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Summary: A Tragedy Indeed!
Review: Not this DVD, Video or whattever it's on nowadays again!!!!!!!
It's a documentary of a concert that went wrong, due to the Stones hiring The Hells Angels as security!!! Now, How exciting can that be??!!!! The Stones start playing, they have to stop, they start again, stop again, and so on, and so on.
A good video? Hell no!
Stones trying to cash in again? Definetely!
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Summary: don't have this dvd
Review: anyway, refund has nothing to do with the rolling stones (i'm not talking about the rolling stones in the streets, im talkin about this band). anyway, this is just countering.
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Summary: A GREAT DVD
Review: THIS IS A GREAT DVD FROM ONE OF THE GREATEST ROCK BANDS EVER.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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Summary: gimme a break
Review: Boring documentary that fared so poorly during test screenings that it went straight to video. Gimme shelter? How about a reund? One star.
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Summary: Why so expensive?
Review: To find this on dvd or even vhs anywhere, it costs around $40.00. Heck you can get the four flicks 4dvd set for cheaper than this. As for the film it is a classic. I bought a used vhs because I would not pay the asking price. The reason I only gave it 4 stars, because the quality isn't the greatest, the equipment was not as advanced in 1969 I guess. Maybe dvd quality is better.Great coverage for an infamous day.this concert was the anti-woodstock, was only 4 months after Woodstock. What were the Stones thinking when they hired the hells angels, I don't know to this day? This was a disaster waiting to happen.Many Harley enthusiasts and biker wannabe's try to glamourize the Angel's. This film show's what they were and still really are, filthe.At the beginning of the film it has infamous Hell's Angels leader Sonny Barger calling in a radio show. This guy came to my hometown a few years ago, and extra security had to be hired. Did the black kid really point the gun at Mick Jagger, or did they kill him because he showed up with a white girl? This, much like the Who controversey in Cincinnati in 1979, shows why there is better security and assigned seating today. But, it does show the Stones while they were young and in their prime. Good film.
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Summary: No sympathy for the devil
Review: This Concert/documentary whatever you want to call it is truly very good, in fact until this moment, my favorite concert dvd was Metallica's S&M but that has just changed my man, yes it is violent, yes it is tragic, but by god man, it's true, everybody blames it on the angels, they were out of line yes, that is true but they did help in the end, for instance, when a guy pulled out a gun, it was an angel who stopped him, don't get me wrong, I have no sympathy for those animals but I must admit to the facts that they were trying to help but some of them got out of line. Anyways, the picture and sound are 5/5, I love all the behind the scenes they have and it's mixed in DTS 5.1 sound which is never bad, good show, 4births, 4 deaths and a whole lot of scuffles.
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Summary: 35 years later ... where's the rest?
Review: Okay, so the film has to be valued as a piece of cinema verite capturing a nightmarish moment in countercultural history, but going on 35 years later, I'm still waiting for the Stones tour documentary that was, after all, the original intent of having the Maysleses & Co. around the Stones at all. This "anniversary edition" of the film offers a ray of hope in the form of a few snippets of outtake material - the scenes from the Muscle Shoals studio in particular are a real joy (and bravo, guys, for showing you *were* capable of noticing somebody besides Mick Jagger for at least a few seconds!). So where's the rest? By all accounts the Stones' performance at Altamont was brilliant - they didn't just stop playing and flee, as this film misleadingly suggests. Granted, the events at Altamont turned the film into something other than originally anticipated - but that story's been told already, and the movie's gathered its due laurels. Now can we *please* finally see the rest of the Stones' concert?? I'm sure I'm not the only one who would value that miles more than the interminable self-congratulatory "commentaries" the filmmakers tacked onto this edition (really, who *cares* that you adore Mick's scarf?!). The remastering job is very fine, though, so ... all right, four stars. I'll save the fifth one for when you let us have the Stones. (And for the record, re another reviewer's remarks: That's not Andrew Oldham, who had long since parted ways with the Stones, it's Sam Cutler, their road manager; and there were no Stones hanging around in any "local civic offices" - what an idea!)
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Summary: A "bad" trip
Review: As a testimony to the events at Altamont in the waning months of 1969, this film is first rate. However, if one is looking for a "concert film" of the Stones then one will be sorely disappointed, as this was undeniably their worst performance. The concert was doomed from the start, as San Francisco seemed reluctant to provide the Stones with a venue for their free concert. I think many people thought this was little more than an attempt to upstage Woodstock, a cheap form of self-promotion. It came at the end of their American tour, and for me seemed to be a fitting farewell. The film does a remarkable job of following the Stones on their date with tragedy. Of course the single most stupid move was having the Hell's Angels act as security for the concert. Knowing their reputation, I would think this would have served as ample warning but it seems the Stones, like others, thought the idea of involving the Angels would add to the psychedelic experience. "Big mistake," Sonny Barger said afterward as some unruly kids messed with their bikes. The film focuses on the chaos that ensued. One gets little feeling of the size of the crowd except for a few aerial views of the estimated 300,000 people. The action occurred around the stage, which was too low and constantly had to be cleared. The Angels dominated the stage, surrounding the performers which ranged from The Flying Burrito Brothers to Jefferson Airplane, like a phalanx. The concert had to be stopped many times as the Angels beat back the crowd, fueling the disgust and anger that developed, reaching crisis point when the Stones finally took stage in the early evening hours. Mick seemed honestly confused by what was going on. It was completely out of his control as his feeble efforts at crowd control fell on deaf ears. It was during "Under My Thumb" that the fatal stabbing took place, and the film captures that chilling moment, leaving one to doubt that the black man in the green suit had a gun, which the Angels claim he did. The Stones look back over the concert tour in the editing room, offering a few candid comments on what took place. The concert earned them their infamous place in rock and roll history. The film offers only fleeting glimpses of the other performers that shared the stage with the Stones. The Dead was on hand as well, but all one sees of them is a short take of Garcia and Weir and Kreutzmann (I believe) back stage commenting on the violence taking place. This was a bad trip.
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Summary: A classic documentary!!! This Criterion DVD delivers!!!
Review: This great film finally gets the DVD treatment and it's spectacular!!! It's from Criterion so you know you're getting nothing but the best!!! The transfer is superb!!!(There is a cool restoration demo on the disc!!!)And the sound is top notch too!!! Extras include a commentary,outtakes,trailers and much,much more!!! Great for Rolling Stones fans or anybody that loves classic rock and roll!!! AN AWESOME DVD!!! Five Stars!!! A+
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Summary: SAD TIME FOR A GREAT MUSIC PERIOD
Review: BOUGHT THIS DVD RECENTLY TO SEE THE MUSIC THAT HAS TOUCH ME IN MY LIFE AS I'M ONLY 41 YEARS OLD THE MUSIC FROM THIS PERIOD IS MY FAVORITE AFTER VIEWING THE DVD IT WAS NOT ONLY SAD BUT SENSELESS THE WAY THE VIOLENSE TOOK AWAY FROM THIS MUSICAL PERIOD THIS IS THE FIRST REVIEW I HAVE EVER WRITTEN I WISH I NEVER WOULD HAVE PURCHASED THIS DVD I'LL NEVER WACTH IT AGAIN. BUY MONTEREY POP OR THE WOODSTOCK DVD FOR THE MUSIC OF THIS PERIOD!
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