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Charlie Is My Darling

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Cinema verite film techniques are employed in this look at the Rolling Stones during the band's tour of Ireland.

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A.O. Scott New York Times Mostly ... what you see is the intensity of rock 'n' roll at a time when it still felt risky and thrilling. Rated: 5/5 Oct 25, 2012 Full Review Ted Scheinman Slant Magazine The doc weaves its footage into a meditation on sex, art, and money among a band not yet wearied of all three. Rated: 3.5/4 Oct 25, 2012 Full Review Ronnie Scheib Variety The kinetically shot concert footage captures the volatile dynamic between performers and audience, as Mick Jagger's provocative posturing is followed by fans storming the stage. Oct 24, 2012 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills The B&W documentary provides a fascinating glimpse at the act at a point when they were hardly wide-eyed innocents, but not jaded yet, either. Sep 13, 2021 Full Review Frank Pasquine Paste Magazine Any Rolling Stones fan -- and quite a few who don't necessarily identify with the band -- will find much that is endearing in Charlie is my Darling. Rated: 7.8/10 Nov 14, 2012 Full Review Prairie Miller NewsBlaze Revisits a time when 'satisfaction' was more about rebel labor of love music than media attention, before it all became corporatized. Along with a discomfort with fame once upon a time, that has now ironically evolved into anxiety when one is without it. Oct 30, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Vintage Rolling Stones footage appears both rare but also very poor quality and often mundane. Filmed as they were an emerging band in 1965 on a tour of Ireland. More of a mish-mash of footage joined together without much direction or cohesion. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Really enjoyable early Stones footage. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member An illuminating and entertaining music documentary. Covers the Rolling Stones' 1965 tour of Ireland. Features concert footage, backstage and hotel scenes and interviews with the band. At the time the Stones were still more a blues/R&B band, rather than the rock superstars they would later become. All other Stones films I have seen were in the rock days, and there's a difference. Here the Stones, though obviously big in the music world - just see the fans adoration, especially from the young girls - seem to still have a degree of innocence and are almost shocked at how popular they are. They still don't really think their fame and popularity are permanent. There's almost a lack of self-confidence on their part, especially from Charlie Watts. Also interesting to see that some of the standout Stones features are already there. Most particularly, Jagger's stage performance is all movement, swagger and bravado - that came early. Plus you see the natural musical ability of Keith Richard(s) and the shyness of Charlie Watts. The interviews, particularly with Jagger, are quite illuminating. You can see they are not addle-brained louts, but young men who think about their art, what has come before and where it is going. A relatively unique Stones experience. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member I wonder if Mick and Keef jammed every night on the road, like the way we saw in this film. No matter what, they've got talents, and it's quite obvious. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Very intimate, early Stones. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Bueno el docu de los Stones... Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Cinema verite film techniques are employed in this look at the Rolling Stones during the band's tour of Ireland.
Director
Peter Whitehead
Genre
Documentary, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Runtime
1h 0m
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