Anita Pallenberg: Stones Goddess

When I created this webpage in tribute to the beautiful, mysterious, dangerous, powerful personality/actress Anita Pallenberg there was a reason - I could not find a website dedicated to her. That was in January 2000. Since that time several web sites in Anita's honor have popped up on the web; they are very well done sites which I link to in my links section below. I'm so pleased to see how Anita's presence on the web has grown in just the last few years. As a rock 'n roll icon Anita is still gaining fans of all ages.

Anita Pallenberg has been one of my rock 'n roll icons since I became a Rolling Stones fan. I discovered the Rolling Stones and their myth when I rented the movie Performance in the summer of 1993. I was utterly blown away by the imagery and psychology of that utterly hip and profoundly revolutionary movie. It led me to a fascination with the music and the lifestyles of the Rolling Stones. Anita Pallenberg was my ideal image of rock 'n roll when I saw her as Pherber in "Performance" - messy blond hair, witchy and bohemian, incredible charisma, daring to break all of society's codes.

When I read up on the Stones I was interested to read that she was considered a sixth member of the Stones because of her influence on both Brian Jones and Keith Richards and her relationship with the band. Anita was as much a part of the legend of the Stones as the band members themselves. Since Keith Richards is my favorite Stone I was even more intrigued by Anita since she was Keith's girlfriend for many years and they had two children together . I soon found out through my research that I had seen Anita long before I became a Stones fanatic. She played the Black Queen in "Barbarella" which I had first seen when I was in my teens watching TV one afternoon. The scene that I remembered most from the movie was when Jane Fonda's character Barbarella first encounters the Black Queen and is baffled by the Black Queen's advances as she calls her "my pretty pretty." Definitely an memorable entrance!

Through a wonderful Anita admirer in Italy (thank you wherever you are now!) I acquired copies of Anita's rare films "Dillinger is Dead" and "A Degree of Murder" (for which Brian Jones composed the soundtrack). I still need to get her film "Michael Kohlhass" on video (if anyone knows where I can find these PLEASE email me!

Duran Duran, whose name was taken from the mad scientist character in "Barbarella", used the movie clip of Anita as the Black Queen in their video for their 1985 hit "Wild Boys". And in their 1998 dance hit "Electric Barbarella" Duran Duran has a line in the song where Simon le Bon sings "pretty pretty Barbarella" in tribute to Anita's line from the movie "Barbarella".

I have a discussion list at Yahoo Groups that's a forum of fans of Anita Pallenberg, Marianne Faithfull and Angie Bowie and other women from the heydey of rock 'n roll. From a humble beginning several years ago it's grown into an active discussion group with over 100 members. It's called LadyStardust and a link to it is included on my page below if you are interested in joining the stardust discussions!

Below are my reviews of Anita's films and some weblinks related to Anita Pallenberg. I would love to hear from other fans!!! And I would love to trade for any of the rare video that is out there on this phenomenal woman!!

Performance(1970) VHS

The film that turned me into a Stones fan. There's really no way to explain this movie if you haven't seen it. You just have to watch it for yourself. It's a part of Rolling Stones history. It's a classic. There's a documentary about director Donald Cammell called "The Ultimate Performance" that is very interesting and adds a lot to the understanding of the film. Sometimes co-director Nicolas Roeg gets full credit for "Performance" when in fact it was Donald Cammell's vision. "The Ultimate Performance" has some interviews with Mick Jagger and James Fox (still a very handsome man, gracious, funny and full of good stories about how the experience of filming "Performance" changed his life.)
Performance Gallery

Dillinger is Dead

Strange movie. Kind of a stupid movie actually. It's Italian, bizarre, nonsensical, and rather dull. Anita has hardly anything to do. She lounges around in bed for a few scenes and then we see a flashback to her on a merry-go-round which is cute and that's about it!
Available at Vamp Video

Anita Pallenberg Web Links

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