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FEATURE: Brimstone & Treacle
In one of his more substantive roles, Sting gives a seductive performance as the devilish intruder to a suburban English family's home in 'Brimstone & Treacle' (1982). The grand prize winner at the 1982 Montreal Film Festival the film has a theatrical feel, which is not surprising considering that it was adapted from a controversial play of the same name by Dennis Potter (who also wrote the film screenplay). The film version is directed by Richard Loncraine and stars veteran British character actors Denholm Elliot and Joan Plowright (Thomas and Norma Bates) as a couple whose marriage was fallen into a paralysing rut, in large part because their lives must revolve round the perpetual care of their daughter Patricia (Suzanna Hamilton) who was rendered a physical and mental invalid by an accident four years earlier. Enter Sting. His character (Martin Taylor) cons his way into the Bates' home and wreaks havoc on the Bates family with, as the title hints, an alternately angelic and demonic charm that a television evangelist would envy (check out his fervent Swaggartesque prayer at Patricia's bedside). Martin exposes the family truth lying behind Patricia's "accident", and provides a decidedly non-medical "cure" for Patricia in a climactic scene so controversial that Potter's play (which like many of his works was written for television was banned by the BBC from 1976 till 1987). Sting also made musical contributions to the film in what was essentially his debut as a solo artist. An instrumental arrangement of I Burn For You emerges recurrently, faintly underscoring Martin's lustful intentions. Also, Sting's gleeful rendition of 'Spread A Little Happiness' can be heard over the closing credits, as an ironic postscript to the film. With an accompanying video that features Sting as a frolicking priest 'Spread A Little Happiness' became his first solo single (released in the UK in 1982); its b-side, 'Only You' is also part of the 'Brimstone & Treacle' soundtrack.
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