History of the Eagles is a 2013 two-part authorized documentary about the career of the American rock group the Eagles, directed by Alison Ellwood and co-produced by Alex Gibney. After screening at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in January,[1] it aired on Showtime in February,[2] and was released in April on DVD and Blu-ray with a third disc containing eight songs from the band's performance at the Capital Centre in March 1977.[3] A concert tour of the same name took place from 2013 to 2015, visiting North America, Europe, and Oceania.[4]
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The documentary is intended to be an official account of the history of the band Eagles. The Eagles' manager Irving Azoff came up with the idea for an official history in 2011 when the Eagles would be celebrating their 40th anniversary.[8] Frey chose Alex Gibney after viewing works by those who had been nominated for the Academy Award for best documentary, and Gibney then brought in Ellwood to direct and co-edit. According to Frey, the band had made some suggestions to the production team, but overall the director and producer were left to make their film the way they chose.[9]
The documentary is divided into two parts. The first part is around two hours long and covers the early period to their breakup, the second part is about one hour long and covers the subsequent periods. The documentary combined archive footage of the band with interviews with all the members of the band, as well as other people involved in the band history or who knew them, such as Kenny Rogers, Bob Seger, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, J. D. Souther, David Geffen, and Stevie Nicks. In the DVD release, a further third disc with songs from the band's concert at the Capital Centre in March 1977 is included.
Don Felder, who participated in the documentary, claimed that History of the Eagles was incomplete, that it glorified Don Henley and Glenn Frey's work and did not give enough credit to all the other people who had contributed to the group, as well as glossing over disputes between band members. Felder said: "Overall I thought it was OK, but I didn't think it was really an accurate documentary. I thought a lot was omitted from the documentary. There were a lot of things that weren't discussed, a lot of issues that aren't brought to the forefront."[11] He said he had put his disputes with the band behind him, and expressed surprise by the anger still felt by Frey and Henley towards him, and said of the documentary: "Most of it was about Don and Glenn. But they controlled it, owned it, and paid for it, so they could do what they wanted. But it did take me back how angry they were and how much venom they still had toward me, especially Glenn."[12]
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O documentário é dividido em duas partes, e conta com uma narrativa impressionante, praticamente toda a história de uma das maiores e mais emblemáticas bandas americanas que já existiu. Pouquíssimas vezes tivemos o privilégio de ver integrantes de uma banda tão abertos a falar sem pudor e sem papas na língua, assuntos tão polêmicos a respeitos das contradições do show business, os processos criativos por trás do surgimento de canções antológicas, os excessos da estrada e as crises de estrelismos e egos que inevitavelmente levam a conflitos pessoais e, claro, ao fim de uma banda.
Apesar de contar com comentários de várias pessoas que de alguma forma se envolveram com a banda ao longo da história, dá pra se perceber que a grande dupla e incontestáveis líderes Glenn Frey e Don Henley, também são os principais aqui e roubam a cena contando histórias impagáveis, e nada mais justo, afinal, Frey e Henley foram com certeza os principais responsáveis em fazer com que os Eagles tivessem um domínio imenso nas rádios americanas nos anos 70 por conta de uma infindável quantidade de canções dotadas de harmonias e melodias de altíssimo nível. Não tinham o peso das bandas britânicas da época, mas eram o elo que ligava o Southern Rock ao som da turma do Crosby, Still, Nash & Young.
History of the Eagles 1 2013 51480 Views Discover the authorized documentary about the career of the American rock group the Eagles. The film combines archive footage of the band with interviews with all the members of the band, as well as other people involved in the band history or who knew them. The first part chronicles the early life of band members and the founding of the band, the making of their albums and their rise to success. 2ff7e9595c
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