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| Category | Rock DVDs, Pop/Rock Movies, Music Video - Rock Videos, Music Video, Pop Music Videos, Rock And Roll, Recommended, Essential Cinema, Politics, Race Relations, Surreal, France, New Wave | | Director | Jean-Luc Godard | | Director of Photography | Anthony Richmond | | Executive Producer | Eleni Collard | | Featured | Rolling Stones, Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Anita Pallenberg, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Anne Wiazemsky, Brian Jones | | Music | Rolling Stones | | Narrator | Sean Lynch | | Producer | Michael Pearson, Iain Quarrier | | Screenwriter | Jean-Luc Godard |
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL is an exhilarating, provocative motion picture. The Rolling Stones rehearse their latest song, "Sympathy For the Devil," in a London studio. Beginning as a ballad, the track gradually acquires a pulsating groove, which gets Jagger into a rousing vocal display of soulful emotion that Godard is lucky enough to capture on film. Showing that rock and roll is more than just partying and goofing off, SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL is a brilliant portrait of the creative process at its most collaborative and arousing. Jean-Luc Godard's SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL is an exhilarating, provocative pastiche of a motion picture. While the focus of the film is on The Rolling Stones song after which the film is titled, a series of abstract fictional vignettes in the second half of the film allows Godard to probe topics as diverse as Black Power, pornography, and the irony of interviewing celebrities. These extended sequences elevate the film above a simple portrait of the English rockers, constructing an intimate examination of the cultural and political movements of the '60s. It is also a fascinating study of the intellectual aesthetic that Godard developed toward the end of the decade.
This film can actually be viewed as two movies in one. In addition to the aforementioned vignettes, the film shows The Rolling Stones in a London studio rehearsing "Sympathy For the Devil," a song that became one of the era's most powerful statements. The band (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, and Bill Wyman) takes a loose outline of this song and turns it into a stirring, fully realized creation. Beginning as a ballad, the track gradually acquires a pulsating groove, which gets Jagger into a rousing vocal display of soulful emotion that Godard is lucky enough to capture on film. Showing that rock & roll is more than just partying and goofing off, SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL is a brilliant portrait of the creative process at its most collaborative and arousing. U.S. Theatrical Release: April 26, 1970.
Filmed on location in London, England.
Jean-Luc Godard initially wanted to capture either The Beatles or The Rolling Stones at work in the studio, but The Beatles turned down his offer, leading him to The Stones, who jumped at the opportunity to work with the renowned director.
Brian Jones was arrested for marijuana possession during the film's production.
Godard makes a brief appearance towards the end of the film, offering drinks and cigarettes to the band. Sympathy For The Devil Reviews: "...The process is amazing....An odd and fascinating piece of musical propaganda."
-- Amy Linden, Entertainment Weekly "...The Stones and their ladies look incredibly cool..."
-- Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A]s a memento of both the Stones' genius and 1968's pop-cultural turbulence, Godard's film -- whatever it's called -- is essential art."
-- Mojo Staff, Mojo 3 stars out of 5 -- "Jean Luc Godard's 1968 footage of The Rolling Stones in their swarthy, flamboyant prime is as much a socio-political propaganda piece as it is a rockumentary."
-- Total Film Staff, Total Film "Surprisingly heavy-going, this is part polemic, part rock-music documentary."
-- Geoffrey Macnab, Sight and Sound Sympathy For The Devil | List Price | $19.97 (You save $3.52) | | Studio | Universal Music & Video Distribution | | Orig Year | 1970 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  5354  | | CD Universe Part number | 6352590 | | Catalog number | 10059 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 21, 2003 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Also Known As | Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil | | Additional Info | Universal Music & Video Distribution | | Movie Details | Color; Digitally Processed; Universal Music & Video Distribution |
Sympathy For The Devil Movie Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)   Revolutionary
Also known as One plus One, this film, which is more of an essay than a movie, juxtaposes two cultures: the productivity of the Stones in their studio to the creativity of revolution in the streets from Marxism to Black Panther Separatism. The film is a paradox in that it calls for an intellectual revolution; one in which the intellectual revolutionary abandons being an intellectual. However, the film exploits revolutionary kitsch for the sake of a cinematic intellectualism, the cultivation of history as a spectacle.
Submitted by mathmus404 (Orono, ME, USA) 
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 Amazing Rolling Stones documentation
The filmed recording sessions for 'Sympathy for the Devil' are a must see! Of course at the time, they couldn't even have imagined just how influential the song still is 35 years later. Don't think that all you'll hear is the familiar album version, either. Seeing a young Keith Richards creating different parts of this epic song is reason enough to own this. The director portrays such an intimacy in the studio, too. They f*ck up, laugh, and start over - only to play brilliant parts that didn't even make it. Truly priceless!!!
The actual film was definately revolutionary and shocking then as well as now. The settings for the vignettes are almost apocalyptically beautiful, littered with graffiti, bloody girls in white, black panthers, guns, sexually poetic narration, etc... A review can't do it justice, so see it for yourself!
Submitted by Whitney1313 (Atlanta, GA, USA)
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creation...
see the creation of one of the stones' best songs ever-from a vague idea to the classic rocker we all love. perhaps the reiewer from texas who called it "trash" was at home watching the monkees on tv when this movie was being filmed-anyone who calls this 'trash" is neither a stones fan nor very educated about film!
Submitted by mike (rock city, IL, usa)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  finally i got it
lasting more then 30 years i finally found this motion picture at cd universe. mrs. linke ordered it for me cause i don't own a credit card.
well, the movies's quality is a pretty good one as well as the package. it runs on every dvd player, and using dss it's really a mess.
still i'm missing the rolling stones rock'n'roll circus, and i'd be pleased when cd universe in cooperation with abkco will release another document of a time when in was imprisoned in a country called gdr. officially the rolling stones were indexed until the beginning of the 80ies.
have a good time steffen
Submitted by a reviewer (Freiberg/Saxony, Germany)
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 Garbage
Of the over 100 music viedos that I own, this one is the worst piece of garbage that I ever wasted ($22.95) on.
I thought I was buying music, instead I got a "message" douumentary that is a waste of time and money. DON'T BUY THIS TRASH, there is no music on it.
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Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Music Video: Rolling Stones - "Sympathy For The Devil (Neptunes Remix)"
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