton ha improvvisato leggendo il libretto di istruzioni di un forno, creando il brano Cooker Song. Oltre alle esecuzioni musicali, lo show vede Elton rispondere a domande che gli pongono i suoi amici VIP (ad esempio Roger Taylor dei Queen è nel pubblico) e in generale dà vita a dei simpatici siparietti dove Elton ironizza sul suo stile di vita e sulla sua carriera. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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