Rent The Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
3.1 of 5 from 61 ratings
1h 40min
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- Synopsis:
"Sympathy for the Devil" was made at a time when The Rolling Stones were at the peak of their creative powers and Jean-Luc Godard, who after making some of the great French New Wave cinema had taken a revolutionary political direction with his filmmaking. Possessing Godard's idiosyncratic style it can be viewed as two movies in one. In the first, rock and roll superstars The Rolling Stones create their latest song 'Sympathy for the Devil' in a London studio as they compose material for their forthcoming 'Beggar's Banquet' album. In the second, a series of abstract fictional vignettes, Godard probes topics as diverse as race, pornography and the irony of interviewing celebrities, which features a unique demonstration by Black Power revolutionaries and a TV interview with one Eve Democracy about the relationship between culture and revolution. For many people the main attraction of 'Sympathy for the Devil' is seeing the band (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman) take a loose outline of a song and turn it into a stirring, fully realized creation. Beginning as a ballad, the track gradually acquires a pulsating groove, which gets Jagger into a rousing vocal display of soulful emotion that Godard is lucky enough to capture on film. - Actors:
- Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Anne Wiazemsky, Iain Quarrier, Frankie Dymon, Danny Daniels, Illario Pedro, Roy Stewart, Linbert Spencer, Tommy Ansah, Michael McKay, Rudi Patterson, Mark Matthew, Karl Lewis, Bernard Boston, Nike Arrighi, Françoise Pascal
- Directors:
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Producers:
- Michael Pearson, Iain Quarrier
- Voiced By:
- Sean Lynch
- Writers:
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Aka:
- One + One
- Studio:
- Fabulous Films
- Genres:
- Documentary, Music & Musicals, Special Interest
- Collections:
- The Golden Age of British Pop Musicals, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Award Winners at the London Film Festival, Top 10 Films By Year, Top Films, Top Films of 1968
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 21/03/2011
- Run Time:
- 240 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 2.0
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour and B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Original Jean-Luc Godard directors cut 'One + one'
- Original theatrical trailer
- Extensive original stills gallery
- 'Voices' a 1968 award winning documentary on Jean-Luc Godard filmed during the making of this film
- Synopsis
- Promotional material archive
- Original biographies
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Reviews (1) of The Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil
Underwhelming - The Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil review by JB
Self-indulgent to the power of 1,000 would do it. The rehearsal sequences are revealing and well-chosen; the political chapters are clunky, contrived and to modern eyes amateurish.
For an insight into the making of one of the Stones' greatest tracks, reach for this film. My advice is, fast forward each time a group of 'revolutionaries' hoves into view.
Not Godard at his best.
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