The focus of Gimme Shelter is, of course, the Altamont concert, but what have lingered with me are the film's smaller, closer sadnessesIt had been a while since I had seen Gimme Shelter, the 1970 documentary directed by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin that follows the Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour, from Madison Square Garden through hotel rooms and photo shoots, attorneys' offices and recording studios, culminating in the ill-fated Altamont Free Concert in northern California. Along...
Guardian Music — The focus of Gimme Shelter is, of course, the Altamont concert, but what have lingered with me are the film's smaller, closer sadnessesIt had been a while since I had see... more info