Comments on: Long Overdue: The Scott Walker Documentary ’30 Century Man’ In NYC Theaters This Weekend For One Week Only; DVD Hits Spring 2009 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/long-overdue-scott-walker-documentary-20081216/ Thu, 12 Aug 2021 01:29:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 By: paul rosenblatt https://staging2.theplaylist.net/long-overdue-scott-walker-documentary-20081216/#comment-24852 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:32:13 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=9190#comment-24852 I watched on Netflix last night and was completely absorbed by his story and his attitude about creativity and lack of desire for fame. The documentary is definitely worth seeing. Walker has apparently had an enormous influence on many of today's most progressive popular performers, so the attention is overdue. But, it seems like Walker has done everything he could to avoid the spotlight over the years. A unique voice and an even more unuusal songwriting approach. Watch it…

]]> By: rodrigoperez https://staging2.theplaylist.net/long-overdue-scott-walker-documentary-20081216/#comment-3272 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:11:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=9190#comment-3272 What Joan G said. It spans a lot of material from the Walker Brothers to the haunted operatic works of Tilt and the later periods.

]]> By: joan g. https://staging2.theplaylist.net/long-overdue-scott-walker-documentary-20081216/#comment-3271 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:21:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=9190#comment-3271 you mean ‘rope and the colt’ – um. no…and not greatest hits, really…it’s his whole songwriting evolution, lots and lots of his own work…even the amazing Ute Lemper tracks he wrote (he says they are the best songs he has ever written – zoinks.) i have a uk copy on dvd (just a bit OBSESSED) but i will see it as many times as humanly possible on the BIG SCREEN. Merry bloody Christmas to me.

]]> By: Anonymous https://staging2.theplaylist.net/long-overdue-scott-walker-documentary-20081216/#comment-3266 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:52:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=9190#comment-3266 What are we talking about in terms of music here? Is it a good representation of Walker’s ouvre (Walker Bros included), or does it apply more of “greatest hits” (odd as that may sound)?

More specifically, do they use “Hope and the Colt”, which is a sick song.

]]> By: cirkusfolk https://staging2.theplaylist.net/long-overdue-scott-walker-documentary-20081216/#comment-3264 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:36:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=9190#comment-3264 My bad. He was a cinematographer for it. Disregard.

]]> By: rodrigoperez https://staging2.theplaylist.net/long-overdue-scott-walker-documentary-20081216/#comment-3262 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:32:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=9190#comment-3262 No it’s not, it’s directed by Stephen Kijak.

]]> By: cirkusfolk https://staging2.theplaylist.net/long-overdue-scott-walker-documentary-20081216/#comment-3261 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:27:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=9190#comment-3261 You forgot to mention the film is directed by Grant Gee who also made the snore inducing Meeting People is Easy about Radiohead and the recent Joy Division documentary.

Wes Anderson tried to give the guy some exposure in Life Aquatic, but nobody seemed to notice. But everyone loves Oh La La now, pshhh.

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