Gimme Danger

Aug 5, 2016

1h 48m

★ 6.8

Long live The Stooges!

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

Low Mind Films

New Element Media

Gimme Danger Trailers

Cast

Self

Iggy Pop

Self

Scott Asheton

Self

James Williamson

Self

Dave Alexander

Self

Steve Mackay

Self

Mike Watt

Self

Danny Fields

Self

Kathy Asheton

Self (voice)

Jim Jarmusch

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