Director Danny Clinch shot the concert on 35mm film and the cinematography looks amazing. The camera work provides a unique level of intimacy that separates it from most other concert DVDs. The perspective is more like if you were able to wonder around the entire stage during the show, than if you were watching from out in the audience. This is advertised as "A Film by Danny Clinch", so you do have to put up with a some backstage and interview footage between each of the sets, but it works well in this particular multi-set format.
Special features include a multi-angle camera presentation of "Who Did You Think I Was", where you can focus exclusively on either Steve Jordon or Pino Palladino, as well as a short feature called "Slow Dancing On Mulholland Drive", that features Mayer sitting outside, presumably just off of Mulholland Drive, jamming on a big Gibson, hollow-body, electric, as the sun sets behind the Hollywood hills.
I was only expecting to like this DVD about as much as Mayer's previous one, Any Given Thursday, and that is not very much. It is nice to be so pleasantly surprised every once in a while, and Where The Light Is did just that. This is one of the best concert DVDs of the year.
Set List
Acoustic Set
01. Neon
02. Stop This Train
03. In Your Atmosphere
04. Daughters
05. Free Fallin'
Trio Set
06. Everyday I Have The Blues
07. Wait Until Tomorrow
08. Who Did You Think I Was
09. Come When I Call
10. Good Love Is On The Way
11. Out Of My Mind
12. Vultures
13. Bold As Love
Band Set
14. Waiting On The World To Change
15. Slow Dancing In A Burning Room
16. Why Georgia
17. The Heart Of Life
18. I Don't Need No Doctor
19. Gravity
20. I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)
21. Belief
22. I'm Gonna Find Another You
Ratings:
Performance 8/10
Production 10/10
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