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This documentary traces Billy Idol's arc from British punk provocateur in Generation X to MTV-era global superstar, drawing on never-before-seen archival footage and intimate interviews with Idol, his family, and his collaborators. It follows the ambition and excess behind hits like 'White Wedding' and 'Rebel Yell,' the addiction and near-death experiences that nearly ended his career, and the resilience that has kept him an active creative force for nearly five decades.

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Disc 2 contains Jimi Plays Monterey (1986) and Shake! Otis at Monterey (1987) — D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus's complete-performance films of the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Otis Redding sets at the 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival — plus an audio commentary on Jimi Plays Monterey by music critic Charles Shaar Murray, a 1987 interview with Pete Townshend, and trailers. (Disc 1 of the set contains Monterey Pop.) Over a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the height of the Summer of Love, the first and only Monterey International Pop Festival erupted onto the scene, embodying the spirit of its decade and opening a new chapter for rock and roll. The festival would make stars of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, though they were only a few names in a remarkably varied lineup that also took in Simon and Garfunkel, the Mamas and the Papas, the Who, the Byrds, Hugh Masekela, and the remarkable Ravi Shankar. Shooting in his signature vérité manner, D. A. Pennebaker recorded everything, preserving moments that have since become legend, from Pete Townshend smashing his guitar to Hendrix setting his alight. Criterion's set is the most complete record of the festival ever assembled, gathering Monterey Pop, Jimi Plays Monterey, and Shake! Otis at Monterey together with nearly every complete performance Pennebaker and his crew managed to film.

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Jeff Stein's rockumentary follows The Who from their mid-1960s beginnings through 1978, assembling television appearances, interviews and concert footage - including the band's specially filmed Shepperton Studios performance, drummer Keith Moon's last - into a non-chronological portrait of one of rock's most explosive live acts.

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The Who's legendary 1982 Shea Stadium concert captures the band in fierce live form with classic songs and behind-the-scenes context.