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  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary Scott Walker: 30 Century Man is the new documentary feature about one of the most influential and enigmatic figures in rock history. Director Steven Kijak explores Walker's music and career, from his early days as a jobbing bass player on the Sunset Strip, to heartthrob mega-stardom in Britain’s swinging 60’s pop scene, and finally to hi...

Directed By: Stephen Kijak

  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 35 m

Scott Walker: 30 Century Man

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Scott Walker: 30 Century Man is the new documentary feature about one of the most influential and enigmatic figures in rock history. Director Steven Kijak explores Walker's music and career, from his early days as a jobbing bass player on the Sunset Strip, to heartthrob mega-stardom in Britain’s swinging 60’s pop scene, and finally to hi...

Directed By: Stephen Kijak

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A fine new rock documentary.
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70
Director Stephen Kijak previously made the documentary "Cinemania," about a group of obsessive moviegoers, and it comes across here that Walker (born Noel Scott Engel) and his acolytes might best be described not by that distasteful word "hipster" but rather by the more dignified "connoisseur." These are people of discerning taste.
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From the increasingly experimental solo records that followed, and Walker's subsequent reputation as a reclusive genius and cult figure, you'd expect the subject of Stephen Kijak's documentary to be a forbidding, pretentious artiste--and the pleasant surprise of Kijak's film is that he's anything but.
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70
Longtime fans of Walker's warm, sepulchral baritone, startlingly evocative songwriting and lushly imaginative instrumentation will rejoice at this revealing documentary.
By Eddie Cockrell FULL REVIEW
70
Presented as a straight documentary about an American pop singer who had one U.K. hit in the 1960s as a member of a boy band and has gone missing ever since, but it plays like the slyest of spoofs.
By Ray Bennett FULL REVIEW
67
Walker forged an out-of-time mystique that is vividly captured here.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
50
Glosses over the depression and alcoholism that have bedeviled Walker as well as any relationships he might have had. But that doesn't make the film any less interesting.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW

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Production Company British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Missing in Action Films, Verve Pictures
Release Date Dec 17, 2008
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline The long-awaited film about the most influential and enigmatic figure in rock history.
Website http://www.scottwalkerfilm.com/
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