Jim Jarmusch helms a ramshackle but persuasive documentary looking at the history and legacy of the Stooges.
Very entertaining, but not especially probing.
Jim Jarmusch’s film about Iggy Pop and the Stooges has all the familiar ingredients but Jarmusch is an accomplished enough director to move the material onto another plane.
This documentary portrait of a great musical maverick is a terrific, terrifying blast of unwholesome rock’n’roll excitement.
Iggy’s memories are the best thing about Gimme Danger, a documentary salute to the glory days of The Stooges and their influence on subsequent generations of US bands.
The Stooges’ story is a natural fit for the silver screen. Unfortunately, superfan Jim Jarmusch’s love letter to them does not quite do it justice.
Iggy Pop remembers his glory days in this high-energy documentary from Jim Jarmusch.
Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow from Friday November 18, 2016, until Thursday November 24, 2016. More info: http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/
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