To honor the recent passing of Scott Walker, Northwest Film Forum will be screening Stephen Kijak's 2006 documentary on the legendary singer/songwriter, 30 Century Man, May 19-26. From dreamy '60s pop crooner with the huge-in-England Walker Brothers to cerebral troubadour to struggling master of unlikely cover songs to nightmarish avant-gardist who collaborated with doom-metal illuminati Sunn O))) to soundtracker of cult films, Walker engineered a distinctive career trajectory that has few rivals.

This documentary does an exemplary job of explicating Walker's art, examining his creative motives, and illuminating some facets of this reclusive genius. Read more about the musician revered by David Bowie, Brian Eno, Marc Almond, Jarvis Cocker, and many more in my obit on Slog.