Scott Walker, David Bowie, Sting, Damon Albarn, Dot Allison ...( see more  see more... ) , Marc Almond , David Bates , Ed Bicknell

Interview with reclusive musician Scott Walker as well as the groups who've been influenced by Walker's work including David Bowie, Sting, Franz Ferdinand and Radiohead.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.

Directed by: Stephen Kijak

Release Date: October 31, 2006

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DVD Release Date: December 1, 2007

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  • October 2, 2009
    a fascinating look at the reclusive musician, who rose from boy band pop icon of the 60's to a truly avant garde artist. not as well known as he should be, especially in his native america (not that he cares), his influence can be heard from bowie to the the smiths to radiohead ...( read more)and beyond. his dramatic baritone voice, painting extraordinary images with abstract poetry, sounds like nobody else. i hadn't heard of him til fairly recently, my bad, but i certainly admire his courageous creative spirit and loyalty to his unique muse. and i'm acquiring a taste for his music too. he's still recording, every 10 years or so, most recently the drift in 2006.
  • March 25, 2008
    Good as it was, after watching Scorsese's Dylan movie, "No Direction Home", I didn't feel like I knew its enigmatic subject any better than I did beforehand, but this superb documentary about Scott Walker is surprisingly revealing. If he weren't American by birth, Walker could ea...( read more)sily be the archetypal wilfully eccentric Englishman, ploughing his own lonely furrow. Though littered with insightful contributions from Walker's peers, whose diversity reflects the visionary trail blazed from his boy-band roots, what makes the film are the candid interviews with the man himself. For all the genuine demystification, Scott Walker remains just as fascinating an artist at the close: an uncompromising perfectionist, riddled with insecurity. There are a couple of unintentionally funny glimpses of Walker at work in the studio though, which are reminiscent of Reeves and Mortimer's Mulligan and O'Hare at their most avant garde. I caught this again on TV recently and I am sure it had been re-edited, with a couple of bits taken out.
  • October 7, 2008
    A great career charting documentary with a fantastic insight into the recording process behind 2006's The Drift. The genius of Scott Walker should be discovered by all.
  • March 11, 2008
    great a complete overview of Scotts back catologue it was also recently shown on BBC 4 look out for a repeat
  • April 30, 2007
    A fascinating portrait of a man who should be a lot more famous than he is. Scott Walker has influenced many, many compemporary rock stars, from Sting to David Bowie, and has lead a very interesting life. Track this one down if you can!

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