Starring:
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ron Wood, Christina
A…
Review:
If you’re expecting Martin Scorsese to do a Last Waltz
number on the Rolling Stones, snap out of it. No way are the Stones
the departed. No way are they ready for a farewell concert like the
classic 1978 elegy Scorsese did for the Band. In Shine a
Light, the Stones defy you to wave them off. The music is
full-out, in-your-face, viscera-twisting rock & roll. Because
the film was shot in 2006 at New York’s Beacon Theater at a benefit
for the Clinton Foundation, you might think Scorsese had limited
access. There’s a dishy bit with Mick Jagger having a snit about
all those distracting cameras and cranes. Scorsese doesn’t budge.
In fact, eighteen cameras — manned by the Oscar-winning likes
of Robert Richardson, John Toll and Robert Elswit — zoom
around the stage like…

Rating: 3 Stars