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Bond: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
directed by Mike Mansfield
20011h 1m★ 6.5
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Filmed at their Royal Albert Hall debut gig in September 2000, Bond Live is a slick showcase for four classically trained, ex-session musicians and their fusion of string quartet and rock music. Whatever the hype (four beautiful women wearing scanty tops and dancing with violins while backed by a five-piece rock combo and a small, rarely seen string section), it has nothing to do with making classical music cool and everything to do with sex. In "Duel," first and second violins Haylie Ecker and Eos trade licks "guitar-hero" style, and most of the tracks are new instrumentals written for the album Born, though "The 1812" does manage to reduce Tchaikovsky's overture to a five-minute dance number. With rock-show lighting, synthesizers, dance beats, and a finale involving the "James Bond Theme" followed by a Rio-style fiesta for the closing "Victory--Carnival Mix," this is camp, melodramatic, sexy fun.
cast
Eos Chater
Second Violin
Tania Davis
Viola
Haylie Ecker
First Violin
Gay-Yee Westerhoff
Cello
S
Steve Williams
Drums
B
Ben Marvin
Guitar
J
John McKenzie
Bass Guitar
C
Carlos Edwards
Percussion
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Director
Mike Mansfield
Language
EN
