Spanish Fly: Lou Reed Live in Spain

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Lifeless.......2006-04-07

I've been a Lou Reed fan since his days with the Velvet Underground and as far as live dvd or vhs concerts that I have seen, this is very, very weak. It in no way compares to the sublime "New York" vhs or the "Magic and Loss" vhs. (I don't know why these haven't been released on dvd.) I found Reed's leads to be weak and would have been better had Mike Rathke had played them. There was no other worldly feeling to this movie. It seemed to be a major effort for Reed just to do the concert. A bad night? Probably. The producers could have found a better night. I give it a three just for the strong effort and the energy that most of the rest of the band showed, particularly Rathke and the drummer.

A Must Have.......2005-10-10

This DVD is a must have for any Lou Reed fan. Wish I could have been in Spain to be there live. This will have to do & it does it well.

at last i can say i like lou reed.......2005-08-21

actually i bought the cd for my husband who is a huge fan of lou. i have tried to like him myself but have never really cared for him. he is a great artist, very talented but his music is not what i prefer to listen to. i listen to many types of music like yandi, bob dylan, leonard cohen, tina turner, faith hill, well maybe you can understand why lou is just a little over my head. lou is like an aquired taste. that said i have however listened to and my husband owns everything lou has ever done, so i am very familar with his music and i can honestly say that this is one of the best things he has ever done. while it may not be to my taste if you are a lou reed fan you will love it. so i guess i can finally say i like lou a little.

Fantastic concert DVD.......2005-06-25

This is a spirited seventy-two-minute performance by Lou and his band(guitarist Mike Rathke, bassist/backing vocalist Fernando Saunders, drummer Tony "Thunder" Smith, and cellist Jane Scarpantoni) from last year. It's not loaded down with overdubs to "correct" the rough spots(as opposed to live albums and DVDs from bands like the Stones); a live performance is what it is, and should not be tweaked after the fact. Lou is in fine form--his guitar sound is, as always, immaculate--and so is the band. High points: "Modern Dance", "Why Do You Talk", "Venus in Furs", "Jesus", "Romeo Had Juliette", "The Blue Mask", and "Perfect Day".

Romeo Had Juliet and We had Lou Reed.......2005-06-23

Please Note that this is an awesome live DVD. Lou Reed was never about selling out or having loads of extra this and that so it is not to be expected. What is to be expected is fine Rock N Roll. But, when Lou is associated with Rock N Roll he is also associated with Rap, Poetry, Electronic, and Glam Rock. Lou rocks out hard and exotic. The Celloist tortures her Cello during "Venus in Furs" and Lou sings it in an uncanny way. "Romeo Had Juliet" rambles into the 10+ minute territory and Lou turns it on and lets out the rock star that he is. My only complaint is Master Ren and Antony are not on board to hoard the spotlight. But, after 2 minutes into the concert their otherworldly precenses' are not missed and we can embrace Lou and his band prancing through classic songs with fresh twists. If you are a fan of modern Lou or glam rock Lou this DVD will entrance you.

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Horrendous! STAY AWAY!
A waste of time!!!

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Starring: Gianni Angeloni , Toni Cantó , Antonio Castro , Betty De Villanueva , and Martin Donovan (II)
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ASIN: B0002W4TN0
Release Date: 2004-11-09

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Miramax Home Entertainment presents SPANISH FLY, a delightfully funny and sexy film in the tradition of "Under The Tuscan Sun." In this romantic comedy, an insecure American author travels to Spain to research the "machismo" myth of Spanish men. When her own lack of experience with relationships becomes a roadblock to her research, she realizes she is in over her head. As she meets more subjects for her study, her academic research becomes more like a column from "Sex And The City" as the hilarious comedy grows even more delicious.

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Horrendous! STAY AWAY!.......2005-04-03

Spanish Fly is an atrocity. It's a poorly scripted, unrealistic, and totally un-engaging film full of horrible dialogue and ridiculous twists. How the Los Angeles Times called this is a "Smart, Winning, Romantic Comedy" is beyond me. I think the writer was either blackmailed or bribed by the filmmaker, writer/director/star Daphna Kastner, Harvey Keitel's wife.

Basically the idea is this: an unattractive frumpish American girl goes to Madrid with an advance from a publishing company to write a book about "macho" Spanish men. However, she knows no Spanish, nothing about men, and her attempts to organise a few half-baked ideas about her subject come to nothing, as does the half-baked premise of the film. The protagonist is totally unegaging to the point of being irritating, all the male characters are one-dimensional props to support the film's fragile premise, and the caricature of Madrid as a steamy hothouse of hormone-filled men clutching submissive women in every nook and cranny is incredibly insulting.

This is an embarrassingly ill-conceived film which becomes more and more banal as it goes on. The film reaches the level of horribleness that "Gigli" did. Kastnar was horrid and probably wrote the film, ripe with plenty of sex scenes for herself, to get to go to bed with attractive Spanish men and show off her unimpressive body. I can't think of another reason this film would be written and shot. I'm shocked and horrified at how the filmmaker was not only allowed to make this film, but had a respectable company like MIRAMAX release it. Something's not right here. Avoid this one like the plague, unless you need something to laugh at with your bottle of wine.

A waste of time!!!.......2004-11-12

This movie is about a woman who goes to Madrid to write about "machismo", and believing in the old stereotype that all Spaniards are machistas she embarks in a futile search for the ultimate macho. It was a horrible movie with horrible dialogue and force acting. The main female character lack desirability, and in the scenes that were suppose to look or be sexy, she failed miserably. The translator, a macho Spaniard and an Antonio Banderas aficionado, only looked well with his mouth tightly seal. I don't recommend this atrocious experiment.

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