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- BFI identifier40069
- Date1968 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisA collage of the Rolling Stones rehearsing 'Sympathy for the Devil' in the studio as they compose material for their forthcoming 'Beggar's Banquet' album, combined with Godard's sequences and abstract fictional vignettes of revolutionary political activism. The film also features Black Power revolutionaries and a TV interview with one Eve Democracy about the relationship between culture and revolution. (Synopsis) "Chapters" (corresponding to film reels): The Stones Rolling Outside Black Novel Sight and Sound All About Eve Hi Fiction Science The Heart of Occident 1 Plus 1 Makes 2 Inside Black Syntax Changes in Sociaty (sic.) Under the Stones The Beach (Shotlist)
- Work historyFilmed as One Plus One; title changed against Godard's wish. The complete Rolling Stones number with which the film ends was also added by the producers without Godard's approval.
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- CreditsDirected by: Jean-Luc Godard
Production Company/Presents: Cupid Productions
Executive Producer: Eleni Collard
view all - CastThe Rolling Stones
Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones [Are:])
Keith Richard (The Rolling Stones [Are:])
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Title
Sympathy for the Devil (Original)
One plus One (Alternative)
1 plus 1 (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/0C36-82DB-99D6-DE87-BF3F-RCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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35mm Colour Positive - Polyester - Combined - Viewing
16mm Colour Positive - CTA - Combined - Viewing
VHS cassette - Video - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsOne Plus One - Contains unit list for 'One Plus One' (later titled 'Sympathy for the Devil' without Godard's consent). Valerie worked on the film as Continuity Supervisor. [Directed by Jean-Luc Godard] - VBO-6
view all - StillsPhotograph: digital - Portrait - Colour - bfi-00n-hky
Photograph: digital - Portrait - Colour - bfi-00n-hkx
Photograph: digital - Portrait - Colour - bfi-00n-hkw
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-4fj
Photograph: publicity - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00n-hub
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Work - 40069 - 1968 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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