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Gdansk Onscreen For One US Night – The Emerging Picture
It's a holiday weekend in the US, so here's something to check out in a spare moment: The Bigger Picture will soon be running details of a one-night-only big screen version of Live In Gdansk on Monday 22nd September in the US only.
Similar to what was done for Remember That Night, it will be a cinema presentation of select songs from the Gdansk concert (108 minutes in total) but with one difference – it will include the audio-visual presentation of five songs not included on the Concert DVD with the live album. So, if you want to see Breathe (known as Breathe (In The Air) in the US), Shine On You Crazy Diamond or Wish You Were Here, this will be the place to go. There might of course be other places to see these songs in the future, but this is all that is confirmed for now.
The whole programme has been re-transferred from the original source masters by director Gavin Elder, and the sound will be played out in full Surround Sound in every cinema. However, although most of the concert was shot in HD, some of the shots are from the Standard Definition cameras covering the musicians in close-up. Therefore there is a mixture of styles which adds to the excitement of the experience but may not be to the taste of some high-definition purists. Please also note that some songs (in particular Take A Breath and Astronomy Domine) are very heavy on strobe effects, so the show is NOT suitable for those with photo-sensitive epilepsy or other such conditions. (Please note that only the local cinema manager controls the playback volume, which concerned a few cinema-goers at the Remember That Night screenings.)
The full song list is: Speak To Me, Breathe (In The Air)/Time/Breathe (In The Air) (reprise), Castellorizon, On An Island, The Blue, This Heaven, Smile, Take A Breath, A Pocketful Of Stones, Where We Start, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Astronomy Domine, High Hopes, Wish You Were Here, A Great Day For Freedom, Comfortably Numb.
Around 106 cinemas are expected to participate and we will list all details when available.
