What’s up with Plexifilm ? We hear some weird rumblings, but we don’t want to throw anyone under the bus, nor do we wish ill will.
Regardless, a film and DVD that was supposed to be coming out on Plexi in the spring, the excellent music documentary, “Scott Walker: 30 Century Man,” is now apparently coming out on Beastie Boy Adam Yauch’s Oscilloscope Films.
According to ScreenDaily, the company will “take over” the theatrical self-release that was orchestrated by the film’s director Stephen Kijak and its producers and expand the run.
That’s fantastic news. ’30 Century Man’ only played for one-week in December in New York and scattered dates in L.A. and SF, but it deserves much better than that as its one of the best music documentaries we’ve seen in recent years.
Once the doc gets back into theaters, Oscilloscope will work it on DVD, VOD and TV roll-outs for the summer or autumn. Does that mean the theatrical re-run will happen in the spring? Sounds likely.
Walker is an under appreciated musical genius (we don’t use that term often) and total recluse. Glowing testimonials in the film come from David Bowie, Jarvis Cocker, Brian Eno, Radiohead and Damon Albarn among many others. We’ve written many times about the documentary, so follow this link trail if you want to know more and see trailers.