Re: Shine a Light - The Movie
Date: February 7, 2008 21:58
babelfish translation of press interview story covered by Berliner Morgenpost
a little bumpy on the actual translation, but we get something of the essence here. seems spirits were very high...
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Berlinale
Why Charlie of Watt hates the Stones film
For the first time the Berlinale with a documentary film is opened: To the world premiere of the concert film to "OSCAR winner Martin Scorsese brought all four volume members of the" Rolling Stones "Shine A Light" on Thursday also. Schlagzeuger Charlie of Watt does not please the film. And it found the turning work also terrible.
The Rolling Stones in float (v.r.): Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie of Watt and Ronnie Wood did not like the turning work particularly
Photo: Strip packing
Of Holger Kreitling
Naturally Charlie of Watt. The question, who from the Stones with the attendance in Berlin of the Coolste is, requires nevertheless no long thinking. The schlagzeuger! That can be done already outside on the road loosely. While the fans wait for the sedans, a graessliche Soul version is played by "Ruby Tuesday" and then German hit versions of "As tears go by" and "Honky Tonk Woman". The Stones steps out then, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards calls according to "rear ones" and signs, only Charlie of Watt remains calm. Gaaaanz calmly.
The Rolling Stones presents "Shine A Light", the opening film of the Berlinale. Director Martin Scorsese filmed a concert in an old theatre in New York, was it an appearance to Bill Clintons 60. Birthday. The volume plays shining, four recken the Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood and Charlie of Watt is well presented. Much Blues is to be heard, some rare Songs and natural the a few hits. One, putzige self quotations sees some old interview cutouts with that to volume. But everything actually serves the present. The Rolling Stones produces itself as absolutely present volume. As business model, on which in the future can be still counted and is.
The hall is closed because of overstocking
The lift in Berlin is enormous, already one hour before the press conference the hall because of overstocking is closed. One could have shifted the meeting smoothly into a stadium like the usual concerts of the Stones. Mick Jagger thanks you good Dieter Kosslick and murmurs something from honour and luck. Keith Richards nuschelt to a large extent incomprehensible, its zerknautscher hat works a little, as if he must hold the head, in reverse. If he laughs, he gluckst loudly inward, Keith Richards amuses himself koestlich over Keith Richards, and nobody can think him. It looks good thereby.
The four Rolling Stones and Martin Scorsese laugh much. Mick Jagger calls gladly "hectar hectar hectar", Scorsese intoniert more highly than the singer. Ron Wood is silent. And Charlie of Watt anyway. They flachsen: Yes, Keith Richards gave, says them everything before play instruction Jagger, where he gained nevertheless now experience with "curse of the Karibik 3". "We're all actors", kraechzt Ron Wood. That is its whole speech text.
As Mick Jagger once in Colombia called
In "Shine one sees A Light" once, how the musicians over interviews make themselves merry; they are asked for more than 40 years always again the same, there must flee itself one in humor. A Colombian lady journalist thanks you Mick Jagger that he called in last September on the Colombian television. Mick: "I remember the call completely exactly." It: "Oh, really?" The whole hall laughs. And the question? How valuable this film for the Stones is, also financially, the lady journalist wants to know. Jagger again: "you mean whether it pays our lunch?" The tendency is really magnificent.
With 16 cameras Scorsese was moveable, but on the stage then not in the way Keith Richards would have confessed, explain nevertheless her to him. "it is Martys film, we is only the leading actors." Mick Jagger avowedly, it is no matter to it whether it arises on the stage or in the film, "it's all performing". One strove evenly to supply a correct Stones-show to conserve the live-erlebnis as well as possible.
A Scorsese film without "Gimme Shelter"
For Martin Scorsese, which already turned several music films and in its features almost possessed music begins, belongs the Stones music to the life. He had heard the group for the first time at the beginning of the seventies. The sound and the voices would have enormously inspired it. "the Stones became for me a kind basis for all my films." Perhaps therefore the song seems to "Gimme Shelter" in directly three of its films, in "Good Fellas", in "Casino" and in "Departed". Mick Jagger shouts: "' Shine A Light '" is the only Scorsese film, in the ' Gimme Shelter ' does not emerge."
And Charlie of Watt? It is as usual best tightened, carries a beigefarbenen two-heron. While the questions supports it the hand to the chin and is silent. Sometimes it pulls up the brows. And is silent. Then the question comes, as the Stones pleased itself on the large canvas.
"Oh, it's cool", says Charlie of Watt gently. All musicians laugh.
"would you like to explain it?" Mick Jagger asks. It grinst.
"I - thus I hate it", say Watt. "I hated it to turn it." And that it hate it to see itself on the canvas. Then it grows silent again.
Mick Jagger laughs again. "so far so, well, Charlie", calls Keith Richards. One must simply always hear on the schlagzeuger, indicates finally the clock.
Conditions: Thursday, 7 February 2008, 18:43 o'clock