Post by H2IZCOOL on Oct 1, 2009 11:57:15 GMT -5
The exhibits in the HOF are on seven floors, but I would say that from a numbers perspective, about half of the overall exhibits are in the vast "Level G" basement. We spent most of our first day wandering through the serpentine pathways of Level G, and probably saw 70% of what was down there (it's hard to say; there is no perscribed directions). But at about 3:00 PM we went up to level 3 to eat a late lunch and then found that the last showing of the Inductees was at 4 PM (That's the show I spoke about in the last thread.) So we made up our minds that we would return to Level G in the morning to see the Suzy Does Woodstock oops -- 
Woodstock 40th anniversary film.
This - one of the "special" exhibits, was about 20 minutes long. It's structure was the direct opposite of the Inductees film. The Woodstock film was plain and simple: They took 6 of the acts that appeared during the three day festival and filmed one of their songs, each, in its entirety. The six acts were: The Who, Richie Havens, Janis Joplin, John Sebastian, Country Joe and the Fish and Joe Cocker. It was great seeing these acts in more than a 30 second snippet form, but there was nothing holding the film together, other than the brief speech to the crowd by Max Yasgur, the owner of the dairy farm that was the site of the Festival. A little bit more of the "feel" of the place should have been included.
But in all, I preferred this film to the longer Inductees fluff.
Woodstock 40th anniversary film.This - one of the "special" exhibits, was about 20 minutes long. It's structure was the direct opposite of the Inductees film. The Woodstock film was plain and simple: They took 6 of the acts that appeared during the three day festival and filmed one of their songs, each, in its entirety. The six acts were: The Who, Richie Havens, Janis Joplin, John Sebastian, Country Joe and the Fish and Joe Cocker. It was great seeing these acts in more than a 30 second snippet form, but there was nothing holding the film together, other than the brief speech to the crowd by Max Yasgur, the owner of the dairy farm that was the site of the Festival. A little bit more of the "feel" of the place should have been included.
But in all, I preferred this film to the longer Inductees fluff.
