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The Rolling Stones - Crossfire Hurricane (2013) [DVD9] {Eagle Rock}
DVD9 -> 7.18 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 16:9 | English (Dolby AC3, 2 ch / Dolby AC3, 6 ch / DTS, 6 ch) | ~ 134 m | ISO Image
Subs: English, Deutsch, Espanol, Francais, Italiano, Nederlands, Portugues
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 38 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2013 Eagle Rock / 50 Years | EREDV962
Rock / Classical Rock / Blues Rock / Documentary

Crossfire Hurricane, directed by Brett Morgen, is released as part of the ongoing 50th anniversary celebrations of The Rolling Stones. This superb new film tells the story of the Stones unparalleled journey from blues obsessed teenagers in the early sixties to their undisputed status as rock royalty. All of The Rolling Stones have been newly interviewed and their words form the narrative arc that links together archive footage of performances, news coverage and interviews, much of it previously unseen. Taking its title from a lyric in Jumpin Jack Flash, Crossfire Hurricane gives the viewer an intimate insight into exactly what it s like to be part of The Rolling Stones as they overcome denunciation, drugs, dissensions and death to become the definitive survivors. Over a year in the making and produced with the full co-operation and involvement of The Rolling Stones, Crossfire Hurricane is and will remain the definitive story of the world s greatest rock n roll band.

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Crossfire Hurricane covers the period from 1962 – 1981. It is not an academic film. This is not a forensic study of the Stones’ writing and recording habits – you may be surprised to discover that no Stones album titles are mentioned in the film, and only three songs are specifically identified by name (“Tell Me”, “No Expectations” and “Midnight Rambler”). It’s a persuasive, if familiar narrative: from screaming teenage girls on their first UK tour, through the Redlands bust, Brian Jones’ death and the band's Exile-era imperial phase, up to the arrival of Ron Wood when, as Jagger puts it, things got “more colourful, less dangerous.” Apart from live footage, the band’s story unfolds in news reports, Super-8, TV interviews and archive material from existing documentaries like Charlie Is My Darling, One Plus One and Cocksucker Blues. There is lovely black and white film of the band in a hotel room, Mick and Keith in the process of writing "Tell Me", Charlie sitting next to Keith on a sofa, Andrew Loog Oldham tapping out a rhythm on a bedside table in the background.

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The live material, though, is amazing. The early footage, of the band being forced off tiny stages by hysterical teenagers, gives way to bigger crowds on their 1964 American tour and a greater sense of danger – water canons, truncheons, police on horseback. Running in parallel to this, we get the band’s formative TV appearances, often hilariously funny and unguarded, the band not exactly deferential to their hosts. It’s all a bit of a lark. In one of the most revealing off-camera interviews with Morgen, Jagger talks about changing “character” every six months or so. He’s specifically addressing the development of the “Sympathy” character, but with this in mind it’s interesting to watch him on clip from a 1960s UK TV arts programme, wearing a cravat and speaking his best Dartford Grammar School posh, inhabiting another character as he relishes the access he’s attained to the gentrified end of the TV schedules.

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