Special Series: Month of Maysles
In honor of recently passed cinema giant and documentary pioneer Albert Maysles, FilmScene proudly presents "Month of Maysles," a month-long Maysles series on the big screen.
The four selected films comprise a snapshot of a remarkable career: his direct cinema landmark, SALESMAN; the incredible portrait of a moment, GIMME SHELTER; the master portrait of GREY GARDENS; and Maysles' most recent film, IRIS.
This is a filmmaker you must know if you don't and who commands greater appreciation from all who do. Buy a SERIES PASS and get intimate with a legend of cinema!
GIMME SHELTER
"One of the most powerful films ever made. I can only implore you to see it." -Morning Telegraph
"Vivid, scary, revealing, hypertense." -Playboy
"There’s no way to escape the image on the screen, nor deny its truth...It's a lot harder than it looks to make a film as good as this one." -Rolling Stone
"A stunning film, a sensational piece of filmmaking." -Hollywood Reporter
The landmark documentary about the tragically ill-fated Rolling Stones free concert at Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969. Only four months earlier, Woodstock defined the Love Generation; now it lay in ruins on a desolate racetrack six miles outside of San Francisco.
Before an estimated crowd of 300,000 people, the Stones headlined a free concert featuring Tina Turner, Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers and others. Concerned about security, members of outlaw biker gang The Hell's Angels were asked to help maintain order. Instead, an atmosphere of fear and dread arose, leading ultimately to the stabbing death of a fan. What began as a flower-power love-in had degenerated into a near riot; frightened, confused faces wondering how the Love Generation could, in one swift, cold-blooded slash, became a generation of disillusionment and disappointment.
December 6, 1969: the day the Sixties died.