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Beyond comparison

posted 19 years ago by copernicussaubermann
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This is a fantastic documentary!

Jean-Luc Godard's documentary on the recording of The Rolling Stones classic song is ingenious. I am currently making a documentary myself, so I would know what I am talking about. A documentary this intriguing an socially aware deserves all the praise it can get, and it truly baffles me that it is not placed anywhere on the Top-250 list on imdb. To me, it is easily among the top 10. When everybody expected the Rolling Stones to do the same thing as the Beatles did with 'A Hard Day's Night', Godard made something completely different. I believe you all agree.

Thank you.

Copernicus Saubermann

[–] 19 years ago

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[–] Ghandi-Boy 18 years ago

Could not agree more.

All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun.-Jean-Luc Godard directorland.piczo.com

[–] PilotInspektor 18 years ago

No it´s not. I don´t know if you have that quote, because you think it´s true or stupid. 'Cos it is obviously stupid, and not true. You at least need a camera, like some editing-studio or something.

[–] Ghandi-Boy 18 years ago

I like the quote because it shows that filmmaking isn't the impossible task everyone makes it out to be.

All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun.-Jean-Luc Godard directorland.piczo.com

[–] bboy5365 18 years ago

That's not a Godard quote. He qouted someone else when he said it.

Jack Edwards

[–] 18 years ago

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[–] PilotInspektorsFriend 18 years ago

I have to side with my friend here. A camera is necessary to make a movie. Claiming anything else would be preposterous.

[–] Strausszek 18 years ago

PI's Friend: How about a film reel or two?

[–] old_skool69 17 years ago

or how about a thousand extras a 2 million dollar budget and the biggest stars in the world those things are absolutely essential!

Either they don't know, don't show, or don't care about what's going on in the hood.

[–] theyutz 17 years ago

Stop taking things so literally. Anyway the film was not really a documentary on the Stones, you want a documentary go watch 'Gimme Shelter'.

[–] xm1 17 years ago

How stupid are all of you people who don't understand the girl/gun quote? Do you not understand the abstraction offered by art and poetry? Go back to your teen comedies and your paint-by-numbers "adult themes" entertainment, illiterati.

[–] Xcalat3 17 years ago

I agree this is a very good docu

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[–] Kumiko_Okada 17 years ago

I guess the original version of this film (One Plus One) is either lost or not available---I don't know. Whatever is the case, the existing cut is still great watching for me; together with C/cksucker Blues, they make for better rock documentaries than anything else I can think of.
[I would rate Gimme Shelter a distant third for the Stones, overrated.]
BTW notice how each scene in SFTD/1+1 is shot in one majestic, uninterrupted shot.

[–] JohnKoliba 16 years ago

The film flits between brilliant and unwatchable. The genesis and recording a great song is fascinating to watch and beautifully shot. In between, however, is the most tedious exercise in experimental cinema.
The reason its not in the top 250 (aside from the fact that documentaries and fictional films shouldn't be listed side by side) is that the vast majority of people don't consider it to be among the greatest films ever made.

[–] lastyear11 16 years ago

Interesting only for the scenes of the Stones recording.The rest of the movie is just more Maoist agitprop.The Stones themselves have later said that Godard didn't have a clue about rock music.I don't mind political films.I just hate being fed a bunch of nonsense.Godard himself was a intellectual and didn't really understand the working class(who would probably have thought him a pretentious little *beep* has made some very good films(Contempt,Breathless,Masculine Feminine)but most of his late 60's early 70's films I find hard to watch.

[–] Andrewpadrino 14 years ago

Ha ha ha...Brilliant original post...I literally cant stop laughing!!! The bit where you said it should be in the top ten films of all time was my favorite bit..ha ha ha!!

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