-- approximate times given are marked from the beginning of the film not the video tape --
Tape 1
0:01:00 Opening praise
"And the kids were wonderful . . . Nobody can complain about the kids.
This thing was too big (heh, heh, heh), it was too big for the world.
Nobody has ever seen a thing like this." -- local resident
0:06:21 Organizer Speaks
“Worst part? The biggest hassle is dealing with the politics.”
– Michael Lang
0:13:41 Initial Reaction
“ It was just like an army invading a town.” – unknown vacationer
to Woodstock region
0:14:25 Initial Reaction II
“The last time we seen anything like this was at the Rose Bowl.” –
unknown townsman
0:16:55 How many people?
“200,000.” – Michael Lang (there ended up being closer to 500,000)
0:17:30 Role of music
"Music . . . music has always been a major form of communication and
now the lyric and the type of music is a little bit more involved in society
than it was."-- an organizer
0:35:10 Family values
"It really is to the point where it's just family now." -- participant
0:36:15 Freebie
“It’s a free concert from now on. What that means is we’re putting
the music up here for free.” – P.A. announcer
0:38:19 Bad Acid (click
here for an essay by Paul DiScascio)
“People have been saying that some of the acid is poison. It’s
not poison, it’s just bad acid; it’s manufactured poorly.” – medic announcer
1:06:30 Free love
"Well, that's a basic thing, there's a lot of girls here, and they're
probably a lot freer than, you know, than other places, and I'm sure there's
going to be a lot of balling." -- young man traveling to the festival
1:10.32 Changes
“Mass change only brings mass insanity.” – young unidentified interviewee
1:12:00 Comment on society
"People are very lost, I think." -- participant
1:12:50 Guru Speaks
“America is becoming a whole. America is helping everybody in
the material field, but the time has come for America to help with spirituality
also.” – Indian guru addressing the crowd
1:16:00 Anti-drug and natural high
"All you gotta score is some clean air." -- yoga leader
1:33:07 Answer for the rain
“How come the fascist pigs been seedin’ the clouds?” – young
interviewee’s reaction to the rain
1:37:50 Big City
“Somebody was saying that this is the second largest city in
NewYork.” – spectator on the size of the festival
1:39:50 Commercial aspect
"Financially, this is a disaster." -- an organizer
Tape 2
0:06:40 Kids phoning home
“Ha ha, fooled you. I’m alive.” – female spectator’s message to her
non-believing parents
0:08:15 Army lends a hand
“The United States Army is lending us some medical teams. And
giving us a hand. They're with us man, not against us.” – P.A. announcer
on the arrival of Army helicopters
0:18:45 Speaking his mind (click
here for an essay by Jason Angelichio)
“This is a mind fucker of all times, man.” – John Sebastian on the
Woodstock experience
0:27:50 Bitter Townsfolk
“You want me to explain it in plain words? It’s a shitty mess.” – unidentified
farmer on Woodstock
0:34:40 Police support
“They can’t be questioned as good American citizens.” – police officer
on the kids at Woodstock
1:01:54 Mess call (click
here for an essay by Daniel Gwiazdowski)
“What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for 400,000.” – Wavy Gravy
addressing crowd on final morning
1:02:32 A little piece of heaven
“There’s always a little bit of heaven in a disaster area.” – Wavy
Gravy on Woodstock situation
1:08:46 Max speaks
“I’m a farmer.” – Max Yasgur addresses Woodstock crowd
1:09:01 Proving themselves
“I think you people have proven something to the world.” – Max
Yasgur addressing Woodstock crowd
Copyright (c) 1999 by James Anthony Clewley, Undergraduate at Lehigh University.
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