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4 articles from 2008

23 July 2008 3:30 AM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

Shine a Light is one of the best rock documentaries I've ever seen. Topping it off, I'm not even that big a fan of The Rolling Stones. Yet what director Martin Scorsese has done here is truly phenomenal, and by the time the disc was over I couldn't wait to get back right to the main menu and start it all over again for a second viewing. It's that good. If anything, the fact I liked this movie so much makes me wish all the more I hadn't skipped out on that press screening of the feature over at the IMAX right before its initial theatrical run. I imagine this would have looked and sounded extraordinary in that format, the Oscar-winning filmmaker teaming up with cinematographer Ralph Richardson to deploy a team of nine other Academy Award-winning or nominated cameramen to craft a concert film like no other ever attempted.

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11 April 2008 8:21 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Matt Singer

In honor of their 40 years on movie screens, starting with 1968's "Sympathy for the Devil," and continuing on with "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus" and 1970's "Gimme Shelter," we're taking a look at The Rolling Stones' filmography, featuring enough collaborations with great directors to make any actor jealous and enough abandoned or aborted projects to give any movie investor heartburn. In our final tour date, we offer the rarely screened "Cocksucker Blues" and an encore featuring the Stones' most recent cinematic return to the stage, "Shine a Light."

Cocksucker Blues (1972)

Directed by Robert Frank

The Film: Returning to the United States for their first American tour since 1969 (covered in all its glory and tragedy in "Gimme Shelter"), the Stones hired filmmaker Robert Frank to document the trip. Frank gave cameras to all the members of the band to record their own experiences, and then edited

Matt Singer

6 April 2008 6:15 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Moviemaker Martin Scorsese had to cover up one curse word with a drum beat - to make sure his new The Rolling Stones rockumentary received a Pg-13 rating at the cinema.

The Oscar winner knew he'd have to limit swearing to just two 'f' words or risk a harsher rating when the film was released in cinemas.

The band agreed to cut back on foul language, but when guest star Buddy Guy was introduced onstage as "Buddy motherf**king Guy" during a filmed show at the Beacon Theatre in New York, Scorsese knew the rockers had gone too far.

He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "We tried to plead the case (with censors) that it's part of what he's (Guy) called. We didn't win that one, so we put a drumbeat in there."

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6 April 2008 8:03 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Keith Richards gave away one of his favourite guitars during the filming of new Rolling Stones rockumentary Shine A Light - as a mark of respect to Buddy Guy.

The guitar great joined the Stones onstage at New York's Beacon Theatre to perform Muddy Waters' Champagne + Reefer for the Martin Scorsese-directed concert film.

And always cool Richards was so taken by the magical moment, he handed over his guitar.

He says, "It's one of my favourites, too.

"That was straight off the top of my head: 'It's yours, baby.'

"With everything going on that night, with this movie, I thought, 'This is my respect to Buddy and to Muddy and all the other guys who turned me on.'"

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4 articles from 2008