Shine A Light & IMAX
I just ran out to the bank and two different Stones songs played randomly on the radio; I figured it was a sign that it’s getting to be about time to cover Shine A Light.
Add up Martin Scorsese + The Rolling Stones + the 2006 A Bigger Bang tour and you get the new, soon to be released, documentary Shine A Light. After Scorsese’s success covering Dylan in No Direction Home: Bob Dylan I’m thinking that Shine A Light is going to be the documentary to see this year.
Still, he covered five years of Dylan; I’m interested to see how he captures the Stones in this documentary because it was filmed in just two days of one tour; although, it will be featuring historical footage, interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage as well.
To add to the excitement, just two days ago, IMAX officially announced that Shine A Light will be digitally re-mastered and released in IMAX theaters simultaneous with it’s release to basic theater venues. While the Stones in IMAX form isn’t new, Shine A Light will likely break records. Rolling Stones At The Max grossed $21.4 million or so and that was before IMAX was the IMAX we know today. IMAX is far more commercial now having moved out of only museums to widespread availability. Large format IMAX cameras were used the last time; this time the film is actually being converted to IMAX using DMR. Plus, come on, it’s Scorsese.
The film is running on a tight schedule it seems. Due to be released on September 21, 2007 there’s almost nothing available to see yet. The official site is mostly empty, it’s hasn’t yet been rated, and I haven’t seen a preview clip. We’ll see. No matter when it’s released it should be a great show.
As noted, there’s no clip yet that I’ve found (let me know if you see one) so I thought it might be cool to show a video but you know the problem with the Stones live shows? The flipping girls. It’s nearly impossible to hear a good clip because of all the screaming. I’ll round some other tunes up and be back later.
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