While The Rolling Stones rehearse "Sympathy for the Devil" in the studio, an alternating narrative reflects on 1968 society, politics and culture through five different vignettes.
Direction
Godard at his most deliberately infuriating and brilliant.
Sound
The song evolves from skeletal sketch to Satanic masterpiece.
Editing
Savage cuts between Stones and guerrilla theater warfare.
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Godard literally tried to stop the film's commercial release, calling producer Iain Quarrier's final cut 'fascist' for making it watchable.
Brian Jones appears increasingly detached during rehearsals; this was his last completed project before drowning in 1969.
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