A pop star sheds his skin in 20 minutes of pure 1967 chaos.
An experimental short film set in London, 1967. Scott Walker leaves pop-sensation The Walker Brother's and stumbles on the inspiration for his solo career.
Direction
George Sear directs himself into oblivion. Self-destruction as cinema.
Cinematography
Swinging London curdles into something claustrophobic and strange.
Director
George Sear
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Scott Walker, the real musician, became notorious for his reclusive later career—this short essentially dramatizes the origin story of his disappearance.
The 1967 setting isn't just period dressing; it's the exact cultural moment when pop innocence curdled into something more self-conscious and doomed.
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