Bowie in Berlin

not new
This is same dvd released earlier as Under Review : The Berlin Trilogy. They trick us into buying these shows multiple times.

Later works by Bowie
This documentary covers the trilogy of records Bowie did with Eno in Berlin in the late 1970s. Not only does it discuss the tracks, but it does touch upon the works of Bowie previous to it and his state of mind prior to their creation. One of the highlights was an interview with German musician Michael Rother. While Bowie was a fan of Rother, their potential collaberation was sabatoged by Bowie's management.. Each Bowie and Rother were told separately that the other was unavailable. This Stopped what might have been a great collaberation between two incredible talents. I hope Bowie and Rother still work together in the future. RCA can not stop it this time.
Even though Rother was bypassed from these recordings, they still represent a unque set of musical pieces in the history of Bowie and pop music in general.The story of their creation deserves to be told. Recommended for fans of Bowie, Electronica, and rock historians.

Boring and with very little information
I've just finished watching this DVD and it has indeed been released under another title several years ago. The program is very dull, with little in the way of visuals. There are some clips from an old Bowie audio interview, from which some interesting comments were selected. I found the few minutes with Michael Rother from Neu! to be of interest. There's also a soft-spoken fellow who at least demonstrates some care and consideration in his commentary and observations. The other people here are "critics" and generally offer their opinions, which aren't worth much. Very little information is conveyed in the program, so I feel like I didn't learn too much about Bowie's work in this period, just a few things.

Some of the video consists of audio and video clips to other artists, including one of the Moody Blues (simply because they happened to use a Mellotron, which was something a bit like the Chamberlain that Bowie and Eno used to make synthetic samples... but really...

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