Review of Shine a Light (2008) by Ken S — 23 Feb 2014

This Rolling Stones Concert film (they are playing a benefit concert for Bill Clinton), directed by Martin Scorsese, is about as good as a concert film can be. The fact that you get to see Scorsese stressing about how he is going to shoot this thing gives it a little edge over other concert films too.

I've never been a huge Stones fan really, I mean I like them, but I've always been more partial to the Beatles. Okay I'm actually a GIANT Beatles fan. Still, the Stones have plenty of great tunes, and it is fun to see how even though they are old as dirt they can still rock pretty hard.

This might be better than his concert film for The Band, long considered one of the best concert films ever made. Scorsese is a master who can pretty much direct anything and it will somehow come out pretty good.