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"The band's Management"
Who are they?

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I've noticed that while I used to be able to watch CSB on youtube all links are now "Eagle Rocked" & unavailable in my country (USA).

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loog droog
It's a better legend than movie.

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It's a better legend than movie.

And as it seems from reading this thread, many of us agree, as do I.
I've seen the bootleg once, and that's more than enough for me. It took me a week to
fight off the depressing feeling the movie gave me. I'd rather watch one of their many
DVD's that make me happy, instead of this.

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I think these days Jagger is caught in a dilemna with this one : letting it be released? It'll clash with the "family band" image he's been building since the 1989 comeback.
Censoring it completely? Jagger might face a "Streisand effect" with people who had no intention to watch suddenly trying to find it "cos it's forbidden dude So I need it though I don't care for the Stones!"

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I think these days Jagger is caught in a dilemna with this one : letting it be released? It'll clash with the "family band" image he's been building since the 1989 comeback.
Censoring it completely? Jagger might face a "Streisand effect" with people who had no intention to watch suddenly trying to find it "cos it's forbidden dude So I need it though I don't care for the Stones!"

Sorry for my ignorance.
But what is the "Streisand effect" ?

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It's a horrible movie. There are a few interesting parts (jamming with Stevie Wonder etc) but overall I find it too dark & depressing. Don't really like watching Keith detiorate before my eyes.

Exactly, very much overrated. If it had been released back in the day no one would be talking about it now other than as an embarrassment for the Stones. Like Macca's Broadstreet ?

You all fail to grasp it's a Robert Frank movie with his obsessions his (somewhat depressed) views on life, music, and America. It's NOT a generic promo-product like L&G, it's an auteur movie.

Go to a library, open a copy of Frank's "The Americans" and you'll get it. Jagger hired Frank after buying this book so he liked the man's views of the world.
And logically "Mick Jagger actually liked the film, but the band's management thought the public would be put off by it" (quote from the same Steidl interview).

"The band's Management"
Who are they?
They have managed themselves since 1970.
Marshall Chess anc Earl McGrath held management roles in the 70's but Mick and Keith are there own men. Prince Rupert was just finance and contracts.

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I think these days Jagger is caught in a dilemna with this one : letting it be released? It'll clash with the "family band" image he's been building since the 1989 comeback.
Censoring it completely? Jagger might face a "Streisand effect" with people who had no intention to watch suddenly trying to find it "cos it's forbidden dude So I need it though I don't care for the Stones!"

Sorry for my ignorance.
But what is the "Streisand effect" ?

Barbara Streisand once tried to legally prevent aerial photos of her residence from being published on the internet, which resulted in many more people watching the photos. Thus, to quote Wikipedia, "The Streisand effect is the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet."

There is no need to censor CS Blues any more than it already has. If the Stones don't want the film to become more famous, they just have to sit on it and let the years go by. It's very unlikely that an attempt by some outsider to release it will attract any considerable media attention. I suppose they could let Eagle Entertainment release it like the recent concert DVDs, since they haven't been accompanied by any real promotion either, but I suppose it would be a stretch, still.

There have been reports about Paul McCartney holding back a re-release of the Let It Be film because he don't want to tarnish the Beatles' reputation with a negative film. Not sure about what came out of that, but I haven't seen any Let It Be boxes or outtakes so far.

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tornnfrayed
It is a great film, as I think most serious film critics acknowledge. Robert Frank after all is a serious artist. I think it is hard to appreciate the film, however, if you did not experience the Stones in this period.

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tornnfrayed
It is a great film, as I think most serious film critics acknowledge. Robert Frank after all is a serious artist.

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The Joker
Don't know... I feel balanced... One side, a HD movie is good... On the other, C***s***** Blues is bound to be dirty, so maybe better to keep it on dirty video.. Like old crappy bootlegs... Love them..