KentCDillon Review of Disco: Spinning the Story

Disco: Spinning the Story (2005 Video)

I Was Surprisingly Fascinated by this Documentary!

[10/10 · 4 June 2007]

I have always loved disco and have seen most of the movies ever produced with a disco theme. Frankly, I was not expecting much from this documentary, but I was happily surprised. It was very well written and researched and while I knew most of the artists who were interviewed, but I did not know their particular roles and the specific origins of disco. The apparently spontaneous interviews were lively, thoughtful, well-edited and interspersed with personal stories, snippets of the original music and factual backgrounds of the many creators of the disco movement. What I loved most about this film was the excellent quality of the many original video recordings, presumably done for TV. I would recommend this film for anyone who is interested in disco's short-lived dominant role in th world of music. Particularly interesting to me was disco's genesis from funk, soul, R&B and the strong influences from black music.