Sweet Toronto (1971)
Sweet Toronto is a documentary by D.A. Pennebaker of the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival, a one day festival held September 13, 1969 at Varsity Stadium on the campus of the University of Toronto and attended by some 20,000 persons. John Lennon played as part of the Plastic Ono Band, whose members also included Yoko Ono, Klaus Voorman, Alan White, and Eric Clapton. The video also features a selection of other acts: Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and Bo Diddley.
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The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.