Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
No other band in rock'n'roll history has rivaled The Stooges' combination of heavy primal throb, spiked psychedelia, blues-a-billy grind, complete with succinct angst-ridden lyrics, and a snarling, preening leopard of a frontman who somehow embodies Nijinsky, Bruce Lee, Harpo Marx, and Arthur Rimbaud all rolled into one. There is no precedent for The Stooges, while those inspired by them are now legion. The film will present the context of their emergence musically, culturally, politically, historically, and relate their adventures and misadventures while charting their inspirations and the reasons behind their initial commercial challenges, as well as their long-lasting legacy.
- rock 'n' roll
- punk rock
- rock band
- detroit
- michigan
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Dave Alexander — Self
- Steve Mackay — Self
- Mike Watt — Self
- Danny Fields — Self
- Kathy Asheton — Self
- Jim Jarmusch — Self (voice)
- Nico — archive footage
- David Bowie — archive footage
- John Cale
- Wayne Kramer
- John Sinclair
- Directed
- Jim Jarmusch
- Written
- Jim Jarmusch
Production
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 147 ratings
- Studio
- Low Mind Films, New Element Media
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
