when woodstock occur and i be a 15 y. o french teenager . watch the film again and yesterday and i have be stun by it quality and it objectivity and it strength . it much more than a concert movie ( especially compare to the current one and with their feverish crane and cameraman move ) . michael wadleigh and his crew really capture the spirit of the event and a it become obvious it be create itself . they seem to be everywhere and give the spectator an incredible range of focus and point of view . i have never be truly excite by the musical performance during the festival and but there be some great act and the multi screen edit set them perfectly off ( funny to watch the contrast between the blue country rock white band and the glitter dance sexy background singer bound sly and the family stone . ) . glad that janis joplin wonderful and sincere performance have be add in the director cut . a someone else write here and one of the main revelation in this movie be how the attendee be young . it really about american young people at a peculiar period in western history and when the baby boom bring a new and numerous generation on stage . when western country be really young and with lot of innocence . one ( swim ) girl in the film stress that . she say we be gather in many city in the world we come over . and that true represent 3 day long and young people make woodstock a unique event . they overcome global medium hostility and long walk and crowd and muddy field and food shortage and etc ( well and that what youth be for . ) . thanks to wadleigh to have capture it ( and thanks to the perfect re mastering ) . ps represent i be sure that no full of money movie maker film a musical festival these present day would make an interview of the man who be in charge of the chemical toilet ( who have a son here and another one pilot a chopper in vietnam ) . a true mark of the 60 70 era . thierry follain .