By Matt Singer
In honor of their 40 years on movie screens, starting with 1968's "Sympathy for the Devil," and continuing on with "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus" and 1970's "Gimme Shelter," we're taking a look at The Rolling Stones' filmography, featuring enough collaborations with great directors to make any actor jealous and enough abandoned or aborted projects to give any movie investor heartburn. In our final tour date, we offer the rarely screened "Cocksucker Blues" and an encore featuring the Stones' most recent cinematic return to the stage, "Shine a Light."
Cocksucker Blues (1972)
Directed by Robert Frank
The Film: Returning to the United States for their first American tour since 1969 (covered in all its glory and tragedy in "Gimme Shelter"), the Stones hired filmmaker Robert Frank to document the trip. Frank gave cameras to all the members of the band to record their own experiences, and then edited...
In honor of their 40 years on movie screens, starting with 1968's "Sympathy for the Devil," and continuing on with "The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus" and 1970's "Gimme Shelter," we're taking a look at The Rolling Stones' filmography, featuring enough collaborations with great directors to make any actor jealous and enough abandoned or aborted projects to give any movie investor heartburn. In our final tour date, we offer the rarely screened "Cocksucker Blues" and an encore featuring the Stones' most recent cinematic return to the stage, "Shine a Light."
Cocksucker Blues (1972)
Directed by Robert Frank
The Film: Returning to the United States for their first American tour since 1969 (covered in all its glory and tragedy in "Gimme Shelter"), the Stones hired filmmaker Robert Frank to document the trip. Frank gave cameras to all the members of the band to record their own experiences, and then edited...
- 4/11/2008
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
Brad's Milkshakes Guaranteed In Wedding Vows
Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston wrote their own bizarre wedding vows - including her promise to always make his "favorite banana milkshake. " According to People magazine the vows also included Pitt's pledge to "split the difference on the thermostat. " Other snippets from the carefully-guarded ceremony at Malibu include that Aniston ordered "tons of candles" made of Brown Sugar and imported from Thailand to illuminate the reception tent. The couple also got "brother-and-sister" blonde highlights in their hair at a Beverly Hills salon. Staff were required to sign a document making them liable for a penalty up to $105, 000 if they talked about the event.
- 8/4/2000
- WENN
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