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In the spring of 1971 the Rolling Stones departed the UK to take up residence in France as tax exiles. Keith Richards settled at a villa called Nellcôte in Villefranche-sur-Mer and this became the venue for the recording of much of the band s masterpiece Exile On Main Street . Stones In Exile tells the story in the band s own words and through extensive archive footage of their time away from England and the creation of this extraordinary double album, which many regard as the Rolling Stones finest achievement.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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In essence, this is for fans of the album, which are plentiful. Its also a companion product to the remastered album, which has extra tracks, some of which were repolished and reworked.
Even at the reduced price i paid for it from amazon, i believe this could have been so much better than what you get. There's no mistaking the value for money, with 40 or so minutes of additional footage which wasnt in the televised version. However, there is an unmistakable whiff of "padding out" and the great gods themselves being a little careful even after all these years of being a little too open about some of the other things that went down during that period. As a result, it seems to be a little bit of a whitewash/ clean up, which is a bit of a disappointment.
Still, you get a fair number of contributions from everyone involved, including anita pallenberg and bobby keys. The funniest stuff, is via people like bill wyman on the extras interviews, which really seal the deal and make up for the more clinical, overpolished feel of the main documentary.
Overall, it's enjoyable, but not as deep and dirty as the album itself sounds, even to this day.
Even at the reduced price i paid for it from amazon, i believe this could have been so much better than what you get. There's no mistaking the value for money, with 40 or so minutes of additional footage which wasnt in the televised version. However, there is an unmistakable whiff of "padding out" and the great gods themselves being a little careful even after all these years of being a little too open about some of the other things that went down during that period. As a result, it seems to be a little bit of a whitewash/ clean up, which is a bit of a disappointment.
Still, you get a fair number of contributions from everyone involved, including anita pallenberg and bobby keys. The funniest stuff, is via people like bill wyman on the extras interviews, which really seal the deal and make up for the more clinical, overpolished feel of the main documentary.
Overall, it's enjoyable, but not as deep and dirty as the album itself sounds, even to this day.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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"Stones In Exile" is a fascinating documentary on the making of "Exile On Main Street". It was shown recently on BBC1. We hear from all the band members and there are contributions from many of the people who were around the Stones at the time. There's great archive footage and wonderful photographs from Dominique Tarlé, who came to Nellcôte for a day and stayed for the summer!
The bonus features (which weren't part of the BBC1 broadcast) include a great sequence of Mick and Charlie returning to Mick's old house Stargroves and to Olympic Studios in London and there are face to face interviews with each of the Stones talking in more depth about the recording of the album and what was going on around them at the time. There are also interviews with Rolling Stones fans including Martin Scorsese, Jack White, Don Was, Benicio Del Toro & Sheryl Crow among various others.
If you like the Stones, you'll love this DVD.
The bonus features (which weren't part of the BBC1 broadcast) include a great sequence of Mick and Charlie returning to Mick's old house Stargroves and to Olympic Studios in London and there are face to face interviews with each of the Stones talking in more depth about the recording of the album and what was going on around them at the time. There are also interviews with Rolling Stones fans including Martin Scorsese, Jack White, Don Was, Benicio Del Toro & Sheryl Crow among various others.
If you like the Stones, you'll love this DVD.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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All the bits of film shot during this era are thrown together on a dvd and actually do seem to give an interesting peek at what it was like recording Exile. It's all a bit too padded out though really and to hear varoius celebs in the extras section waffling on at length about how amazing the album is was mostly creepy and tiresome.
Great to see the original footage!
Great to see the original footage!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Exile The Rolling Stones
Any Rolling Stones fan should be the proud owner of this amazing DVD, great tracks, amazing footage. Every time you watch it you pick up something different. Awesome
Published 3 months ago by Jono
Exiles in the Basement
Having to exit GB Inc in the 70's to get away from the excesses of the Labour exchequer, Grabbit N Runn, the Stones settled down in the sunny south of France. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Alan Robert Lancaster
OK, But Ultimately Not Particularly Satisfying
Of course it doesn't follow that a classic album should also spawn a documentary of a similar status, who's purpose is to uncover the background to the album. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Jervis
in exile...should have been
It was painful to watch knowing i had paid for it..wasted my money on clips of still fotos and some one chatting away not the music DVD i had hoped for....... Read more
Published 16 months ago by G. MARTIN
Interesting retrospective view
This is a fascinating combination of archive film and photographs overlaid with comments from the key players as they see it today and, of course, some terrific music. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Graham R. Hill
Documentary ????
Very dissapointing film,I expected some filming of the session of exile.
Dind't learn anything new.
Only good thing is some of Bill Wyman comments. Read more
Dind't learn anything new.
Only good thing is some of Bill Wyman comments. Read more
Published 23 months ago by F.H
Misleading run time.
If you saw it recently on BBC2 then you've seen it all, the advertised 151 mins runtime is the already broadcast 60 mins feature plus the bonus scenes which quite honestly aren't... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mr. P. J. Burrows
Under Review...
Been looking forward to this DVD for a while now and I have to say I like it, and it's okay.
It's not as comprehensive, not even nearly as comprehensive as I was... Read more
It's not as comprehensive, not even nearly as comprehensive as I was... Read more
Published 23 months ago by jason.boaden
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