Tonite Let's All Make Love In London

• Director: Peter Whitehead
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• Genre: Music
• Movie Type: Concerts
• Release Year: 1967
• Country: UK
• Run Time: 70 minutes

Plot

Peter Whitehead's 1967 documentary of London scene in the swinging-60's is a visual treat for Mod enthusiasts everywhere. Featuring a who's-who of the scene, Tonight Let's All Make Love In London is a visual patchwork of 60's culture, seen through the eyes of the people leading it. Mick Jagger, Michael Caine, Vanessa Redgrave, Allen Ginsberg, and Julie Christie are all here, alongside counter-culture artists and other musicians who helped shape their generation and future ones to come. Most of the musical content comes in the form of extremely rare concert footage and inside studio recording sessions, while other segments include candid interviews, strange political demonstration footage, and even a segment on the radical art of body painting! Yes, politics and sex are on the palette here as the psychedelic soundtrack from a very young Pink Floyd, swirls and pushes the film on towards the climax of it's brisk 70 minute running time. Languishing in distribution limbo for too long, Tonight Let's All Make Love In London is a fitting testimonial to the changing times in the mid-60's and one that should be able to live on in the years to come for the young and old to look back on and enjoy. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide

Review

Some would say Tonite Let's All Make Love In London is worth it simply for the rare musical performances captured from a time long gone by. For starters, the Rolling Stones footage is fantastic -- echoing a past of mass teenage hysteria while filmed in stark black and white photography that gives it a grand feeling and leaving one wanting more. Other enthusiasts would argue that the extremely rare Syd Barrett footage with Pink Floyd and their soundtrack automatically makes Tonite a collector's item and one to hunt down for that fact alone. If you add in the early footage of Eric Burden and The Small Faces, this film speaks for itself on its importance and worth within the music community. What's interesting though is what Peter Whitehead decided to pepper the rest of the film with -- Lee Marvin hilariously discussing the advent of mini-skirts, Mick Jagger in a very long,candid and personal rant about the philosophy of the British government, and who can forget Vanessa Redgrave's eerie (and seemingly drugged-up) protest where she sings songs in support of Fidel Castro? Add in a young and dashing Michael Caine into the mix and some fantastic dolly-girl footage and Tonite becomes a blazing testament to the coolness of London at this time. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide

Cast

The Animals; Michael Caine; Julie Christie; David Hockney; Lee Marvin; Edna O'Brien; Pink Floyd; Vanessa Redgrave; The Rolling Stones; The Small Faces

Credit

Peter Whitehead - Director

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