Sympathy For The Devil [Blu-ray]

Superb transfer and remastered version of this film.To see the evolution of the song from start to finish is brilliant.I still don't watch most of the actual film parts as they are of their time and a bit too heavy to watch again and again.However watching The Rolling Stones creating music is the key element of this film and that sadly includes seeing Brian Jones going downhill,it's as bad as watching the last film of Elvis in concert which always makes me sad,true talent,incredible talent,unraveling before our eyes.I still prefer to watch Brian Jones in The Rock N' Roll Circus when he was still 'there'.A must for all fans of The Rolling Stones and better on Blu-Ray at the right price.

As others have said this is half of a great film. The film is divided into two themes. The first being some sort of politicaly charged scenes that don't make a lot of sense. When interveiwed for the documentary 25 x 5 even Mick Jagger admitted he had no idea what the film was about. There are parts of these segments that boarder on out and out racism and the way women are depicted whould never make it into a film today. But let's be honest that's part of the appeal of the Stones. I mean they wrote Some Girls (even if they cut out the sexest lyrics to Some Girls for the film shine a light) and Brown Sugar so if you require political correctness to enjoy something move on. The other part of the film is the Stones recording the track Sympathy For The Devil. This is amazing. You see it start off as a demo Jagger and Richards perform to the band to the almost complete version thst turned into the song we know and love. You get to see how far gone Brian Jones was at the time and the dynamic the Stones had in the Studio, In my opinion this is the film the Beatles were trying to make with Let It Be (get over yourself Sir Paul and admit you were acting like a control freak and just put the film out. I mean we all have bootlegs of it anyway and you know it will be one of the first things to come out after you die so put it out while you have input. please!) at least as far as the Studio Segments go. Blu ray picture is better then the DVD which looked great anyway. Audio is only stereo but hey so the record. I really don't see how they would have all the parts to make a real 5.1 mix anyway. If you are a Stones fan this is a must. If you fancy yourself a song writer this is a must. If you like Hot Rocks and nothing else this is not for you.

I am a huge Stones fan so this is a treat as far as I'm concerned. I will be buying their other blurays too.

Ths is a good transfer, the picture is very good and the sound is phenomenal! My only compliant is that there are not enough extras, there is a Jen-Luc Godard documentary ('Voices') and nothing else, and there is a lot that needs explaining!

The Rolling Stones Sympathy of the Devil on blu-ray is fantastic, i'm really pleased with it. Well worth the price.

Wonderful product!

This is a review of the not so fabulous blu ray edition put out by Fabulous in the UK. It is a mediocre edition overall. But most notably, while this edition includes the so-called director's cut, ONE PLUS ONE, which is one reason to consider this edition, ONE PLUS ONE is presented completely out of sync from head to tail. Maybe better to get the Carlotta version from France.

Jean Luc Godard's revolutionary attack on the post-colonial hegemony of Western civilisation uses experimental sound editing techniques, irony, humour and provocation to ram home some uncomfortable truths, as relevant today as they were then, about the male gaze, race relations, cultural elitism, social conditioning and cold war ideologies, but for all its formal innovation this anti-film film comes over more like an annoying rant.

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It was made in Italy and doesn't play on my equipment so I have no idea.

Ca n'est pas dit dans le descriptif (comme souvent hélas, il est très incomplet), mais cette édition comporte les DEUX versions du film : la version originale (one+one) montée par Godard, et la version remontée par les producteurs (Sympathy For The Devil) après quelques mois d'exploitation.A vrai dire, il n'y a pas d'immenses différences, mais ça doit être signalé.Le son est mono d'origine, mais reste tout à fait excellent.L'image est extraordinairement belle et fine : la remasterisation pour le bluray a été conduite de manière impeccable. Le format d'image est en 4x3, mais c'est aussi le format original.Nombreux bonus intéressants, et dans le coffret une petite brochure reprenant un très grand nombre des critiques (presque toutes négatives, c'est hilarant !) de l'époque, et celles publiées lors de la re-sortie du film en 2003.Un seul petit regret, le chapitrage est un peu erratique, et ne permet pas de sauter les scènes qui ne passionneront personne. C'est à dire celles qui ne sont pas consacrées aux Stones, évidemment... Mais en tout une édition extrêmement réussie, difficile d'imaginer mieux.

Godard ,on aime ou on n'aime pas ! Personnellement j'aime pas: pierrot le fou,a bout de souffle ,bref ces films ne m'ont jamais rien apporté...Mais ONE + ONE ou SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL est unique dans le sens ou il nous montre comment travaille un groupe de rock'n roll ,en l’occurrence les ROLLING STONES! D 'une espèce de musique rappelant vaguement un rythme de samba ,voit naître un standard du rock! Excusez du peu. Mais ,parce qu’il y a un mais ,on assiste aussi "en direct" à la fin de brian jones. Il n'apparaît presque pas dans ce film ,si ce n'est au début ,ou jagger lui montre ce qu'il faut jouer .(Paradoxe, quand on sait que ce monsieur a appris presque tous les rudiments "blues" à keith richards ,et que c'est bien LUI qui a crée les ROLLING STONES) Les quelques plans qui lui sont consacrés nous permette de le voir jouer de la guitare acoustique...non branchée,car on ne l'entend pas du tout.Pour le reste ,la naissance de la chanson se fait graduellement ,et on est étonné par la "sagesse" des stones en studio ,eux qui sont plutot "sulfureux" dans leur vie privé...l'occasion est bonne aussi pour voir un grand pianiste malheureusement décédé ,l'immense NICKY HOPKINS qui joua sur plusieurs albums du groupe (9)et qui les accompagna durant un temps .Pour le reste du film , propagande des black panters et un film avec une femme parlant sans arrêt cela n'a d’intérêt que ceux qui aime l'ART de GODARD...Le film aurait pu s'appeler :"teminus pour brian"ps: version "blue ray" excellente

Le film est génial par contre contrairement à ce qui est annoncé il n’ y a pas de sous titres anglais, même pour les malentendants, ce qui est vraiment cheap pour un blu-ray, et pas super pour les non anglophones, l’accent anglais pouvant être parfois difficile à comprendre.