Product Description

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.System Requirements:Running Time: 121 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: MUSIC DVD/LIVE PERFORMANCES Rating: PG-13 UPC: 097363518747 Manufacturer No: 351874

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #68 in DVD
• Brand: SHINE A LIGHT (DVD MOVIE)
• Released on: 2008-07-29
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 121 minutes

Amazon.com
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

Customer Reviews

So-So Spectacle From An Already Overfilmed Tour
Believe me, I am a dyed-in-the-wool, "Take your choirboy Beatles and stick'em", eternal Stones fan, but Shine A Light just left me shrugging my shoulders and hoping the boys would vanish for a bit to make the next tour that much more thrilling.
No, it wasn't just that I attended the second show at the Beacon (which comprised the concert footage in the movie) and all my attempts to get on camera were cut out. It was just this sense of fatigue in the movie - perfunctory backstage-before-the-show shots, figuring out the set list, etc. (stuff already shown to greater effect in the Stones "Four Flicks" and "Bigger Bang" DVD sets). And the nauseating establishment hobnobbing with the Clintons made you long for the day in '67 when Keith, on trial, proclaimed from the bench, "We don't care about your petty morals."
Only interesting bit: When Keith's harmonizing on the opening of "Far Away Eyes" starts to get a little too eccentric even for Mick's taste, and Jagger gives a look like he might signal a sniper if the racket persists.
A big disappointment from Scorcese considering the magic he pulled off in "The Last Waltz," and the last DVD I'll consider for a trip into Stones
excitement.

Stones as boomer nostalgia....
...with no visible baby boomers in the audience!

Not bad, but there are problems with this film:

1. Not a single song more recent than 1983, in spite of the fact that the Stones have released 5 albums since then. As someone who became a fan of the band while in high school in the 80s, I've always seen them as a still-working band and creative entity, not as a nostalgia act. How many live versions of "Satisfaction" do we need?

2. Fooling with mix levels; so that if I'm looking at Keith Richards his guitar suddenly jumps out of the mix and becomes louder, then fades back into the band when the camera cuts away. Lame. As if to tell viewers, "see, this guy plays the sound you're hearing now!" The height of this lameness is when you see someone in the audience hold up a camera (probably a digital camera) and the filmmakers have actually OVERDUBBED the sound of a vintage camera shutter being clicked...as if you could hear that over the band at full volume.

3. Audience seems to be stocked with young model-types, not real fans.

4. Offers nothing new that other recent Stones concert videos have not already provided. 4 Flicks is better than this in every way...and more honest.

5. Not enough long, lingering close-ups of the lovely Lisa Fischer.

Overall the Rolling Stones sell themselves short and Martin Scorsese seems to be stuck in the 70s

Yeah Babeeee!
What's not to love. Rock and roll at its finest with Martin S. at the visual helm. I love the juxtaposition of the historical clips interposed with the present conversations and performance. The Stones have lost nothing with time but sure as hell have made experience enhance their performances. Great fun to watch Keith perform a solo and act amazed that everyone loved it. This is a get out your credit card and don't ask questions kind of DVD.