Film: The Rolling Stones Revival
This month marks a bit of a Rolling Stones revival. As previously mentioned on SEEN, "Shine A Light", the music documentary directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker, Martin Scorsese, launched across the US this past weekend, but if you're going to see this unique concert, don't front - go to one of the 93 IMAX theaters and experience the full-on digital video and sound quality.
Scorsese captures the disarray behind the scenes as everyone prepares in New York City's Beacon Theater. But, all of that simply leads us towards the build up and the electric performance from Jagger and crew. And at that moment, we totally forget that Jagger and the Stones are all in their 60s! They rock hard and easily keep up with Christina Aguilera and Jack White.
Scorsese, who's also Jagger's age, says that the Rolling Stones' music acted as a soundtrack to his life. Marty has said that the band’s music helped him through some difficult times, and even had an influence on his film making career. "At different times in my life, the Rolling Stones’ music dealt with different aspects of my life that I was trying to make sense of. Their music has stayed with me and been a very important part of my life over the years." Case in point: using “Gimme Shelter” in three of his movies alone: Goodfellas, Casino, and The Departed.
Our final Rolling Stones plug is for their classic 1969 tune, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”. This tune isn't served up straight, though. Nope, it's sliced and diced by the Belgian remix duo, Soulwax, for the contemporary casino scam story, "21", starring Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburne and Kevin Spacey. The remix is nice and dirty, and the movie boasts a killer OST including offerings from MGMT, Mark Ronson, UNKLE, and a new track from LCD Soundsystem.
Check out this awesome trailer for Shine a Light:
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