UNITED STATES | 93 minutes | 1972

Made after the release of the Rolling Stones album Exile on Main Street, whose cover Frank helped design. The band kept Cocksucker Blues out of circulation for decades: until recently, it could only be shown with the director present, a few times a year. The ostensible reason for the near-ban was the film’s orgy scenes (including one on a plane) and depiction of backstage drug use. But maybe the real problem was that the film shone a bright, unsentimental light on an ultra-popular band at the peak of its success, hanging around hotels and airports between concerts.

Preceded by Super 8 : Exile on Main S

Programs

Friday October 9, 2015

Program #56
19:00
Cinémathèque - Salle Claude Jutra

As part of COCKSUCKER BLUES

Friday October 16, 2015

Program #268
21:00
Cinémathèque - Salle Claude Jutra

As part of COCKSUCKER BLUES

Robert Frank

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