Patsy Cline – Remembering Patsy
Picture: C+
Sound: B- Extras: D Program: B-
Running under an hour, Patsy Cline – Remembering Patsy
looks like an early installment of A&E’s Biography and is generous
on rarely seen stills and footage of the singer in her few brief, glorious
years as one of the most Country Music genre vocalists of all time. Absorbing the best material she could find
and making it her own, Cline became an instant sensation, and when she died in
a horrible airplane accident, a legend before her time.
Of course, the feature film Sweet Dreams with
Jessica Lange and Ed Harris from 1985, but the film never lives up to its great
cast. Here, many legends in their own
right (Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, George Jones, widow Charlie Dick, and
Cline’s charming daughter) offer their many stories about life with Cline and
her profound influence.
As is always the case, there never seems to be enough of
Pasty in anything that gets released about her. Nevertheless, this is a good nearly-50-minutes sit-though that is
worth the time of all fans and music lovers.
The full-screen videotaped image shows its age, with the filmed footage
(including home movies) being a highlight.
The Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo is fair, with Pro Logic doing a passable
job of decoding it. The DVD is void of
any extras, which is a mistake.
Now, a tribute to Cline by other artists is out on the
market, with Universal Music sooner or later due to release her classics in
high definition Super Audio CDs and DVD-Audios, so this makes for a nice warm
up. Patsy may be making another
comeback.
- Nicholas Sheffo
