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July 01, 2005
Gimme Shelter
Gimme Shelter (1970), The Mayles Brothers:
So Salesman did nothing for me, but still got me excited for Gimme Shelter. I see now what Salesman was supposed to be, because Gimme Shelter is the same thing, just a different slice of the sixties.
It's all at once a Rolling Stones tour video, a murder mystery and a Hearts and Minds state-of-the-Vietnam-era documentary, excelling at all three. Footage of Hell's Angels killing Meredith Hunter at a free Stones concert is amazing enough on its own, but the Mayles brothers use it to frame the movie, without ever getting in the way of the movie's other facets. It's also infinitely more interesting than Salesman, however deftly created.
14/15
Posted by bing at July 1, 2005 10:32 PM