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February 17, 2006
At The Movies: Young is golden in concert film
By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer
AP Movie Writer
Most concert films look alike. The panoramas of the band and crowd from the back of the theater. The cameras slowly panning, cameramen skulking about and getting in one another's shots. The big finish with the headliner and 109 special guests all wielding guitars, looking like gangsters about to machine-gun each other down.
The cutaways to the fans in the 37th row of the balcony, pumping their fists in the air and screaming that falsetto "wooh!" noise that even the smartest among us gets sucked into making when herded together with other adoring spectators.
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