Iggy Pop - Live At The Avenue B

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Gore Vidal once described the superannuated Ronald Reagan as a "triumph of the embalmers' art", but seasoned punk warrior Iggy Pop - herein captured Live At The Avenue B venue in Belgium in 2000 - is cheating the ageing process without recourse to formaldehyde, though doubtless he'd probably like to give it a try in a different context. Naked to the waist like the rock 'n' roll berserker he's always been and with his lithe torso resembling artexed leather, Iggy is growing old disgracefully. Even in his advanced years, armed with nothing more hazardous than an acoustic guitar, he professes to take "no shit". What follows - and which could have occurred at any Iggy gig anywhere in the world at any time over the last 25 years - is a source of much age-defying re-assurance; lasso tricks with the mic lead, surfing the crowd, getting stroked by the audience in an interestingly pertinent preamble to "I Wanna Be Your Dog" and dishing out "Raw Power" like Jerry Lee Lewis strapped to an electric chair. Long may this real wild child remain an untamed beast. --Kevin Maidment

Iggy Pop Live at the Avenue B [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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Iggy Pop Live at the Avenue B [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Director: Serge Bergli
Manufacturer: Virgin
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0009275MA
Release Date: 2005-07-19

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Pantomime monks

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Unmissable

Spellbinding

Very good martial arts entertainment

Shaolin - Wheel Of Life [2001]
Starring: Tom Yang , and Cecil Cheng
Director: Micha Bergese
Manufacturer: Vision Video Ltd.
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Shaolin Kung Fu Masters - Live

ASIN: B00004YVEW
Release Date: 2000-11-27

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Captured at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, Shaolin--Wheel of Life is the complete stage event featuring the undoubtedly unique touring group of oriental monks who present a show that mixes a martial arts display with theatre and music. Rather than simply providing a glorified circus, however, the show itself is based on the monks' own history, focusing on the less-than-obvious story of how a religious order evolved into a group of combatants who look as though they could eat Jackie Chan for breakfast. The monks' abilities are truly astounding, ranging from impossibly graceful acrobatics to don't-try-this-at home feats of strength and endurance involving the breaking of wooden poles and concrete slabs and balancing upon disturbingly sharp objects (the narrator, appropriately, is John Hurt). While it's hard to contain the true atmosphere of such an event on video (although anyone who's seen the show will certainly want a copy), the story-line holds the attention and the charming antics of the boy novices will make your mum go "Aaah!". --Roger Thomas

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Pantomime monks.......2007-03-17

These are not Shao Lin monks at all, they are Chinese Wushu performers. It is a fanciful version of Peking Opera. Lovely to watch, acrobatic, creative. But Kung Fu? No way.

wanna b monk.......2004-11-02

i thought this was brilliant and when i got it i watched it everyday for a week. but does anyone know what the difference is between the two different versions

Unmissable.......2002-11-24

This video is an unbelievable demonstration performed by some of the worlds greatest athletes. The wheel of life is a show that can't miss from any martial artist's collection, mostly because it's all true! no special effecets, no camerawork. Its a recording of a show performed to a live audience. Get the DVD version if you can, the alternate camera views are truly worth it.

Spellbinding.......2001-01-19

This video managed the impossible and left me completely speechless. I
defy anyone to tell me after watching this that they have seen
anything that even comes close to rivalling the Shaolin display in
terms of the men`s agility, strength and unbelievable will
power...
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Very good martial arts entertainment.......2000-12-13

Great DVD. Multiple angles on various weapons and forms demonstrations (in many of the scenes the monks perform on a glass floor, to allow even more camera angles),and a very good making of documentary, make this an excellent piece of martial arts entertainment. The 2 finger handstand is simply amazing, as was the monk demonstrating the "frog" style.

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