/ Lao
Ding The movies related to musicians have not weakened in the slightest. In "Soul Singer" (Ray) and "Walk the Line" (Walk the Line) consecutively won the Oscar, when The Bob Dylan-themed literary film "I'm Not There" could have been a big hit at last year's Venice Film Festival, and many may feel that the genre needs a break. Take a break, lest the halo of "aesthetic fatigue" shrouds those beloved musicians or directors. But in fact, everyone has been unable to let go of a complex. Because of the Rolling Stones, this band that is most qualified to be honored and even has the most story, it should be their turn long ago, so it's just not yet. when.
When seeing the words "Shine a Light" and the equally big Martin Scorsese (Martin Scorsese), this can not let go of the complex seems to intensify. Because as everyone knows, the old Martin was a die-hard rock fan, from his early edits for the great Woodstock documentaries, to the "The Last Waltz" that left his mark on the history of pop music, and, of course, In 2005's "No Direction Home" (No Direction Home), of course it is most suitable for him to shoot the Rolling Stones. Of course, the Rolling Stones and Godard had previously made a very bizarre "One Plus One", and "Gimme Shelter" (Gimme Shelter) is also pivotal in the historical sense of rock music. So when the old Martin and the old Rolling Stones 5 old men appeared side by side at the Berlin Film Festival, it really made people feel very noble.
But when "Shine a Light" (Hong Kong translation "Electric Rolling Stone") is really presented to the world, the imaginary sense of worship will be discounted. The theme of "Shine a Light" is just to record the Rolling Stones " A Bigger Bang Tour" two concerts held at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on October 29, 2006 and November 1, 2006, and this concert was also the same as Clinton, who was a lost youth and later became the president for hooliganism. It was a special concert held to celebrate his 60th birthday. Of course, the audience was full of high-ranking friends. Many dignitaries and wealthy people, as well as big and small social figures, were assembled, which made those fundamentalists and angry youths very upset. . On the one hand, it is quite enviable. It is really a competition for rock people to earn money from prominent figures and wealthy businessmen. For The Devil), lost his position and left behind the suspicion of being bought by politicians and capitalists.
At the beginning of the film, old Martin himself appeared on the camera, telling the story of the old Rolling Stones and the old guys. It was a lot of trouble for old Martin, until the stage curtain of the theater was slowly raised, and the old horse, sitting in the backstage control room, received the name of the first song, despite the previous claim that "this movie was made 40 years ago. ”, but this opening does make the whole movie very improvised. This may be the effect that the four elders of the Rolling Stones want, or their absolute trust in Martin. But after Clinton's opening remarks, Mick Jagger began to show his 65-year-old willow slender waist, and many fans who were still immersed in "Home Without Direction" began to feel a little unhappy. Several former street fighters are now coquettish old people to celebrate the birthday of the old boy Clinton, the original film is only a record of this birthday concert, the difference is that Martin Scorsese directs and acts as the behind-the-scenes trader. For ordinary music fans and non-movie fans, the feeling of being deceived has increased by a few percent.
After all, the old Rolling Stones have also performed in China. Even if you have not experienced their style live, you have seen a lot of them on TV. As a general music fan or someone who wants to know more about the Rolling Stones, you may wish to be able to Learn some little-known stories of the band from the film, such as the right and wrong of the band in its early days, about Brian Jones, who made other people's stomachs bigger and killed himself at a young age, and the early days of the band. Were all the things I did to urinate in public and smash TVs really under the guidance of others, or was it the propaganda of the record company. In a general sense, the four Rolling Stones who represent the lower-class blue-collar life and have been rumored to live a bohemian life have a middle-class background and a good education. Their lyrics are rebellious and straightforward, but they speak decently in real life. Just now, Keith Richards also said that he smoked his father's ashes in cigarettes, and as soon as he turned around, he held a guitar and acted as a spokesperson for LV. Their records and their tours rank among the top performers in income almost every year, but their music and ideas are still commonplace, street-level, stupefied, and sloppy. What a huge contrast. Dramatic tension, but when you watch "Shine a Light" with such extravagant expectations, you must be disappointed, because this is not what old Martin is interested in at all, what he wants, maybe just why these old men of the same age Still so firepower and passion, especially Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the former has done so many bad things but still has such a good body, that waist almost makes the young men in their early twenties feel ashamed; Keith Richards, who is full of poison, was predicted decades ago that he would not live to be 40 years old, but now he is more than 60 years old, but his guitar skills are consummate, and his face like old bark is full of vicissitudes and cunning. Full of insidiousness but no sadness.
The Rolling Stones' double life and double identities are more and more fully exposed in this show and the "Shine a Light" derived from the show. For a while they were rebels, and for a while they became absolute "Wulin Authentic"; A soldier, for a while, becomes a "marque of ten thousand households" who can enter the house; a rogue villain who "sees the world in spring", a "gentleman" who has no proper words and deeds at all; and a blue-collar urban youth Endorsement, and soon became a wealthy upper-class people. Or only at the moment on the stage, they are pure, and the simplicity on the stage further sets off the multi-facetedness off the stage, making people laugh and cry about this dinosaur-level band. In the Shine a Light movie, you can't help but get into the problem domain they can create, and you can't break free from the topic field they weave. Knowing that they are double, but being attracted by their purity, feeling the water and sand in their music and singing; in their purity, being seduced by their private multiplicity, because there is also truth and The absolute reality of magic, there is this band that has been fighting for half a century, there are shadows of history, traces of time, and yourself.
Of course, from a purely musical point of view, from the point of view of the performance scene, the movies condensed from these two performances are still a bit beyond expectations, such as the Rolling Stones in the film and Buddy Guy, who is half a generation older than them. ) Mutual Biao "Champagne and Reefer" made many old music fans hooked. When Buddy Gay and Keith Richards looked at each other and competed with each other, it was really exciting, and the meaning of music suddenly sublimated and harmonious. A lot of detachment, people can't help but forget those gossip and return to the standard of music; and Jack White of The White Stripes performs "Loving Cup" together, which makes people see hope, in fact, several The old folks have never been out of fashion, and even the most rooted blues have become interesting because of them. In addition, the appearance of Christina Aguilera, the great beauty of the granddaughter's generation, is even more sexy.
In fact, the title of the film comes from the Rolling Stones' classic album "Exile On Main St." in 1972, and on the track, "Start Me Up" and "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" are also listed, and when Mick Jagger is especially ecstatic when he sings "As Tears Go By", the sense of time and space that suddenly goes back to the 1960s, because the song still has Marianne Faithfull, and the lyrics "It is the evening of the day/I sit and watch the children play/Smiling faces I can see/But not for me/I sit and watch/As tears go by" The smiling face, but it has nothing to do with me, looking at it has already burst into tears). It seems that Rolling Stone has long understood the principle of "writing sorrow in music, writing music in sorrow, and doubling the sorrow and joy", and this song also depicts a feeling of emptiness and powerlessness after being rich and enriched. It was sung by her old lover Marianne Faithfull back then, and now Mick Jagger sings it without doubt adding a lot of realistic projection. When the muscles are slack and Yiren is not there, even if the world is famous and enjoys all the glory and wealth, the reality reflected by the music is reflected in the splendor and slack muscles, an irresistible sense of emptiness becomes extremely full, and it is natural to have other emotions.
Going back to the movie itself, Martin Scorsese, a music fan and a Rolling Stones peer, and the band itself, did not pre-set what kind of movie to make, even if it wasn't "do what you want without breaking the rules", The years of baptism that the Rolling Stones and the old Martin have experienced is not something that ordinary music fans in later generations can achieve or reach. Whether it's accepting the record company's arrangement to portray itself as a dirty, rebellious street fighter, or following its own rules of conduct as always, the greatness of the Rolling Stones' double life or multiple lives lies in persistence, in being able to withstand time. devastation and acceptance at all levels. In music career and personal fame, they are establishing a living legend, a specimen of rock music. Their own double life and double discourse are also the true and false portrayal of today's daily life. Martin Scorsese's "Shine a Light", which seems to be calm and has not done enough homework, scatters the electric light and fire can be clicked Go to every corner, and the real splendid moments of the Rolling Stones, as well as the short-lived loss behind the stage, the emptiness after prosperity, the light in the dark, the decayed youth, the intricate but extremely pure and loyal feelings, the chaotic but free and unrestrained. Private life has its meaning.
View more about Shine a Light reviews
