So usually... I'm not very excited about watching documentaries, but this one was definitely an exception. I really did enjoy Gimme Shelter. Its amazing how the film makers were able to create a movie that was both informative and dramatic. It was able to capture the culture at the time... the fashion, the hairstyle... and the drugs. But on top of that, they revealed the ugly side of human nature.
They set out to record an awesome concert and got so much more. The late 60's were about love and peace and the goodness in all men, and the bands of that time fully believed in that philosophy. Hence the Rolling Stone's effort to throw a free concert... and the events that unfolded at that concert revealed just the opposite in people. Its crazy that the film makers of Gimme Shelter were able to get the chaos of the concert for the whole nation to see. There film marked the end of that generation. For a film to have that much power... is exceptional.
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