Crossfire Hurricane
This new documentary by Academy Award-nominated Brett Morgen
commemorates the 50th anniversary of rock‘n’roll legends The Rolling
Stones.
Rock’n’roll legends The Rolling Stones reach their 50th anniversary and
the LFF marks this extraordinary milestone with the World Premiere of
this commemorative documentary from Academy Award-nominated Brett Morgen
(The Kid Stays In the Picture; Chicago 10). The first comprehensive
overview of their career is meticulous in its construction, using
classic Stones tracks to segue between phases of their enthralling story
– from teenage fandom, to counterculture heroes, through drug busts,
Brian Jones’ tragic death, band-mates departures, arrivals and
everything in between. With a strong focus on the first 20 years, the
wealth of rich, rare and often unseen archive material includes
newsreel, film and TV appearances, excerpts from famous previous Stones
movies and raucous, visceral live performance footage. Band members past
and present have actively participated in the making of the film and
one of its many pleasures is the specially recorded audio commentary by
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, and Ronnie Wood as well as
new interviews with Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor. Alternately nostalgic,
satisfied and very funny, they not only give insider testimony on some
of the most notorious moments in rock’n’roll history, they also reveal
the dynamic that has ensured the band’s longevity. When the film
kick-starts with the quip ‘never let the truth spoil a good story’, it
functions as a coolly ironic preface. The truth is that The Rolling
Stones – the trials and triumphs of their lives, their extraordinary
success, their impact on the history of popular culture and most of all,
their music – threaten at every turn to exceed story and become myth.
One of the great achievements of this dazzling tribute is that it revels
in all that, but it also succeeds at keeping it down, occasionally
dirty, and very real.
Clare Stewart, Adrian Wootton
Around the UK and international territoriesAudiences around the UK and in various international territories will have the chance to see the World Premiere beamed live by satellite into their local cinema, featuring red carpet arrivals at the BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express®. |
