Well, hello there, kind folks. If you’re visiting this blog of mine, I presume that you have a certain interest in the cinema. As for me, even since my early childhood, I have had a deep love of everything related to movies and television. As far as I can remember, I have been more at ease in front of a screen than in the yard, outside, playing. It is a great way to travel, though other people’s stories, without having to foot any kind of steep bill. Over the years, I feel that movie-watching has even fuelled my own creativity.

All that being said, I welcome you in my Cinephile’s Nest. I hope you enjoy it here, feel free to come back at any time. Here you will find reviews of current movies and older ones. TV shows also. Some classics that have remained some of my favourites, some that have disappointed me. I will use a very basic star (*) system to grade them from 1 to 5 (5 being sliced bread level). Remember, these are just my tastes. I will try to explain in each review what I liked about these particular movies, without giving spoilers.

Il y aura aussi des critiques en français pour les films francophones, car j'aime également le cinéma dans ma langue maternelle. Avant d'apprendre l'anglais, plus jeune, je louais des tonnes de films traduits en français, surtout ceux de Bud Spencer et Terrence Hill. Ma mère a eu le choc de sa vie lorsqu'un jour, dans la boîte d'un de ces films, Deep Throat avait malencontreusement inséré. Une expérience formatrice pour le jeune cinéphile que je suis.

Bienvenue à tous, amusez-vous bien.

I welcome you all here, enjoy yourself.

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil (1968)

 Genre: Documentary
Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts
Time: 110 minutes

 


The main part of this avant-garde film shows the British band The Rolling Stones recording their hit song Sympathy for the Devil at London’s Olympic Studios. We see how the song evolves into what it became and we also see how Brian Jones fell apart from the rest of the band. In between these studio sessions, we see footage of Black Panthers members in a junkyard and we hear some readings of some material about such topics as Marxism and sex.

To say that this artsy film is weird is an understatement. I probably would have really dug it fully in my drinking days. Nonetheless, it was certainly still very interesting from an historical standpoint, as a snapshot from the late 1960’s.

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