Anita Pallenberg, Anne Wiazemsky, Bill Wyman
A free-form, part fiction, part documentary piece juxtaposes Rolling Stones performances with images of civilization's destruction.
DVD Release Date: October 21, 2003
Stats: 127 reviews
The director's cut of this is called "One Plus One", which is exactly what it is, footage of the Rolling Stones recording plus footage of Godard's take on 1960's politics.
If you are not interested in The Rolling Stones or are an avid Godard fan then I doubt this will be for yo...( read more)
This film can be a trap for inveterate fans of Rolling Stones that, inadvertently, seek for only a few more takes of scenes from backstage, such as "Gimme Shelter" bring to us, for example. Why use the term "trap"? Because, yes, I am an inveterate lover of Stones. And yes, I fell...( read more)
Este documental muestra un momento clave en la historia de The Rolling Stones. Mas alla de la puesta en escena propuesta por Godard, aca en este filme se puede evidenciar la situacion por la que estaba pasando Brian Jones y la banda. No es tan notoria, pero en el fondo esa ruptur...( read more)
Godard intercuts the Stones sessions with endless scenes of revolutionaries in the streets. He aims for political context, but he mainly proves that it was the Sixties and nobody had invented the fast-forward button yet.
A great deal of this film is extremely experimental. In this case, I found it isolating. However, the other half of the film is The Rolling Stones working on their classic song which is absolutely amazing to watch. All in all, an interesting metaphorical approach to evolution, gr...( read more)
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