Sympathy For The Devil DVD

Jean-Luc Godard’s film Sympathy For the Devil, originally titled 1 Plus 1, uses the leitmotif of The Rolling Stones at work on the song at the original 1968 recording sessions at London’s Olympic Studios. The film is both a documentary of the band’s creative process and a narrative of revolutionary thought and action. The film, Godard’s first English language feature, was originally released in 1968 at the culmination of a year of political and social upheaval throughout the western world. As the band – augmented by Nicky Hopkins, Rocky Dijon, Marianne Faithfull and Anita Pallenberg — work to nail down the definitive version of the song, the film’s plot casts a jaundiced eye on U.S. politics as viewed through the prism of the counter culture and Black Power movement. The film is revolutionary both in terms of the themes covered as well as the precedent breaking way Godard constructed it. Bonus features include the original 1 Plus 1 trailer, as well as a new video clip directed by British filmmaker Alex Derakoff and set to the recent remix of the track by The Neptunes.