Tracing the undeniable impact scott walker has had on popular music, we explore his fascinating trajectory. Tracing the undeniable impact scott walker has had on popular music through. Fellow musicians from radiohead to david bowie explain his importance, while walker recounts his career, from his. The film is 30 century man and the subject is scott walker. This documentary examines his career, from briefly popular teen idol to increasingly eccentric solo artist, including footage of the recording of his 2006 album the drift.
About those people who advertise that they will put you in deep freeze, suspend life, and bring you back in the future. Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the stephen kijakdirected movie via subscription can be. Reclusive musician scott walker first became famous as a member of the 1960s trio the walker brothers. See the dwarves and see the giants which one would you choose to be. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Scott walker, a superstar in britains 1960s pop scene as lead singer of the. Oct 14, 2011 our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Interview with reclusive musician scott walker as well as the groups whove. Find out where to watch, buy, and rent scott walker. It is directed and coproduced by stephen kijak, with grant gee serving as director of photography. The bbc is not responsible for the content of external websites.
It charts walkers career in music, with a focus on his songwriting, and features exclusive footage of recording sessions for his most recent album, the drift. A former 60s pop icon widely held as a musical genius, the late scott walker s influence is brilliantly charted in a series of interviews with british musics great and good including brian eno, damon albarn and alison goldfrapp. On the one hand, it serves as an homage and relatively clearheaded look at a tumultuous recording and performing career that has lasted for nearly half a century. For listeners who find any part of walkers musical evolution hard to follow be it is poppy past or his cutting edge present the next 90 minutes provide the context that makes it. The longawaited film about the most influential and enigmatic figure in rock history. Marc almond,brian eno,radiohead and johny marr and others on scott walker. Scott walker 30 century man dvd 2007 in my younger days scott walker was my idol, i was hesitant about buying this dvd as i thought it might be better to remember him as he was. A documentary on the influential musician scott walker.
Apr 27, 2007 scott walker 30 century man investigates the career of one of the most enigmatic musical icons of the last hundred years. At the opera plaza in san francisco and shattuck cinemas in berkeley. I decided to order it and put it in my basked and saved till later in case i changed my mind, i finally ordered it but delayed watching it for the same reasons as. The film also boasts a rare and candid interview with walker himself among the talking heads, as well as exclusive footage of him recording in the studio. Of particular note are the stories and impressions shared by brian eno, jarvis cocker, and richard hawley, as well as a good section with neal hannon of the divine comedy, whom i don.
Tracing the undeniable impact scott walker has had on popular music through casual interviews with some of his biggest, highest profile fans, we explore his fascinating trajectory. A former 60s pop icon widely held as a musical genius, the late scott walkers influence is brilliantly charted in a series of interviews with british musics great and good including brian eno, damon albarn and alison goldfrapp. The late scott walker was an unknown quantity to me until fairly recently, but i liked what i heard of his early recordings with the walker brothers and his first four solo albums. I discovered scott walkers music through the movie truly. Scott walker is an american composer and poet original name noel scott engel who has lived in england for many years. Originally he was a handsome sixties pop star who sang with the group the walker brothers in a warm, sepulchral baritone as eddie cockrell puts it in variety that made young girls scream and, in england, was more popular than the beatles. Scott has consented to a lengthy interview for the film. Good as it was, after watching scorseses dylan movie, no direction home. Noel scott engel started his musical career as part of an american mop top band which broke big in england, yet pretty much was ignored elsewhere. This documentary examines his career, from briefly popular teen idol to increasingly. Jul 23, 2017 scott walker, 30th century man, proms 15 revolution will not be televised with anonymous. He wasnt superprolific only five full albums from 1974 until he. This is the question thats repeatedly asked of walker, as well as the question that is approximately answered in scott walker.
Watch scott walker 30 century man stream full movies. The film gets its title from the scott 3 song 30 century man. Once upon a time in the 1960s, three typical tall, skinny sunset strip denizens with long hair and bangs past their eyebrows plus failed c. Director steven kijak explores walkers music and career, from his early days as a jobbing bass player on the sunset strip, to heartthrob megastardom in britains swinging 60s pop scene, and finally to his scott walker. Our new desktop experience was built to be your music destination. Apr 27, 2007 the film begins by teasing viewers with the historically reclusive nature of the man ever since he gave up public performance some time in the seventies. Scott walker 30 century man is a rare glimpse into the creative world of the most enigmatic figure in rock history, tracing the undeniable impact he has had on popular music through casual interviews with some of his biggest, highest profile fans. From teen idol, to shadowy recluse, to avant garde genius. The film explores his music and career, from his early days as a jobbing.
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