SHINE A LIGHT

(Paramount Vantage)
Runtime: 122 min

Scorsese and The Stones, a magical combination on the screen and on your ears. Martin Scorsese documenting two 2006 performances that took place during The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang tour, this is also the first documentary features which open this year's Berlin International Film Festival. Intercut with archival footage of their career, their performance are awesome as ever. It is clear that this documentary was meant for hard core Stones fans, since there are no song title appeared whatsoever, but unless you live in a cave for the past 50 years or holed up in Paris Hilton's basement listening to her so-called album, anyone from both side of the equator can distinguish between "Jumping Jack Flash" and "I Can't Get No Satisfaction".

The lensing and camera movement are vibrant, it can capture Mick Jagger's theatrical performance and eccentricity of Keith Richard, mind you, tracking shot is Scorsese's trademark and he also employs nine Academy Award winning and nominated cinematographer. Not only that, with Bill Clinton and added performance of Christina Aguilera, Jack White, and Buddy Guy, this is may be the most intimate documentary ever made.

For a band whose age qualified to retire and enjoy their success, kudos for their infinite passion for music and performance which shaped our culture. With this documentary, fans (and you) can get ultimate satisfaction.

For those who wonders about the song title, here's the performance list in chronological order:
1. Jumpin' Jack Flash
2. Shattered
3. She Was Hot
4. All Down the Line
5. Loving Cup - with Jack White
6. As Tears Go By (Jagger/Richards/Oldham)
7. Some Girls
8. Just My Imagination (Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong)
9. Far Away Eyes
10. Champagne & Reefer (Muddy Waters) - with Buddy Guy
11. Tumbling Dice
12. You Got the Silver - lead vocal by Keith Richards
13. Connection (incomplete/cut with 1999 interview clips) - lead vocal by Keith Richards
14. Sympathy for the Devil
15. Live with Me - with Christina Aguilera
16. Start Me Up
17. Brown Sugar
18. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
19. Shine a Light (incomplete; audio only)