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Using the same mix of rare archival footage and personal perspectives that made his Dogtown and Z-Boys so compelling, extreme-sport documentarian Stacy Peralta chronicles the rare breed of surfers obsessed with finding and riding the globe's most monstrous waves, some cresting at 70-plus feet. The film's six-decade timeframe also gives the filmmaker the rare opportunity to push the envelope of what constitutes "surf music" on a soundtrack that spans nearly as much time and territory as its inspiration. Traditional instrumental rock chestnuts like Link Wray's "Rumble" and Dick Dale's proto-surf classic "Miserlou" are supplemented here by the modern rock of Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and even Sweden's The Hives (via the retro surf-garage-punk thrash of "The Stomp"). The Stray Cats and Ruts add a little rock-of-the-80's energy, but it's the unexpected delights here -- Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "Makana Waves," the jazzy "Innacity Years" by Illdependents, the vintage, sinewy Hawaiian guitar stylings of Gabby Pahinui and Sol Hoopii/O.T. Coffin -- that gives the collection its eclectic, satisfying edge. --Jerry McCulley
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Sony Pictures Classics presents RIDING GIANTS, the newdocumentary from Stacy Peralta (Dogtown and Z-Boy s) that honors the history of big wave surfing, tracing its origin back over 1500 years to the present day, celebrating the legends that defined the culture and transformed their own subculture into an international sport. RIDING GIANTS is the story of these original big wave riders and the countless others who have followed in their waves and chased their dreams out into the blue water, riding 50 foot, 60-foot and even 70-foot waves in a manner once considered the realm of fantasy. There is no way to tell the story of big wave riding without tracing the history of surfing itself, a history that goes back much further than the Beach Boys and "Surfin' U.S.A." The film begins with surfing's early Polynesian roots to its rebirth in the early 20th century and the subculture that followed in the late 1940s. A new ideal was created at that time, a hybrid of Polynesian waterman and American frontiersman, from which the spirit of romantic bohemianism that is the mainstay of the modern surfing lifestyle was born.
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Using the same mix of rare archival footage and personal perspectives that made his Dogtown and Z-Boys so compelling, extreme-sport documentarian Stacy Peralta chronicles the rare breed of surfers obsessed with finding and riding the globe's most monstrous waves, some cresting at 70-plus feet. The film's six-decade timeframe also gives the filmmaker the rare opportunity to push the envelope of what constitutes "surf music" on a soundtrack that spans nearly as much time and territory as its inspiration. Traditional instrumental rock chestnuts like Link Wray's "Rumble" and Dick Dale's proto-surf classic "Miserlou" are supplemented here by the modern rock of Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and even Sweden's The Hives (via the retro surf-garage-punk thrash of "The Stomp"). The Stray Cats and Ruts add a little rock-of-the-80's energy, but it's the unexpected delights here -- Screamin' Jay Hawkins' "Makana Waves," the jazzy "Innacity Years" by Illdependents, the vintage, sinewy Hawaiian guitar stylings of Gabby Pahinui and Sol Hoopii/O.T. Coffin -- that gives the collection its eclectic, satisfying edge. --Jerry McCulleyAlbum Description
Sony Pictures Classics presents RIDING GIANTS, the newdocumentary from Stacy Peralta (Dogtown and Z-Boy s) that honors the history of big wave surfing, tracing its origin back over 1500 years to the present day, celebrating the legends that defined the culture and transformed their own subculture into an international sport. RIDING GIANTS is the story of these original big wave riders and the countless others who have followed in their waves and chased their dreams out into the blue water, riding 50 foot, 60-foot and even 70-foot waves in a manner once considered the realm of fantasy. There is no way to tell the story of big wave riding without tracing the history of surfing itself, a history that goes back much further than the Beach Boys and "Surfin' U.S.A." The film begins with surfing's early Polynesian roots to its rebirth in the early 20th century and the subculture that followed in the late 1940s. A new ideal was created at that time, a hybrid of Polynesian waterman and American frontiersman, from which the spirit of romantic bohemianism that is the mainstay of the modern surfing lifestyle was born.Customer Reviews:
Been there, heard that, loved it.......2004-08-24
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