Sympathy for the Devil (1968)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Sean Lynch	...	Commentary (voice)
	Mick Jagger	...	Himself - The Rolling Stones
	Brian Jones	...	Himself - The Rolling Stones
	Keith Richards	...	Himself - The Rolling Stones (as Keith Richard)
	Charlie Watts	...	Himself - The Rolling Stones
	Bill Wyman	...	Himself - The Rolling Stones
	Anne Wiazemsky	...	Eve Democracy
	Iain Quarrier	...	Fascist porno book seller
	Frankie Dymon	...	Black power militant (as Frankie Dymon Jnr.)
	Danny Daniels	...	Black power militant
	Illario Pedro
	Roy Stewart	...	Black power militant
	Linbert Spencer
	Tommy Ansah
	Michael McKay

Storyline

Godard's documentation of late 1960's western counter-culture, examining the Black Panthers, referring to works by LeRoi Jones and Eldridge Cleaver. Other notable subjects are the role of the media, the mediated image, A growing technocratic society, Womens Liberation, the May revolt in France and the power of language. Cutting between 3 major scenes, including the Rolling Stones in the studio, the film is visually intercut with Eve Democracy (Wiazemsky) using graffiti which amalgamates organisations, corporations and ideologies. Godard also examines the role of the revolutionary within western culture. Although he believes western culture needs to be destroyed, it can only be done so by the rejection of intellectualisation. "There is only one way to be an intellectual revolutionary, and that is to give up being an intellectual" Written by <gary.elshaw@vuw.ac.nz>  

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