Shine a Light
by Martin Scorsese
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Actor: Rolling StonesDirector: Martin Scorsese
Brand: Paramount
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 121 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-29
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of Shine a Light
DVD Review: Very Entertaining
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent showcase for one of Rock's finest bands. Special guest appearance of Jack White was incredible. There is a reason why the Stones have endured and Scorcese totally gets it. I highly reccomend this movie.DVD Review: The Stones at their BEST
Summary: 5 Stars
Shine a Light has everything a Stones fan could want. Being behind the scenes with Martin Scorsese and feeling like being onstage with the boys, one couldn't ask for a better concert album. Love it.DVD Review: A really great concert
Summary: 5 Stars
I enjoyed it alot. It's consistently good from start to finish.
I have no problem with the fact that the Stones are still performing at their age. It's their job, how they make a living. I certainly don't fault them for that. It's great to see seasoned professionals demonstrating the virtuosity of their craft, and still enjoying it. They genuinely seemed to be having a good time.
I do have a couple of concerns with this film, though. Is there anyone in the audience over the age of 25? It doesn't appear so. There wasn't a biker, shiny head or grandma anywhere to be found.
Did they pay these pretty young things to attend this concert?
With that said, these kids did seem to be having a great time. They were very receptive and appeared to be in awe of these elder statesmen. That's a good thing.
I just don't particularly appreciate this kind of marketing strategy. It seems to diminish the validity of the Stones greatness in some way. I would have preferred to have seen a more representative demographic of their fan base. This just tells me that they are first and foremost business men, and not the rebels they once appeared to be. It just seems a shame that everything is profit driven. I guess the 60's are indeed dead, even if some of the icons of that time period are still around.
DVD Review: The Stones Like You've Never Seen Them Before
Summary: 4 Stars
Martin Scorsese created perhaps the best concert film made with The Last Waltz in 1978 he has now exceeded that with Shine A Light some thirty years later.
The film chronicles the Rolling Stones two night stand at the Beacon Theatre in New York as a benefit for the Bill Clinton Foundation in 2006.What makes the film unique is the way it was shot by an army of some of the best cinematographers in Hollywood. The film concentrates no only on the musicians playing their instruments but on faces and gestures. The viewer is transported on stage with the band. The closeups literally put you there. The sound field is also excellent with some of the best surrounds I have heard on a disc in a long time.
The disc features a 15 minute featurette of material cut from the film and performances of four additional songs.
DVD Review: Best Stones video ever!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've seen the Stones in concert several times and was interested in this because Scorcese produced it. I was pleasantly surprised to see the great choice of songs ( alot of them not usually done live by the Stones )and the excellent pairings of guest stars, especially Buddy Guy doing Champagne and Reefer. I bought the Blueray version and the video quality is top notch! You won't be dissapointed, well worth the money.
Description of Shine a Light
Widescreen Rated PG 13. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese and the world's greatest Rock'N' Roll band, The Rolling Stones, unite to bring audiences the year's most extraordinary film event, Shine A Light. With special appearances by Christina Aguilera, Jack White and Buddy Guy, and four Rolling Stones performances not seen in theaters, Shine A Light is a must-own for Rock'N'Roll fans across generations. 5.1 Dolby Digital (English, Spanish, French), Behind the scenes featurette, plus four music videos (Undercover Of The Night, Paint It Black, Little T And A, I'm Free)Martin Scorsese leaps into the madness of the Rolling Stones' organization in Shine a Light, barely controlling (in a most entertaining way) a documentary that culminates in the Stones' best concert on film. The movie's highly entertaining, pre-performance prologue finds a frazzled Scorsese trying to get a clue about the band's plans for a very special New York City date in 2006, a benefit hosted by Bill and Hillary Clinton. While Mick Jagger quibbles over concepts for the stage's set and peruses lists of possible songs to include in the show, Scorsese tries to figure out how to shoot something for which he has few production details. Everything falls into place eventually, and after an extraordinary meet-and-greet scene in which Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood, and Charlie Watts catch up with the Clintons and sweetly introduce themselves to Hillary's mom, the Stones launch into a set that leans less heavily than usual on their greatest hits canon. Longtime fans are sure to appreciate the wealth of generally-untapped material from Let It Bleed ("You Got the Silver," "Live With Me"), Exile On Main Street ("All Down the Line," "Loving Cup"), and Some Girls ("Faraway Eyes," "Just My Imagination"). Jack White, Christina Aguilera, and Buddy Guy are on hand for memorable collaborations, but the Stones all alone are truly on fire in the relatively intimate setting of a small theater. Among the highlights is a sexy and even thrilling call-and-response between Jagger and ace backup singer Lisa Fischer on "She Was Hot," Richards' gracious and expansive solo on "Connection," and Jagger's witty take on "Some Girls" (which manages to skip over the controversial verse about "black girls"). Throughout the show, Scorsese and an army of camera operators cover the action from every conceivable angle, which results not so much in another hyperkinetic concert film but rather in the kind of graceful, flattering portrayal of a great band that the director mastered with The Last Waltz. --Tom Keogh
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