Shine a Light

After exploring the careers of the Band and Bob Dylan in The Last Waltz and No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, respectively, acclaimed director Martin Scorsese turns his lens on rock & roll legends the Rolling Stones for this feature focusing on two concerts from the band's 2006 A Bigger Bang tour. In ...more

"We cannot burn Mick Jagger," exclaims an understandably nervous Martin Scorsese at the beginning of Shine a Light, the legendary director's latest masterpiece. He's got every reason to be anxious. For starters, a member of his production team just told him the stage lights are too hot and could toast Mick. That wouldn't be good. Another source of Marty's anxiety comes from the fact that even though he's filming the show for a major motion picture, The Rolling Stones won't reveal their set list ...more

The Rolling Stones are no strangers to celluloid. Their celebrated, occasionally infamous career has been saved for posterity every step of the way by some of the most formidable filmmakers of all time. Jean-Luc Godard, Hal Ashby, and the Maysles all offered up their take on the danger, the swagger, the damage, and the glory of the World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band. While each of those filmmakers did something unique and memorable, it took Martin Scorsese to figure out how to make a film about ...more