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The Rolling Stones: Cocksucker Blues

1972 · 1h 33m · N/A Documentary, Music
Directed by Robert Frank

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This fly-on-the-wall documentary follows the Rolling Stones on their 1972 North American Tour, their first return to the States since the tragedy at Altamont.

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Rotten

Nonfans will be bored stiff, and even true believers may find the last half hour interminable, but the film's real distinction may be its willingness to be dull.

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh

A fascinating, often chilling look at the rock star apparatus at its most grotesque and banal.

Manohla Dargis, New York Times
Rotten

There are also some well composed and shot concert sequences, but what the film does best is present a picture of the mini-society that attached itself to the group at its peak. A pretty dismal society it is, too.

Time Out

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