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Sympathy for the Devil (1968)

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100 min | Documentary, Music

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Godard's documentation of late 1960s Western counter-culture, examining the Black Panthers, referring to works by LeRoi Jones and Eldridge Cleaver. Other notable subjects are the role of news media, the mediated image, a growing ...See moreGodard's documentation of late 1960s Western counter-culture, examining the Black Panthers, referring to works by LeRoi Jones and Eldridge Cleaver. Other notable subjects are the role of news media, the mediated image, a growing technocratic society, women's liberation, the May revolt in France and the power of language. Cutting between three major scenes, including the Rolling Stones in the studio, the film is visually intercut with Eve Democracy (Wiazemsky) using graffiti which amalgamates organisations, corporations and ideologies. Godard also examines the role of the revolutionary within Western culture. Although he believes Western culture needs to be destroyed, it can only be done so by the rejection of intellectualisation. "There is only one way to be an intellectual revolutionary, and that is to give up being an intellectual" Written by See less

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36 cast members

Name	STARmeter	Known for
Sean Lynch Commentary (voice) Commentary (voice) See fewer	Members only	The Adventures of Ben Gunn (1958)
Mick Jagger Himself - The Rolling Stones Himself - The Rolling Stones See fewer	Members only	Alfie (2004)
Brian Jones Himself - The Rolling Stones Himself - The Rolling Stones See fewer	Members only	Degree of Murder (1967)
Keith Richards Himself - The Rolling Stones (as Keith Richard) Himself - The Rolling Stones (as Keith Richard) See fewer	Members only	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Charlie Watts Himself - The Rolling Stones Himself - The Rolling Stones See fewer	Members only	Blue Ice (1992)
Bill Wyman Himself - The Rolling Stones Himself - The Rolling Stones See fewer	Members only	Opera (1987)
Anne Wiazemsky Eve Democracy Eve Democracy See fewer	Members only	Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
Iain Quarrier Fascist porno book seller Fascist porno book seller See fewer	Members only	The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
Frankie Dymon Black power militant (as Frankie Dymon Jnr.) Black power militant (as Frankie Dymon Jnr.) See fewer	Members only	Death May Be Your Santa Claus (1969)
Danny Daniels Black power militant Black power militant See fewer	Members only	Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
Ilario Bisi-Pedro Actor Actor See fewer	Members only	Kinky Boots (2005)
Roy Stewart Black power militant Black power militant See fewer	Members only	Live and Let Die (1973)
Linbert Spencer Actor Actor See fewer	Members only	The Champions (1968)
Tommy Ansah Actor (as Tommy Ansar) Actor (as Tommy Ansar) See fewer	Members only	The Bushbaby (1969)
Michael McKay Actor Actor See fewer	Members only	Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
Rudi Patterson Actor Actor See fewer	Members only	Two a Penny (1967)
Mark Matthew Actor Actor See fewer	Members only	Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
Karl Lewis Actor Actor See fewer	Members only	Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
Bernard Boston Actor Actor See fewer	Members only	The Revolutionary (1970)
Nike Arrighi Actress Actress See fewer	Members only	The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Françoise Pascal Actress Actress See fewer	Members only	Mind Your Language (1977)
Joanna David Actress Actress See fewer	Members only	You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
Monica Walters Actress Actress See fewer	Members only	Hine (1971)
Glenna Forster-Jones Interviewer in wrecker's yard Interviewer in wrecker's yard See fewer	Members only	Flash Gordon (1980)
Elizabeth Long Actress Actress See fewer	Members only	The Worker (1965)
Jeannette Wild Actress Actress See fewer	Members only	Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)
Harry Douglas Actor Actor See fewer	Members only	Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
Colin Cunningham Actor Actor See fewer	Members only	Emma (1972)
Graham Peet Actor Actor See fewer	Members only	Out of Order (1987)
Matthew Knox Actor Actor See fewer	Members only	Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
Barbara Coleridge Actress Actress See fewer	Members only	Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
Marianne Faithfull Herself - backing singer (uncredited) Herself - backing singer (uncredited) See fewer	Members only	Marie Antoinette (2006)
James Fox Himself (uncredited) Himself (uncredited) See fewer	Members only	Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Nicky Hopkins Himself (piano / organ) (uncredited) Himself (piano / organ) (uncredited) See fewer	Members only	Tommy (1975)
Clifton Jones Black power militant (uncredited) Black power militant (uncredited) See fewer	Members only	Watership Down (1978)
Anita Pallenberg Herself - backing singer (uncredited) Herself - backing singer (uncredited) See fewer	Members only	Barbarella (1968)