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Directed by Robert Frank. First commissioned, then condemned by the Stones, the rarely-screened film unstintingly depicts Frank's extended trip into the bubble of fame, showing the surrounding drug and groupie scene, Keith Richards' heroin addiction, Mick Jagger's marital squabbles and the Glimmer Twins canny manipulation. Frank's hypnotically rough camera and overlapping soundtrack immerse us in the reality of a very strange experience.
The year was 1972. The Stones were rolling again after surviving the drug busts, Brian's exit and death, Altamont, and the 1960's. The '72 tour of America introduced the band with a fully reconstituted repertory. Exile on Main Street was new and the group never played better! They'd also achieved new status by then as celebrities whether by sheer muscle of the money they made or growing respectability, the Stones were off the news pages and onto the gossip pages, members of the "beautiful people" in whose company it was a coup to be seen. Not that they didn't still know how to rock out! The Rolling Stones were upset by the film's portrayal of them. The film is under court order that only allows it to be shown when Robert Frank is present. Warning, contains nudity and drug usage.
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Color/89 min |
