Archive of films Shine a Light / Shine a Light

USA / United Kingdom
2007, 122 min

Section: Horizons
Year: 2008

A remarkable film by Martin Scorsese documenting a concert of the world-famous rock group, The Rolling Stones, held over the course of two days in the autumn of 2006 in New York’s Beacon Theatre. The detailed shots of the retirement-age rock’n rollers capture their incredible energy and the way they communicate with each other on stage.

Synopsis

A remarkable film by Martin Scorsese documenting an exhilarating concert by the world-famous Rolling Stones, held over the course of two evenings in the autumn of 2006 in New York’s Beacon Theatre. Eighteen non-static cameras operated by several Oscar winners capture the rock’n’rollers on stage, particularly in close-ups or semi-close-up shots. This allows the cinematic perfectionist to capture the pensionable-age musicians’ incredible energy and their telepathic communication on the stage from right up front. The score of songs, including some of the cornerstones of rock’n’roll music, such as the rebel anthem “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”, are interlaced with archive interviews. Among the highlights of the concert, which was hosted by Bill Clinton, are songs for which 70-year-old blues-rocker Buddy Guy and the sexual she-devil Christina Aguilera, 50 years his junior, take the stage with the band.

About the director

Martin Scorsese (b. 1942, New York) studied film at New York University, graduating in 1966. One of the most important directors of New Hollywood, he worked within classic genres, as evinced by his dramas Taxi Driver (1976) and Raging Bull (1980), the comedy The King of Comedy (1982), the period melodrama The Age of Innocence (1993) and the biopic The Aviator (2004). He explored issues of moral imperatives in a world of violence in Mean Streets (1973), GoodFellas (1990) and Casino (1995). His sole Oscar was awarded to him for the thriller The Departed (2006). Scorsese’s interest in music was reflected in the retro-musical New York, New York (1977) and in a number of documentaries such as The Last Waltz (1978) and the anthology The Blues (2003).

Contacts

Bioscop (Magicbox a.s.)
Na Klikovce 7, 140 00, Praha 4
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 221 436 100
Fax: +420 221 436 305
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.bioscop.cz

Fortissimo Films
Van Diemenstraat 100, 1013 CN, Amsterdam
Netherlands
Tel: +31 206 273 215
Fax: +31 206 261 155
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.fortissimofilms.com

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About the film

Color, 35 mm

Section:	Horizons

Director:	Martin Scorsese
Dir. of Photography:	různí umělci / various artists
Editor:	David Tedeschi
Producer:	Victoria Pearman, Michael Cohl, Zane Weiner, Steve Bing
Production:	Shangri-La Entertainment
Cast:	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Martin Scorsese, Christina Aguilera, Bill Clinton
Contact:	Bioscop (Magicbox a.s.), Fortissimo Films
Distributor:	Bioscop (Magicbox a.s.)

www:	www.shinealightmovie.com

Guests

Andrea Metcalfe

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Irena Prokopová

Distributor

Robert Schaffer

Distributor

Winnie Lau

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