As the critics and audience will tell you, they still had plenty of integrity during rock's early years, so this in-depth documentary on. Of course, that's just what you'd think from looking at the title and time of release of The Rolling Stone's "Gimme Shelter". Well, it would appear as though they have, for decades, exploited musicians at a height in their popularity to attract moviegoers to slam-bang music documentaries, as well as to remind them of the muscians in question's latest single, by making that single the title of the film. The problem is that the implications are much more complicated, and the majority of future consequences seldom can be known. Now, decades later the message is still reverberating inside everyone's conscience it has just to be heard and understood. The 60s were a brutal decade of loss of innocence and perhaps there was already enough turmoil for people to endure, and the new goal was to try to make audiences go to sleep every night more easily. It's interesting to point out that the Altamont concert wasn't as famous as Woodstock was immediately around the world, contrary to public claimings. Religious idolatry is a commonly known problem in the history of mankind, but it gets more serious when they can easily submit their souls to a singer and synchronized rock sounds, regardless of how groundbreaking they may be.
Real life will always be more disturbing than any fiction creation, and it is scary to know humanity as a monster when conglomerated in a mass and the irrational capacity people can allow themselves to have. Gimme Shelter is easily the finest rock documentary ever made, and it shows the ugly side of what can go wrong during a concert. Violent bikers are not a good idea for security and this film shows exactly that. The concert proved one thing, a lack of inexperienced security can ruin something as fun and memorable concert.
Gimme Shelter is a film experience that you won't forget, but be warned, this film is intense and the footage is real, all too real. But before Woodstock 99, there was Altamont. Only Woodstock 1999 would be just as bad, even worse. Altamont was a nightmare, disaster and utter chaos of that concert. I really loved the film, and I felt that it is an important picture that is brilliant, flawless in its execution and it shows something that you would normally never see. The concert goers didn't deserve to be treated as such, and it is truly a disturbing, yet necessary picture that is among the finest rock documentaries ever made. What should have been a fun day quickly turned into a nightmare. This is a concert that should have gone off without a hitch, but it didn't.
Here is a documentary take puts you right in the middle of the chaos and for that it is truly an outstanding piece of work. Brilliantly shot with camera work that is raw, gritty and in your face. The footage you see here is unlike anything you've ever seen. Throughout the concert, The Hell's Angels stabbed a concert goer who had a gun. The concert's security was The Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club, and they brutalized concert goers and members of various bands.
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Riveting, thought provoking, chaotic and above all unforgettable, Gimme Shelter is a flawless documentary about the tragic free concert at the Altamont Speedway on December 6th, 1969 that was held by The Rolling Stones.