Comments on: SCOTT WALKER: 30 CENTURY MAN http://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/reviews/2007/04/05/scott-walker-30-century-man/ A Deviant View of Cinema - Film, DVD & Book Reviews Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:28:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: marion ward http://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/reviews/2007/04/05/scott-walker-30-century-man/comment-page-1/#comment-7323 marion ward Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:10:08 +0000 http://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/reviews/2007/04/05/scott-walker-30-century-man/#comment-7323 iI hope Scott is at last happy with his creative work and privat life. I would so love to be at the Barbican for his concerts but I am unable to go.I do hope all goes well. We would all (as fans) love to know more of his private life but that is for him alone. I thank himfor the hours of enjoyment and comfort that his music has brought me especially in my ill health. Good health scott iI hope Scott is at last happy with his creative work and privat life.
I would so love to be at the Barbican for his concerts but I am unable to go.I do hope all goes well. We would all (as fans) love to know more of his private life but that is for him alone. I thank himfor the hours of enjoyment and comfort that his music has brought me especially in my ill health. Good health scott

]]> By: veronica mooney http://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/reviews/2007/04/05/scott-walker-30-century-man/comment-page-1/#comment-1090 veronica mooney Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:12:44 +0000 http://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/reviews/2007/04/05/scott-walker-30-century-man/#comment-1090 I really enjoyed the film. Although it could have had a lot more personal stuff on his life in it. He is still an enigma. We still do not know enough about him. any ideas on whether this film will be on video/cd soon ? I think he is the greatest singer of our time. I really enjoyed the film. Although it could have had a lot more personal stuff on his life in it.
He is still an enigma. We still do not know enough about him.

any ideas on whether this film will be on video/cd soon ?

I think he is the greatest singer of our time.

]]> By: Clara Petacci http://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/reviews/2007/04/05/scott-walker-30-century-man/comment-page-1/#comment-441 Clara Petacci Thu, 05 Apr 2007 21:24:33 +0000 http://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/reviews/2007/04/05/scott-walker-30-century-man/#comment-441 “The film paints a remarkably strong portrait of the man and his music. It also puts even his most difficult experimental recordings into a telling context-including footage of Walker in the studio with echoey wooden boxes and resonant slabs of meat... there's a constant stream of wit, from Walker's realistic self-image to Almond's hilarious rant about an album he loathed. And it's made even more engaging through the use of old footage shot both on stage and off.” Shadows on the Wall - “Britain's first film ezine” “Longtime fans of Walker's warm, sepulchral baritone, startlingly evocative songwriting and lushly imaginative instrumentation will rejoice at this revealing docu...Balance of tech package is admirably unflashy, allowing Walker's distinctive music — one talking head calls it “beauty in melancholy” — to remain at the fore.” Variety “Required viewing for anyone with even a passing interest in one of the weirdest men in pop history.” Four Stars The Austin American Statesman/Austin360 “Like the best music documentaries, “Scott Walker: 30 Century Man” blends grace and mystery. It should delight longtime Walker fans and introduce him to new ones.” Salon.com's SXSW roundup “Kijak crafts a film that allows the mystique of Walker to remain intact...” says The Documentary Channel “Filmmaker Stephen Kijak gained unprecedented access to Scott in the studio making his 2006 album The Drift. The music on that album is almost beyond words-weird, dark, goth-rock cabaret, not the place to start your Walker experience but a wild place to end up-but Scott's story, and the story of his career as a whole, are riveting.” Download.com “30 Century Man is a fascinating and entertaining exploration of one of the most extraordinary careers in pop culture. I have rarely seen a biographical documentary that is able to make the viewer experience the perspective of a devoted fan, a concerned friend, and a complete stranger at the same time. Like Scott Walker himself, this is an absolutely unique film.” Atom Egoyan (Filmmaker) “With surprising access to Mr. Walker himself and a proper central role for the music, this is a captivating documentary for fans of his or fans of music, full stop.” 4 STARS**** Empire. “A definitive portrait of rock's most fascinating and elusive outsider” “Incredible insight into the secret man of pop” FIVE STARS***** Time Out London “Terrific... a must-see item” “If you're a fan, you'll be in seventh heaven” “This long overdue celebration of the man, the myth and the magic couldn't serve his god-like persona any better” 4 STARS**** Film Review “Essential viewing for all fans of the artist” MOJO “Scott Walker - 30th Century Man is a beguiling piece of work that is presented with real passion and unbridled enthusiasm by Kijak” Clash Magazine “The film paints a remarkably strong portrait of the man and his music. It also puts even his most difficult experimental recordings into a telling context-including footage of Walker in the studio with echoey wooden boxes and resonant slabs of meat… there’s a constant stream of wit, from Walker’s realistic self-image to Almond’s hilarious rant about an album he loathed. And it’s made even more engaging through the use of old footage shot both on stage and off.”
Shadows on the Wall – “Britain’s first film ezine”

“Longtime fans of Walker’s warm, sepulchral baritone, startlingly evocative songwriting and lushly imaginative instrumentation will rejoice at this revealing docu…Balance of tech package is admirably unflashy, allowing Walker’s distinctive music — one talking head calls it “beauty in melancholy” — to remain at the fore.”
Variety

“Required viewing for anyone with even a passing interest in one of the weirdest men in pop history.”
Four Stars The Austin American Statesman/Austin360

“Like the best music documentaries, “Scott Walker: 30 Century Man” blends grace and mystery. It should delight longtime Walker fans and introduce him to new ones.” Salon.com’s SXSW roundup

“Kijak crafts a film that allows the mystique of Walker to remain intact…” says The Documentary Channel

“Filmmaker Stephen Kijak gained unprecedented access to Scott in the studio making his 2006 album The Drift. The music on that album is almost beyond words-weird, dark, goth-rock cabaret, not the place to start your Walker experience but a wild place to end up-but Scott’s story, and the story of his career as a whole, are riveting.” Download.com

“30 Century Man is a fascinating and entertaining exploration of one of the most extraordinary careers in pop culture. I have rarely seen a biographical documentary that is able to make the viewer experience the perspective of a devoted fan, a concerned friend, and a complete stranger at the same time. Like Scott Walker himself, this is an absolutely unique film.”
Atom Egoyan (Filmmaker)

“With surprising access to Mr. Walker himself and a proper central role for the music, this is a captivating documentary for fans of his or fans of music, full stop.”
4 STARS**** Empire.

“A definitive portrait of rock’s most fascinating and elusive outsider”
“Incredible insight into the secret man of pop”
FIVE STARS***** Time Out London

“Terrific… a must-see item”
“If you’re a fan, you’ll be in seventh heaven”
“This long overdue celebration of the man, the myth and the magic couldn’t serve his god-like persona any better”
4 STARS**** Film Review

“Essential viewing for all fans of the artist”
MOJO

“Scott Walker – 30th Century Man is a beguiling piece of work that is presented with real passion and unbridled enthusiasm by Kijak”
Clash Magazine

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