Gimme Shelter (1970)
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 91 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Albert Maysles, David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin
Stars: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Mick Taylor
IMDb score:
7,8 (13.819)
Releasedate: 13 December 1970
Gimme Shelter plot
"The music that thrilled the world… and the killing that stunned it!"
December 1969. Four months after Woodstock, the Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane give a free concert at Altamont Speedway in Tracy, California. Nearly 300,000 people come to the concert and security has been given to the Hell's Angels by the organization. During the concert there are many riots and a spectator is even stabbed to death. The documentary follows the stories of Mick Jagger and Grace Slick to calm the audience and shows what happened during the concert.
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Reviews & comments
Insignificance
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- 3220 messages
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Mostly a concert film. You will certainly be watching performances for the first hour. Not very. I'm not a fan of the Stones, but I don't hate them either, although Jagger's mannerisms and attitude don't appeal to me. Strangely enough, the most remarkable part is Tina Turner, who is very intimate with a microphone during a sultry song.
One of the few things that doesn't get messy. Still, that rough one works. Fits with the times and certainly with the atmosphere of the fateful concert. A plus is that the Maysles do it without interviews and the like. Just a picture of that time. It is so easier to go along with the gradually increasing chaos. If Grace Slick can't calm them down already...
The Maysles were of course right on target, as wry as that may be, but they do create a horror atmosphere, consciously or not, during the show. The last half hour is pretty strong in that regard and if you're into the guys from back then; there are plenty walking (and flying) around. Precisely during Sympathy for the Devil the fuss breaks loose again. Yes Yes.
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Spetie
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- 38871 messages
- 8475 votes
This gives a good picture of the time of the late sixties, although Woodstock has succeeded much better in that area. Also the better documentary in my opinion.
Gimme Shelter mainly records a few concerts by the Stones, with the highlight clearly in the last half hour. I'm not a Stones fan, I don't think it's bad, but it's not very special either. Neither is the first hour. A nice atmosphere by the way.
The last half hour is quite interesting. Jagger handles the event very strongly. Not nice what is happening, very chaotic, but for someone with a camera at hand, of course great to be able to capture.
3.0*
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Woland
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- 4831 messages
- 3877 votes
1969, the Summer of Love. The Rolling Stones are touring the US, concluding with a free concert in Altamont, near San Francisco. Gimme Shelter focuses on that legendary performance, though it's mostly legendary for all the wrong reasons - it's (along with the Manson family hoopla) often seen as the end of the flower power era after the performance escalates as the Hells Angels break down security. caregivers would increasingly get into an argument with brutal violence and hit the public, also resulting in a death. The first half is a bit less interesting, even a bit boring, and resembles many other music documentary: we see the musicians hanging out backstage, a few live performances, and a lot of preparation work for the gigantic logistical operation that is such a massive performance. But the second half made quite an impression.
There we follow the performance itself on Altamont (and some images that look back). It still seems to start cheerfully, with a lot of very stoned idiots, but the atmosphere becomes more and more grim. More and more often we see fights, Hells Angels that beat people to death, bands that occasionally try to calm things down a bit without success, after which the misery starts again minutes later. Without any prospect of improvement, because there is no other security than the Hells Angels themselves. More disturbing and depressing to me than many a horror film. The somewhat raw film quality and editing also matched well.
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