Scott Walker documentary

Taken from www.indiewire.com:

"30 Century Man: The Music of Scott Walker"

Responsible for some of the biggest hits of the 60s, he was once more popular than The Beatles and to this day his music has influenced the likes of Bono and David Bowie, so why have you never heard of Scott Walker?

After heading the pop scene in the UK with his band The Walker Brothers, the American-born Walker has since become an eccentric recluse who never grants interviews and releases an album every 15 years. But somehow Stephen Kijak ("Cinemania") gained access for what he hopes will be a revealing doc about Walker. "I met with his managers and they just liked our pitch," Kijak says of his idea to tag along as Walker works on his latest album. "We didn't want to do a retrospective on him, we wanted to look at him here and now, examine the music he's making today, and make a movie that felt like his music that pushed the boundaries."

Kijak also interviews the groups who've been influenced by Walker's work including Bowie (who's executive producer), Sting, Franz Ferdinand and Radiohead. "We've just been traveling with all sorts of Scott Walker vinyl and that's were the discussion goes," he says. "The guys in Radiohead had never seen them on vinyl before, they were like kids."

Produced through Kijak's Loop Filmworks and Mia Bays' ("24 Hour Party People") UK-based Missing In Action Films, Kijak's currently filming interviews and Walker's studio sessions. Shot on DV by cinematographer/director Grant Gee ("Meeting People Is Easy"), graphic design company Tomato (known for creating the opening credits in "Trainspotting") is creating the graphics for the doc's music interludes.