Stones' concert documentary, Gimme Shelter, named after the band's hit song, was filmed and released in the heart of the cinema counterculture movement. Society's perception of both cinema and rock and roll at the time coalesced in a film that inevitably builds towards a haunting tragedy that changed culture forever.
Stones' concert documentary, Gimme Shelter, named after the band's hit song, was filmed and released in the heart of the cinema counterculture movement.
Society's perception of both cinema and rock and roll at the time coalesced in a film that inevitably builds towards a haunting tragedy that changed culture forever.
The film's lack of reliance on pre-planned, semi-scripted interviews is considered a prime example of the cinematic counterculture movement of the time.
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Stones' concert documentary, Gimme Shelter, named after the band's hit song, was filmed and released in the heart of the cinema counterculture movement. Society's perception of both cinema and rock and roll at the time coalesced in a film that inevitably builds towards a haunting tragedy that changed culture forever. The film's lack of reliance on pre-planned, semi-scripted interviews is considered a prime example of the cinematic counterculture movement of the time.
Production of the Film The film subverted traditional documentary techniques of the time, with co-directors Charlotte Zwerin and the Maysles brothers opting to capture the vast majority of the events of the film as they were happening without any intervention.
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