Sympathy for the Devil
Jean-Luc Godard on Black Power, Rape, Murder, Fascism, Acid, Pornography, Sex, Revolution, Brutality and all the other things that make life worth living.
While The Rolling Stones rehearse "Sympathy for the Devil" in the studio, an alternating narrative reflects on 1968 society, politics and culture through five different vignettes.
- 6.3
- 1968
- Released
- 1h 55m
Mick Jagger
Self
Keith Richards
Self
Brian Jones
Self
Charlie Watts
Self
Bill Wyman
Self
Anne Wiazemsky
Eve Democracy
Iain Quarrier
Fascist Porno Book Seller
Frankie Dymon
Black Power Militant
Sean Lynch
Commentary (voice)
Danny Daniels
Black Power Militant
Ilario Bisi-Pedro
Roy Stewart
Black Power MilitantLinbert Spencer
Tommy Ansah
Black Power MilitantMichael McKay
Rudi Patterson
Mark Matthew
Karl Lewis
Bernard Boston
Niké Arrighi
Françoise Pascal
Joanna David
Monica Walters
Glenna Forster-Jones
Interviewer in Wrecker's YardElizabeth Long
Jeannette Wild
Harry Douglas
Colin Cunningham
Matthew Knox
Barbara Coleridge
Marianne Faithfull
Self - Backing Singer (uncredited)
James Fox
Self (uncredited)
Nicky Hopkins
Self (Piano/Organ) (uncredited)
Clifton Jones
Black Power Militant (uncredited)
Anita Pallenberg
Self - Backing Singer (uncredited)
Released
en
$500,000.00
- #social documentary
- #cultural conflict
- #social & cultural documentary
- #music documentary
- #cultural change
- #cultural history
- #the rolling stones
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Has a film ever combined one theme of such wide popular appeal with another that will interest only a small crowd and simply baffle that big popular audience? Jean-Luc Godard's <i>Sympathy for the Devil</i> would delight one set of viewers and infuriate another. How does one even give a star rating to this? In May 1968, Jean-Luc Godard was permitted to film the Rolling Stones over several days