Shine a light

Martin Scorsese's new film is interesting. I am not a big fan of the Stones, although my wife is. So we went tonight to see it.
The movie is a performance video from a concert done to benefit the Clinton Foundation at the Beacon Theater in 2006. The movie (in 70 MM) is entertaining. You get a good feeling of the energy of a live Stones concert. If you have never seen the Stones live - this is a way to do it vicariously. Jagger is truly amazing. He works very hard for the time he is on stage. Richards comments in one interview that when they get on stage they become different people. You also get a better idea about the two quieter members of the band (Watts and Wood). Scorsese interplays some old interviews of the Stones with the concert and used a lot of cameras to capture the action. The concert includes some additional musicians including Buddy Guy. When I last saw the Stones in concert (at the Concert for New York after 9/11 - Guy was with them and Guy and Keith Richards did a wonderful duet where they played off each other on some amazing rifts.

There is one truly odd moment in the picture. Clinton, in the footage before the concert describes the Stones in the following manner - "They understand the issue of global warming better than the scientists." The mind boggles at the absurdity of the comment whether you agree with global warming or not. But then Slick Willie's ad libs have not been on point much this year.