Wingspan
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In Theaters : 11 May, 2001 |
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Wingspan description
Paul McCartney's account of his second famous rock band only glosses over his personal and professional life during the 1970s, clocking in at 88 minutes. Still, choice footage and photographs, along with a McCartney interview by daughter Mary interspersed throughout the program, make this an entertaining history of an often unfairly maligned group. Wingspan is also a valentine to McCartney's late wife, Linda, who was always by his side, in and out of Wings. On his insistence, Linda became part of the band, went on tour as nominal backup singer and keyboardist, and even sang lead on a song called "Cook of the House," which didn't endear her or Paul to feminists. The fact remains, though, that their marriage, which some pointed to as contributing to the Beatles' breakup, lasted far longer than either of Paul's bands. --Kevin Filipski |
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First, I'm a big fan of the Beatles, Paul, and Wings. All artists have their hits and misses. And this mockumentary is a miss. As others have stated, this is the story of Paul & Linda McCartney from 1969 to the 1980s, and not about the group Wings 1971-1979. What does the breakup of the Beatles, or Paul and Linda's marriage have to do with Wings? It's odd that Paul starts by saying how he wanted to form a band after the Beatles, then basically ends up proving it never really was a band. He rarely even mentions a band member by name! It's usually "the guitarist" or "the drummer"- as if it was whoever happened to be there. This just comes across as a commercial for Paul by Paul, as most of his videos do.
For an "inside documentary" I didn't hear anything I didn't already know. And I don't think you will either. Most fans already know that Paul, Linda and Denny recorded Band on the Run after the first guitarist and drummer quit. What we want to hear is why? And not just Paul's version, how about asking the band members themselves?
I think Paul ends up answering the question unwittingly: They were probably tired of being ignored and the whole thing being about Paul. Oh this was Paul's show the whole way alright- no question about it- and this proves it. But we already knew that. So what does this documentary accomplish? Not much. It's as if it's designed for someone who know's nothing about Paul (Really? he was in the Beatles before Wings? His wife was in Wings too?)
Not enough music, either. What would have made this documentary work would be a year to year review, with Band members and others, discussing how songs were written and recorded, the concerts, the "behind the scenes" relationships of the band mambers, etc. This DVD is an insult to Wings members and fans. I'm left with a DVD that was mildly interesting to watch once. But I'll never watch it again- I already knew all of this in the first place! |
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