“That chance meeting with Brian Jones on the train has stayed with me, not least because, back then, he seemed to have everything going for him. “I’ve always wanted to do a film about the 60s, which were my formative period,” says Broomfield. The Rolling Stones in 1964, left to right: Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman, Brian Jones, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts. ![]() The narrative unfolds slowly in an evocative, mesmerising and sometimes heartrending interweaving of first-hand testimony and rich archive footage: a portrayal of a gilded time of astonishing creativity, but also of self-destructiveness and inevitable tragedy. Unlike many of his previous documentaries, in which he appears onscreen as a character in the unfolding story, Broomfield is present here only as interviewer and in a voiceover. The tumultuous seven-year period that Jones spent as a Rolling Stone, as well as the troubled childhood and adolescence that preceded them, are explored in depth in Broomfield’s latest film, The Stones and Brian Jones. The coroner’s report concluded that it was “death by misadventure”, and noted that his liver and heart were greatly enlarged by sustained drug and alcohol consumption. Just six years after their encounter on the Cheltenham train, though, on 3 July 1969, Brian Jones was found dead in the swimming pool of his home, Cotchford Farm, in rural Sussex. Send us feedback about these examples.In the subsequent TV interviews and press conferences that attended the rapid ascendancy of the Rolling Stones, Broomfield’s fleeting impression of the musician was borne out, as he engaged effortlessly with the media, coming across as the most pleasant and articulate band member. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'pantheon.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2023 Blinken, 60, is unique in the recent pantheon of secretaries of state. (at twenty-four) cemented a pantheon that endures to this day, their images adorning murals, Web sites, and T-shirts, in a kind of Che Guevara-esque cult of the iconically dead. 2023 In the nineteen-nineties, the violent deaths of Tupac Shakur (at twenty-five) and the Notorious B.I.G. 2023 This noble performance deserves to be placed alongside the finest in the legendary pantheon of Bruins basketball … Julian Strawther’s 32-foot dagger notwithstanding. 2023 With Phase 4, the studio introduced a new pantheon of heroes and villains, including Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Eternals, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. John Mariani, Forbes, In the pantheon of greatness in music, Joni reigns supreme. Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, Whether or not a restaurant like Jean-George is a work of art becomes moot if it is placed in the same pantheon as a lechonera, taqueria or pizzeria. ![]() Brian Seibert, New York Times, But on the eve of the 149th Kentucky Derby, the winner of the 99th is as secure as ever in his place atop the pantheon. Recent Examples on the Web But the intention of the production, directed and restaged by Wayne Cilento, was explicitly to claim Fosse for the pantheon of pure dance geniuses like Robbins, as if storytelling were an impurity.
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