Search - Glenn O'Brien's TV Party: The Heavy Metal Show on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Movie Release: 1979 DVD Release: 10/09/2007 Format: DVD - Black and White Edition: Television Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 0 hrs 55 mins Studio: Brink Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Music, Concerts, Vocal Music

TV Party: The Heavy Metal Show features appearances by famous musicians Chris Stein and Lenny Ferrari as well as popular New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

There are some very valuable public access television interviews circulating in the media universe, a special featuring the late Beach Boys producer Nik Venet on a West Coast program comes to mind as a key moment in Access Television that preserves an underrated producer's legacy. Sadly, you won't find something as vital and interesting on this version of Glenn O'Brien's TV party. Indeed, the metal onslaught becomes a bit much and the 55 minutes feel more like 5 hours. Access shows by their very nature are a sort of Cinéma vérité where anything goes and the First Amendment is supposed to be paramount. That doesn't mean it is going to translate well to DVD. As an historical document Glenn O'Brien's TV Party - The Heavy Metal Show perhaps has a little significance, but Cookie Mueller's discussion of the heavy metals residing in her body isn't quite as viewable as, say, Peter Wolf of The J. Geils Band being part of a lecture panel at some library or fellow Bostonian Charlie Infection from the band Psycho capturing a multitude of hardcore acts on his Meat Grinder program. Yes, there's lots of great access footage out there in the world that DVD companies should seek out. This volume doesn't necessarily fall into that category, but it is part of a series and for the completists out there this edition might be good for clearing out unwanted guests when a party begins to get dull. ~ Joe Viglione, All Movie Guide