Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police
November. 09,2012 NR
Based on the acclaimed memoir by renowned guitarist Andy Summers, Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police follows Summers’ journey from his early days in the psychedelic ‘60s music scene, when he played with The Animals, to chance encounters with drummer Stewart Copeland and bassist Sting, which led to the formation of a new wave trio, The Police. The band’s phenomenal rise and its highly publicized dissolution at the height of their fame in the early ’80s captured by Summers’ camera. Utilizing rare archival footage, Summers’ photos, and insights from the guitarist’s side of the stage, Can’t Stand Losing You brings together past and present as the band members prepare to reunite for the first time in two decades later for a global reunion tour in 2007.
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Fantastic!
When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
I thought it was interesting to hear the story of the band from someone other than Sting, who sometimes seem to get all the credit for their success. This isn't fair, of course, since Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers are very talented musicians in their own right.This doesn't shine through very clearly in the documentary, however. For a film that follows the guitar player in one of the biggest bands of their time, from his childhood until The Police's reunion tour in 2007, you really don't feel like you know him at the end of the journey. You basically hear him read what seems to be his diary throughout the whole thing, inter-cut with concert footage and interviews. At times, it feels like you're listening to an audio book with accompanying pictures. This makes for a film that, despite being personal and very informative, somehow still keeps the viewer at a considerable distance. As a result, the film comes off as rather dull and drags more than I bet was intended.It's a good documentary for the avid Police fan, but I doubt whether it's entertaining enough for casual viewers.
CAN'T STAND LOSING YOU : SURVIVING THE POLICE (2015) ***1/2 Rock star Andy Summers provides the angst and archival footage of his memoir of being a member of supergroup The Police based on his book with insights to how he became a guitarist, the impossible odds of becoming a steady working musician and ultimately how the band originated and became a worldwide phenomenon including sold-out tours, interviews, vintage photography taken by Summers and some fun and funny moments captured on the fly during the reunion tour of 2007-08 (one for the film vault is of Summers blithely walking down an street to hear "Every Breath You Take" emit from a karaoke bar and find himself singing along with its drunken denizens!) (Dirs: Andy Grieve & Lauren Lazin)
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