Joni Mitchell - Woman of Heart and Mind: A Life Story

Starring:Joni Mitchell
Studio: Eagle Vision USA
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Amazon.com
One of the great talents of her or anyone else's generation gets the royal treatment with this superb two-hour (with bonus material) documentary. It's all here (via interviews, including conversations past and present with Mitchell herself, photos, generous helpings of concert footage, and more): her Saskatchewan childhood, her lovers, her painting, her reunion with the daughter she had left behind at age 19... and, of course, her music, the songs, recordings, and performances, so intensely personal yet so universally accessible, that comprise one of the most extraordinarily original and significant (if not always wildly popular) bodies of work any artist has ever produced. Even true fanatics are likely to find revelations here; the rest of us can simply rejoice in the life and artistry of Joni Mitchell. The extras are highlighted by complete concert readings of four songs, including "Big Yellow Taxi" and "Woodstock." --Sam Graham
Description
DVD CHAPTERS
Childhood/Beginnings
All I Want * Urge for Going * Little Green * Both Sides Now Night in the City * I Had a King

Greenwich Village/Laurel Canyon (The 60's)
Cactus * Circle Game * Chelsea Morning * Ladies of the Canyon Just Like Me * Positively 4th Street (Bob Dylan)

First Record/Carnegie Hall/Woodstock
Marcie * Conversation * Morning Morgantown * Woodstock

Romance with Graham Nash/Creative Process
My Old Man * The Agreement * California * Our House (Graham Nash) Get Together (Graham Nash)

Blue/Retreat/Transformation
Blue * A Case For You * For Free * River * For the Roses I'm a Radio * Raised on Robbery * Same Situation

New Musical Languages/Painting
Amelia * Hejira * Coyote * Cotton Avenue * Chair in the Sky Dry Cleaner from Des Moines * Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

Marriage and Divorce/Social Commentary/Honors
Wild Things Run Fast * Underneath the Streetlight * Come in From the Cold Dog Eat Dog * Sex Kills * Taming the Tiger

Amazon.com

One of the great talents of her or anyone else's generation gets the royal treatment with this superb two-hour (with bonus material) documentary. It's all here (via interviews, including conversations past and present with Mitchell herself, photos, generous helpings of concert footage, and more): her Saskatchewan childhood, her lovers, her painting, her reunion with the daughter she had left behind at age 19... and, of course, her music, the songs, recordings, and performances, so intensely personal yet so universally accessible, that comprise one of the most extraordinarily original and significant (if not always wildly popular) bodies of work any artist has ever produced. Even true fanatics are likely to find revelations here; the rest of us can simply rejoice in the life and artistry of Joni Mitchell. The extras are highlighted by complete concert readings of four songs, including "Big Yellow Taxi" and "Woodstock." --Sam Graham

Description

DVD CHAPTERS
Childhood/Beginnings
All I Want * Urge for Going * Little Green * Both Sides Now Night in the City * I Had a King

Greenwich Village/Laurel Canyon (The 60's)
Cactus * Circle Game * Chelsea Morning * Ladies of the Canyon Just Like Me * Positively 4th Street (Bob Dylan)

First Record/Carnegie Hall/Woodstock
Marcie * Conversation * Morning Morgantown * Woodstock

Romance with Graham Nash/Creative Process
My Old Man * The Agreement * California * Our House (Graham Nash) Get Together (Graham Nash)

Blue/Retreat/Transformation
Blue * A Case For You * For Free * River * For the Roses I'm a Radio * Raised on Robbery * Same Situation

New Musical Languages/Painting
Amelia * Hejira * Coyote * Cotton Avenue * Chair in the Sky Dry Cleaner from Des Moines * Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

Marriage and Divorce/Social Commentary/Honors
Wild Things Run Fast * Underneath the Streetlight * Come in From the Cold Dog Eat Dog * Sex Kills * Taming the Tiger

Full Circle
Stay in Touch * Both Sides Now

Customer Reviews:

The Voice!.......2007-06-03

I purchased this DVD some time ago and frankly forgot I had it. I played it on my laptop with my Bose earphones and my gosh!!! I forgot how much I miss that voice. Her self taught, avant-garde style transcends any other english speaking singer, bar non. I was especially intrigued by her somewhat normal childhood (except for her childhood polio) and her mystical rise to a non-wanted fame. Her songs, primarily based upon her infectious loneliness and her life's travels with the many men in her life, are filled with true poetry which uses an incredible combination of visual and unconventional prose.

While I was particularly intrigued with her relationship with David Crosby (her first producer), Graham Nash (her long time live-in lover) and David Geffen (her second producer and confidant), I was disturbed at the sixties logic that permiated their lives. But again, that was the sixties.

I would recommend this DVD to anyone who wants a good sixties history lesson of
American west coast music; you should purchase this DVD. If you love Joni's music and want to know her better, this is the only DVD you need to purchase.

Joni Mitchell DVD.......2007-05-07

If your a Joni Mitchell fan....this is a DVD you need to own.Very informative.

Joni is a class act, an original.......2006-08-24

I always liked Joni Mitchell. I remember when she came out with her first album, and I thought it was amazing. The first thing I noticed was her voice, her range. Just thinking of the vocal instrument itself, she was up there with Joan Baez and Judy Collins. Her more recent material isn't as vocally challenging as her earliest material, in terms of the range of notes she hits.

She seems to have had a lot of angst in her life. You would think she wouldn't; that she would have led a joyful life, considering that she was a big star. You would love to change places with her and be rich and famous, but somehow she seemed to muck things up pretty much and get depressed.

There's something so likeable about her. She does her own thing. She doesn't chase wealth and fame, and never did. I see a lot of myself in her, in that regard. Just be yourself and don't worry about it. To those of you who are familiar with astrology, Joni and I share the same sun and moon signs, which is a 100-1 coincidence. Grant Lewi, the greatest astrologer of all time, described her sun and moon combination as being part of that discriminating and appreciative public without which the arts are pointless. She has a Scorpio sun with a Pisces moon. Very deep, watery, intelligent woman. Nothing superficial there.

I'm not a big fan of her more current music. It's okay. It just doesn't grab me very hard. She seems to be a Type Four in the enneagram system of personality types, a true original, a true artist, looking within for inspiration, not wanting to be one of the crowd, not wanting to copy anyone else. Other Type Fours include Dylan, Alanis Morissette, Prince. When I think of Alanis I think of her music video in which she appeared on a city street completely naked, not to be sexy, just to be herself, in a pose that was more revealing than it was flattering. Joni Mitchell is the type that wants to express her true feelings, and it doesn't necessarily lead to record sales.

Not the music, but the person.......2006-07-19

When I ordered this DVD I was hoping for some good concert footage of Joni Mitchell. Actually, it is something else: a really good insight into the person behind the music, and a help in explaining Joni's complex development over time. I watched Joni at the 1970 Isle of Wight festival, and despite her statement that she hated big concerts, I still think it was amazing, given the lunatics who interfered with the whole event, and intruded on her set in particular. This is an excellent reminder that some people do an awful lot to represent what a human being really is, or could be, or should be.

A very good video Biography of Joni.......2006-05-02

At the time of writing this, I am just cutting the surface of Joni's music. This Biography has deepened my understanding of Joni. Interesting to note how she adapts to a new period and always re-invents herself. She has never gone after pop music but stayed personal in her approach. I especially enjoyed her speaking of her guitar playing and she referred to her strange guitar tunings as a "Chords or Inquiry". There is much to absorb here, and I've found myself watching it about 3 times up to now. It is a good launching point if you are preparing to experience Joni's music and there are many performance bits from various periods.

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