Subscribe RSSCANNES, France — The smoky whiff of rock 'n' roll nostalgia hangs in the air at Cannes, where films about The Rolling Stones and other stars demonstrate music one of the movie festival's most bankable commodities.
British rocker Mick Jagger strutted into hamlet Wednesday to plug "Stones in Exile", a new documentary based on archive footage of the recording of the band's enduring album "Exile On Main Street" in 1971.
Meanwhile US director Martin Scorsese, who appeared on the red carpet here last week, is making a cloud about the late Beatles guitarist George Harrison, top movie magazine Screen reported.
The film is "a travail of love", it quoted the 67-year-old director as saying. "I've been a great admirer of his music for years, I was interested in the voyage that he took as an artist.
Scorsese's portray will use old footage plus interviews with band members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the report said -- the same formulary used by the Stones film.
"The intoxicating blend of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll never spoils, particularly if it's of an early '70s generation," wrote film industry reporter Steve Chagollan in Variety magazine, referring to the Stones shoot.
