Search - Gustav Holst - The Planets / BBC Symphony Orchestra on DVD

Horrible Video version

Kenny Nipp | USA | 09/11/2009

(1 out of 5 stars)

"I bought this hoping to get the BBC's 'Proms' summer series I saw a few years back. What I got was the worst 'Directors vision' of what he interpreted the video should be. For Holst's 'Mars the bringer of war', this Hack threw together a bunch of various armies marching and driving machinery around and setting up missiles. All of which was Stock footage. The stuff found in every editing lab laying on the floor -where it belongs. Instead of sticking to the theme (The PLANETS!!! REMEMBER?), he slaps together a heavy handed personal opinion of the world and it's constant termiol with war. All at the expense of the BBC who pays him. Hey Hack, no one gives a split pea about your opinion of war. Leave your opinion at home and stick to the program!!!! This guy is a real armature and shouldn't have ever been allowed to stand near the editing door let alone touch the equipment. The BBC should apologize for releasing such a politically swayed video of Holst great work.
HORRIBLE."