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Bliss
I disagree that Robert Frank was simply showing the reality of the tour...I feel he edited it to show how depraved and banal it was. I am sure there must have been many charming moments showing positive, admirable aspects but they did not make it off the cutting floor. He wanted the film to show the worst aspects of the Stones because he disliked and disapproved of them. Of course, he could not show the depraved and banal elements if they were not there to capture on film, but apart from the wonderful concert footage, there was little that was positive or uplifting in his film.
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Doxa
What those kind of scenes - back stage, hotel rooms, road, parties - have had actully been like, how drug-taking, sex, back stage dialogs, destroying hotel rooms - would have been more 'nicer´'? Maybe it was actually so banal as it looks like through Frank's camera. I think he actually captures the essentials - sex, drugs and rock&roll - in that film. We might have our romantic, glorified ideas of that but maybe in reality it actually is not like our wild, mythical dreams.
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duke richardson
I think Keith's Muddy Waters comment was first in the 1970 interview with Robert Greenfield, for Rolling Stone. is that right?
it's got me wondering why Keith even said it in the first place...
I mean, did he mistake Muddy for someone else that he saw up on a ladder?
What is the deal with this? or could Marshall Chess be wrong? possibly Keith really did see MW painting, maybe helping out for awhile, at the studio, and Chess wasn't there, ...? this is kinda weird.
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Bliss
How could Robert Frank have made a more positive but still truthful film about the '72 tour?
Here are a few suggestions:
Mick and Bianca were at the height of their stupendous physical beauty at that time; RF could have done long, beautiful close-ups.
Both Charlie and Marshall Chess could have given warm, interesting interviews; equally, Keith is known for his wit and humour in interviews.
I am not sure if any Stones children were there, but they could have been filmed with their parents.
Bobby Keys is always good for a laugh.
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Bliss
Re Robert Frank; my point, which I will not belabour again, is that he had an agenda, to show the RS in an unflattering light. I believe there were certainly moments of beauty on that tour which he could have depicted if he chose to. Marshall Chess supports my view in this interview. But none of us will ever be able to do more than speculate.
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Green Lady
How is it that "realism" has come to mean only showing the unpleasant stuff?