Blues Music: Blues DVDs: Shine A Light [DVD] [2006]

Shine A Light [DVD] [2006]
enlarge	Director: Martin Scorsese Actors: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ron Wood, Jack White Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy New: £3.70 as of 30/7/2010 07:08 BST details You Save: £16.29 (81%) New (23) Used (5) from £3.37 Seller: twentyfiveorless Rating: 57 reviews Sales Rank: 1491 Format: PAL Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 118 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5039036038676 ASIN: B001DXFIIW Theatrical Release Date: 2006 Release Date: November 3, 2008 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review 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, Amazon.com

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 57 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...12 Next » This is incredible! March 21, 2009 M. J. Bassett 9 out of 9 found this review helpful I'd heard about this while it was showing in cinemas but thought I'd wait for bluray, boy did I make the right decision! This is what bluray was invented for. You can see every wrinkle and bead of sweat. Visually the best bit is when Keef spits a burning cigarette onto the stage, I swear you can see every ember. Scorcese's direction is better than "The Last Waltz" and that's saying something. The picture and sound are faultless, the Stones are on fire and it really does feel like you're sitting in the front row. If you love the Stones or indeed proper music in general then buy this, you will not be dissapointed. FANTASTIC! November 13, 2008 C. R. Buckley (Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom) 23 out of 25 found this review helpful This really is what your BLU-RAY is ment to SHOW and what your AMPLIFIER is ment to SOUND like. Crystal sound quality picks up every pinch of air left in these rockers lungs and let me tell you there is plenty of that. The picture is pure quality showing everything so perfectly even down to the dry roasted pores in the creases of these leather faced rock gods! The old tv footage and interviews is fantastic to watch and breaks up the concert giving you a little resting time between songs. This film gives plenty of satisfaction! Right up there with the best November 24, 2008 M. W. Atkinson (Leigh, Lancs.) 30 out of 33 found this review helpful This is a fantastic concert film of The Stones' residence at The Beacon Theatre, New York, directed by Martin Scorcese The film is a mix of documentary type clips of the making of the concert, from stage design to setlist, interspersed with archive footage of The Stones and a mixture of favourites and lesser known songs The film is very much up close and personal and what comes across is how much The Stones seem to be enjoying themselves. The highlights for me are Loving Cup (with Jack White), Little T&A, Satisfaction and Brown Sugar This dvd is even better than the Theatre disc from The Four Flicks Stones dvd boxset Buy it, turn it up and enjoy ! Men never get old October 26, 2009 J. Bartu (Bath, UK) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful It is difficult to decide what is the most exciting about this masterpiece. I like the sound, guest appearances and incredible energy which transcends through the screen. Opening number sets the bar high followed by blast of hits, we born in the fifties, remember so well. I had a good laugh watching Keith smoking on stage imagining the fire safety officer going bananas. Call me old fashion but this is the one you must have! Time Is On Their Side! November 19, 2008 Vinyl Junkie (In Front Of My Laptop.) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful Can't believe the ridiculous comments of Mr Reed, clearly not a Stone's fan, I've been a Fan since their second single & first album which I purchased when I was at school and remained a Fan ever since, and no, not a Fanatic just a Fan! I with some other old friends went to the Premiere at one of the chosen Cinema's and we all thought that it was just fantastic, now that I have bought the DVD and played it back in DTS mode with a good high volume I enjoyed it even more. Yes, o.k. Keith's vocal on 'Connection' isn't outstanding but he does do a good job of 'You Got The Silver' and even though Paul Weller's been told for smoking on stage, in the States where the ban came in sooner clearly Keith doesn't give a monkey's, which has always been a Stones trait for all of us who have lived through it. Mick does an excellent job of 'Sympathy For The Devil' and the crowd obviously love it, yes, there are young girls down the front near the band, why is it so hard to believe that young people actually like them, hasn't Ronnie just hitched up with someone young enough to be his daughter! Did we expect to see ancient Stone's fan's down the front with their zimmer frames, well, we're not that old, was Mr Reed present with his torch and personally 'Shine A Light' on every individual to see if any of the audience was over 60, what nonsense, been to a real concert recently have you? As I remember it, the Stones have always dressed how they pleased and I think they still look cool, are they now supposed to buy all their clothes from 'Greenwoods'? As for the comment don't trust a man in a suit, well if you were there Mr Reed you will remember that Brian Epstein put 'The Beatles' in suit's at the beginning, I rest my case. I hope when I reach Jagger's age, and I'm not that far off that I can still have this kind of energy, hat's off to the bloke, well done mate and keep it up. I also noted that Charlie Watt's is still just using a basic drum kit for all these great songs, I just saw Mick Fleetwood recently and he'd need a Transist just for the drum kit alone! Remember from very early on they wrote their own song's and basically invented the 'The Rock Band' in this format, I'll bet many of the 'Bands' around today hope that they will survive this long and still be at the top of the game, this DVD show's off the quality of what will become their legacy to rock music! If you are a lapsed Stone's Fan because of age or whatever, maybe listening to more mellow music in your late years, this is well worth buying to rekindle those days before you started popping the vitamins. As they say, 'If The Knees Are'nt Knocking, Then Keep On Rocking' well done to the Stones & Mr Scorsese, pure excellence! 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