Fascinating to watch, if only for the disconnect from reality a lot of the people seem to have, and not just when they're stoned. The editing, which frames the movie as them looking back on the events leading up to the stabbing, helps this stand out as more than just a concert film. Even so, the pacing isn't always even and it just feels like there should be some thing more to the film.

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Surprisingly not engaging for a movie with an on-camera knife slaying (yes, it's real)

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This is not only a great concert film and not only a great documentary, but also a great thriller. The violence and threat of more violence keeps building until Mick Jagger comes face to face with a potential catastrophe. Jagger's shocked reaction while watching the film shows us he has just realized what we all now know, that this film documents the moment of death for the "peace and love" '60s.

Nice and raspy. The scene at the end of Mick Jagger walking out of the producer's film looking numb with shock and devastated says it all. A companion piece to The Isle of Wight Concert film; a double death-knell to the '60's.

Fear and loathing of documentary cinema. I love that there are no voice-over explanations and notes. Absolute classic. In the last couple of minutes, the age of Aquarius dies ...

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A fascinating document of my all-time favorite musical act and the buildup to the explosive and notorious Altamont Free Concert. If there's any frontman in the history of rock who is perfectly suited as a charismatic leading man, it's Mick Jagger - his on-stage behavior is simultaneously ridiculous and captivating, and the movie runs with it, devoting most of the camera's attention to him. The concert at the end is truly harrowing to witness.

A fascinating document and an interesting situation to ponder. The Stones' performances are a bit disappointing... very sloppy, and not in any kind of endearing way. Mick's swagger and strut are alternately captivating and ridiculous. I would have liked to see more of the other acts, as well.

The performances by the Stones themselves are fascinating enough to watch (and an incredible song by Tina Turner doesn't hurt either!). Building to Altamont, the fans are depicted as genuinely ridiculous; and by the end, as you watch the hippies leave Altamont, you genuinely believe you are seeing the end of the era of the Flower People. A slice in time, as a good doc should be.

One of the most terrifying films (Documentary or otherwise) I've ever seen.

Magnificent. *The Maysles brothers and Charlotte Zwerin did a true masterpiece. Not only is this a captivating concert film but also the growing terror at the Altamont concert holds you enthralled.

More effective as a slow-burn thriller or horror movie than a concert film, even when you know what's coming. The MSG footage is absolutely necessary to give this any sense of narrative -- showing the charismatic, larger-than-life Jagger captivating the audience, in perfect contrast to the lost young man at the end of the film staring hopelessly into a sea of humanity, weakly pleading with the Altamont crowd to "get it together."

The Altamont concert is definitely the most interesting part of the film, and it knows it.

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Some parts were quite fascinating. Others put me to sleep. The concert footage itself is something to see.

Almost great, but diminished by the Maysles' perceived need to use arbitrary footage from the NY concert as padding for the first half of the movie.

The cinematography told this brilliant story. Every scene and reaction was timed perfectly and fit the flow of this documentary. It ultimately unveils what a terrible idea this show was from the very start even though everyone had the best intentions in mind.

The first half is a bit of a yawner, but once the money-men get the go-ahead for the free Altamont show, it's absolutely fascinating...the concert scenes resonate with tension and danger and the filmmakers did a GREAT job of conveying that.

A provocative look at an out-of-control situation.

You see a guy get stabbed, and then Mick Jagger pretending to care. The concert footage surprisingly isn't that great.

This is a documentary. This stuff actually HAPPENED.

Terrible concert audio but shows some of the early, and much younger, Rolling Stones in action. Very Scary at the end.

The Maysles' discreetly noncommittal coverage of the Rolling Stones tour that culminated in a fatal stabbing at the Altamont free concert. The moviemakers adopt the safe, aloof role of johnny-on-the-spot reporters, and refuse to implicate themselves in the events beyond that. In doing so, they haven't exactly put all their cards on the table. Their cameras never catch as much as you'd like to see, but they catch enough to qualify this as a worthwhile, if sketchy, cultural document on the Stones

Not a huge Stones fan, but this was incredible.

Interseting documentary about a good idea gone horribly wrong & ending in a murder caught on film;Oh bye the way it's all true;good 60's music in particular if you're a Rolling Stones fan