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Anonymous (not verified) says:
Mr. Sarris,
As an occasional reader of your reviews over the years I hadn't known of your love for the Beatles, which I share. As a young aspiring teenaged musician in the mid-60's I heard the Beatles first, and then the Rolling Stones, who were my introduction to The Blues.
Unlike you, I have not only attended many live shows of most of the icons of rock & roll, but I have played some of my own with many very famous performers.
That said, I got the exact same reaction to Shine a Light as did you: it knocked me out.
The Rolling Stones are a great big disjointed, sloppy, beautiful mess, and Scorcese captured them like never before.
Indeed, you get to see them as only a musician onstage could, but even more intimately. The preview I attended was the IMAX version, and though it wasn't the full wraparound IMAX screen, it was huge, and curved.
But the SOUND! THE SOUND!!! There were times when I looked around to see who was clapping and cheering, but it was the surround-sound system playing the movie's soundtrack.
The mixing alone should get a special award, even though I had some creative differences with the producers. And the sound editing is definitely Oscar-worthy. It sounded like the band was in the room with us, and I must stress again, I know what that sounds like.
The presentation of Ron Wood's and Keith Richards' guitar sounds was perfect, and I f I can toot my own horn one more time, I have spent a lifetime in the electric guitar business.
The film presents the Stones in all their aged glory, warts and all.
Mr. Sarris,
As an occasional reader of your reviews over the years I hadn't known of your love for the Beatles, which I share. As a young aspiring teenaged musician in the mid-60's I heard the Beatles first, and then the Rolling Stones, who were my introduction to The Blues.
Unlike you, I have not only attended many live shows of most of the icons of rock & roll, but I have played some of my own with many very famous performers.
That said, I got the exact same reaction to Shine a Light as did you: it knocked me out.
The Rolling Stones are a great big disjointed, sloppy, beautiful mess, and Scorcese captured them like never before.
Indeed, you get to see them as only a musician onstage could, but even more intimately. The preview I attended was the IMAX version, and though it wasn't the full wraparound IMAX screen, it was huge, and curved.
But the SOUND! THE SOUND!!! There were times when I looked around to see who was clapping and cheering, but it was the surround-sound system playing the movie's soundtrack.
The mixing alone should get a special award, even though I had some creative differences with the producers. And the sound editing is definitely Oscar-worthy. It sounded like the band was in the room with us, and I must stress again, I know what that sounds like.
The presentation of Ron Wood's and Keith Richards' guitar sounds was perfect, and I f I can toot my own horn one more time, I have spent a lifetime in the electric guitar business.
The film presents the Stones in all their aged glory, warts and all.