Show Me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall (2019) User Reviews

Some parts so shocking that censored

[belazzz_new · 7/10 · 9 June 2022]

👇 Already people outside of US can see censored copy.

Why so secret because of 1965, 1970, folk in 1963. And segregation in 1962 like me understand from movie.

Didn't know about jazz festival in Monterey.

Didn't know about Altamount.

Movie and English audio To movie have changed during the watching.

P.s. Moments that you couldn't read on wiki/internet not very understandable except shocking photos of 1963/1969.

P.p.s. And shocking cadres of national ukrainian (changed to thus cadres then back) in two parts of movie. Even in video of Monterey.

P.p.s. Just to know - about 2 years ago - born city of JA on wiki was LA.

Now it is writing San Francisco (except one moment and 1965 couldn't find proofs on official site).

Only after this movie can understand know why so false. See "Haight" in San Francisco.

Right Place at the Right Time

[jcoffee02 · 9/10 · 5 August 2023]

As a teen, I'd noticed the name Jim Marshal in countless magazine photo credits, album credits and, especially, that iconic, B&W Hendrix poster on my bedroom wall.

There were others: Moby Grape's first album with Don Stevenson flipping the bird; Johnny Cash flipping the bird; Grace and Janis sitting side by side. This film offers some insight into how he was able to get such great shots. It wasn't about technique, though that was a part of it. It was about the trust between the subject and the photographer which resulted in honest, candid pictures.

One interviewee said that his pictures (like the one of Duane Allman playing guitar in a bathroom) made it feel as if there were only one person in the room, as if the shot had just materialized. Another said Marshall got 'inside' the shot by getting so close to the subject. These observations may seem to contradict each other, but they don't. They're both right.

Marshall is not a warm & fuzzy sorta guy, but if he were, we probably wouldn't be watching this documentary. But here we are, and it's a fascinating lens through which we get to share or re-experience those images that added a dimension to the music we loved.

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[andrea-thatswho · 1/10 · 22 April 2022]

Maybe people outside the US will never be able to see it. I don't understand why it's so restricted, can't find it anywhere. Will review with one star until someone notices or cares.