Stones in Exile |  | Label: Eagle Records (Fontana)
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Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Running Time: 151 Minutes
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 801213030699
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ASIN: B003GCMX5Y
Theatrical Release Date: 2010
Release Date: June 21, 2010
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Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music) Release Date: 06/22/2010 Run time: 151 minutes
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 Incredible inside look June 22, 2010
Mick (Nashville, TN United States)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This DVD is an incredible inside look at the making of one of the greatest albums in rock and roll history. Watching this documentary will help you understand just why Exile On Main Street was such an important album, even if people at the time didn't quite see that right away. The biggest surprise of the DVD was the huge amount of "home movie" video that was shot in Nellcote, France. Coupled with the extensive narration from almost all of the participants, including all of the Stones, you can just about imagine what it was like to have been there.
Sure, it could have been longer, but at one hour, it NEVER drags. The (gratefully) brief interviews with current musicians are totally unnecessary, but made worthwhile just to hear Sheryl Crow unwittingly tell us how cool she thinks she is.
And regarding Gram Parsons lack of recognition in the film, he musically influenced Keith, and he WAS upstairs doing lots of drugs (which ultimately got him an invitation to leave), but beyond some uncredited backing vocals, he made no direct contribution to the album itself.
This is a great DVD July 26, 2010
Snarky music-head (Charleston, WV United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm not sure why some people are never happy, but them's the facts. When I see negative reviews of this wonderful doc, I begin to wonder if they have seen another film.
Sure, the doc is 61 minutes and that leaves some people grumbling. If you cannot tell a story in an hour, then you either have no story or you have no editing skills. It's NOT the the length of the book, but the story. There's a clear narrative here told in incredible photos, film of course, and voice over commentary by all the key players.
Through photos, film and narration, we get a sense of what life at Nellcôte when Keith was master of the house. I was practically smiling the whole way through. Bobby Keyes is hilarious.
In short, don't listen to the negative Nellies. If you are a Stones fan, this is must-see, must-own.
A treasure trove, a shared love July 27, 2010
Steve (Virginia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Stones in Exile, the eagerly anticipated dvd companion piece to the re-release of Exile on Main Street is a fascinating and highly worthwhile document. It is important to point out how the entirety of this dvd constitutes the evidence of my argument. The initial hour long piece must be coupled with the bonus interviews to fully flesh out the history, the mythology, the influence, the timelessness, and the miracle that is the album.
The main feature is a sweeping mosaic of photos, old and new film footage, snippets from CS Blues and Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones, and scores of interviews that form the overdubbed narrative to the story. We get the history of not only the circumstances but the recording itself including some great background about various tracks which is always fascinating to me. For hardcore fans much of the material has been seen before, but there are many places where you think you've seen or heard it before and realize you haven't. A great example: an infamous photo of Keith playing guitar with Gram Parsons beside him, is now expanded to show how this heretofore assumed private moment was actually going on near a table full of guests, thus the photo and the mental image behind it are totally transformed. Also, you get interviews from some highly unusual and yet truly illuminating participants, some quite accidentally. Listening to the recollections of an eight-year old child's role at Nellcote is at once horrifying and charming. This dvd is full of enough of these treasures to soften even the most bitter Stones' fans who complain of nothing new under the sun. I'm a fair-sized Stones collector and even I had never heard Anita Pallenberg speak of her life with Keith, let alone get some lucid and interesting tales. Speaking of lucid, it's endearing to see how Keith has morphed into Johnny Cash, gray hair and all, speaking with a clarity and frankness that is refreshing.
The bonus features rival the main feature in terms of value despite some questionable interview choices. There are two interview sections, one with the band and one with fans. The fan part, "Exile Pans," is an endless hyperbolic homage to the folklore and personal affect the band and this album had on their younger musician fans. The Kings of Leon member and Will.I.Am seem to have the least to offer and I find it hard to believe that there weren't two other artists who came closer to the level of devotion and Stones' fandom that Sheryl Crow and Liz Phair do. Jack White makes some sense too, but the highlight is Don Was providing a very detailed and thoughtful opinion on the album/band's impact as well as giving plenty of insight into his experiences working with The Rolling Stones. I can't imagine any Stones fan not nodding their head in agreement with Was. Ditto for Liz Phair, who may get a bit off-point at times, but nonetheless shares her heartfelt affection and attraction to this album that only the truest fans of a group understand. Hearing rock stars themselves wax poetically about an album that you both share such a deep love for is powerful. At heart, we are all fans and these interviews bring that point home marvelously. My only complaint is that they should have been relegated exclusively to the bonus feature instead of bookending the main piece wherein they seem tacked on and unnecessary.
The band interviews go deeper into the explanations touched upon in the feature film and offer a wealth of background, de-bunking and validity to the wildly varying stories that orbit around this work. It is a lovely contradiction to hear them talk in very matter-of-fact terms of what they did versus the breathless confessions of the fans. To the band, this was simply another album to make that had some unusual recording circumstances. To the fans and critics, this represents so much more. Don Was hits on this with his comment about how musicians don't just want to make records that sound like Exile but they want to live that glorified legendary lifestyle. To fans, Exile on Main Street clearly represents so much more than eighteen amazing songs. It stands for excess, bohemianism, sex, drugs, booze, darkness, evil, hedonism, danger, fear, wanting, and desperation, and that's just a sampling. If all Rolling Stones roads lead to Main Street as I believe, it can also be said that those same roads lead outward in a billion different directions to the people this album touches, influences, jolts, comforts, moves, and heals.
I have a lot of Stones dvds and I rarely watch them. This is one that I will watch often because there is a shared joy in the whole viewing process. As I watched, I became part of a discussion group of like-minded individuals, united by our love of this epic album. A sense of belonging such as this film creates is a precious thing indeed.
What are you doing this weekend, Liz Phair?
An Interesting Look at a Pivotal Period in the Rolling Stones Career June 30, 2010
Minilith (Wheaton, IL)
I found this to be a very enjoyable piece on the Rolling Stones at the height of their popularity. The main piece is about an hour, but there are extended interviews with band members and others that make this a solid value. I enjoyed the many rare video clips sprinkled throughout the piece, and unlike no-name Stones documentaries, their music is heard throughout.
I would recommend this to any fan of rock and roll for the insight it gives to one of the foremost bands in the history of contemporary music, and hereby declare it a "must-buy" for Stones fans. I hope more of these are produced for the different eras in the Stones history (Aftermath, Black and Blue, etc.) It was also great to hear Bill Wyman again--he has been greatly missed.
No narrator, great Documentary! July 3, 2010
G. Harper (Georgia)
I really like how this film was presented, old style with no guy talking me through it (like "The Kids are Alright" by the Who). The film flows very nicely. It's great that brought back Mick Taylor and other ex's for the film...(I mean you don't see KiSS brining in Peter Criss to talk on the KiSS-ology series).
I lways been a good fan of the Stones, not a huge fan, but always had many of their albums in my collection. After seeing this film, I really appreciate more their musicianship. It's good to know a band can stay a band for life with very few personal changes. Any other band, a guy like Mick jagger would say he's the reason why they are famous and left long ago to go solo. They truly are one (if not thee) best rock and roll band of all time.
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