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Sundance Review: Everyone Stares, Police Documentary
Everyone Stares: The
Police Inside Out, is a documentary about the punk/pop band derived from Super8 films shot by drummer Stewart
Copeland. Sounds promising based on the level of access the director has to his subjects and the fact that the band
broke up at the top of their game. After the break up fans were left with only their memories of a hard rocking Sting,
who traded a kick-ass band for a life of Jazzy interludes on Light FM and sellout Jaguar commercials. In fact, sell out
would be a kind assessment of Sting in the minds of most Police fans.
The film starts as the Police head out
on their first US tour in the late seventies. This consists of long shots driving down the road and people cavorting in
hotel rooms--nothing we haven't seen before. The voiceover from Copeland reveals little, and 40 minutes into the film
I'm left wondering if anything will ever happen.
During all this time we're subjected to grainy, shaky video
with horrible sound. It would be easy to forgive the poor quality of the video if it captured some rocking early
performances, but the director/cameraman was too busy playing the drums at too many performance,s I guess.
Predictably the crowds develop from single digits to six figures, but the characters don't develop at all. The Police
haven't said more than 20 lines to the camera 45 minutes into the film, and most surprisingly no one is taking drugs,
fighting, or running around naked with groupies. Sting--who you would think would be an interesting person--has nothing
to say.
Stewart Copeland film to debut at Sundace
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Man, what is it with drummers and movies this week? First Tommy Lee stars in a documentary, and
now Police drummer/long-time soundtrack composer Stewart
Copeland is directing one. Copeland, who can be seen with a camera to his eye from time to time in Police
Around the World, is now going public with the Super 8 footage he shot during the band's tours over the years.
(And now, as a long-time Police worshiper, I have to take a minute to dance wildly around the room. Ok, I'm back. Thank
you.)The film, titled Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out, will be shown publicly for the first time at Sundance later this month, though Copeland initially intended it as "a love letter that he intended to share only with his fellow Police-men...as well as a few close friends." Everyone Stares is reportedly performance-based, and includes a voice-over from its director describing his experiences on tour. As exciting as it is to simply hear that this movie exists, though, the best news for Police fans is the article's final sentence: "Copeland is in talks with Universal Music & Video Distribution about releasing the soundtrack, which would include the derangements ['seven mash-ups of sorts that he created using the original multitracks of the songs'], and the DVD." WOO HOO!
Even the thought of this movie is incredible, and I for one I will be heavily pressuring/desperately begging Cinematical's Sundance team to make it a viewing priority. Pretty please?
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