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| Reviewed by: Chris Burton 15 Aug 2008 Shine a Light
| |  Martin Scorsese is busy. And when the man is busy, we should definitely pay attention. Especially since he's responsible for what is widely regarded as perhaps the finest concert film of all time, The Last Waltz. And who's his subject this time? Why just the baddest mothafuckas ever to hold guitars. Its the one and only Rolling Stones.
I suppose lovers of 60's music are often divided into 2 camps. The Beatles or The Rolling Stones. I suppose you could even align yourself with The Beach Boys, considering the fact that Pet Sounds paved the way for Sgt. Pepper. Anyway, I guess I fall in with the Beatles. They were clearly better musicians, with more thoughtful music. But nobody has ever been as fun as The Stones, baby. And You Can't Always Get What You Want may just be the greatest song ever made.
If you don't care for The Stones music, you're not going to like this film. But if you feel that way, you're already an idiot with a pointless life so you definitely have more to worry about than a concert picture. Scorsese filmed the Stones over a two day period at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. The documentary also covers the career of the Stones, much like No Direction Home.
The result is one of the most engaged documentaries you could imagine. The cameras do not simply regard the performances; in a sense, the cameras are performers too, in the way shots are cut together by Scorsese and his editor, David Tedeschi (who also edited "The Last Waltz"). Even in their 60s, the Stones are the most physical and exuberant of bands. |
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