LA Times movie critic Kenneth Turan gives Martin Scorcese's movie of a 2006 Rolling Stones benefit concert for the Clinton Foundation a recommendation that makes me want to run out and watch it now:When asked by Dick Cavett in 1972 whether "you can picture yourself at age 60 doing what you do now," Jagger grinned and responded, "Easily, yeah." ...by the time [the movie is] all over, we are thoroughly entertained. But getting to that point turns out to have been a tougher slog than might be expected.
What makes it tough, frankly, is all those accumulated years. It's not that the group has any difficulty performing up to its standards, it's that youth and anarchy (not always Bill Clinton's areas) are part of rock's DNA, and seeing the Stones as up close and personal as a concert film demands, presents us with the unnerving spectacle of their battle-hardened, not to say sepulchral, faces. (Read Turan's review of "Shine a Light")
Synopsis for Shine a Light
In autumn 2006 the Rolling Stones gave two concerts at Beacon Theatre in New York. Here, in the 2,800-seater old Broadway theatre that opened in 1928, we encounter living legends Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood and Charlie Watts. Before an enthusiastic audience that includes Hillary and Bill Clinton, the Stones present their hit songs as well as less known numbers. Guest appearances include Christina Aguilera, blues legends Buddy Guy and Jack White.
Opened April 4, 2008 Runtime: 2 hr. 2 min.
PG-13
Director: Martin Scorsese
Genres: Concerts, Biography, Music History, Vocal Music, Music
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