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FEATURE: Radio On
Sting makes his film debut in "Radio On" (1980) as the character 'Just Like Eddie', a petrol attendant and dolefully adoring fan of the late rock and roller Eddie Cochran. Written and directed by Christopher Petit, a protege of German director Wim Wenders (he was the film's associate producer), "Radio On" is a moody, black and white road movie which eschews traditional narrative conventions. The film follows despondent disc-jockey Robert (David Beames) on a seemingly aimless drive across England in search of clues to the recent mysterious death of his estranged brother. Estrangement is a general theme in "Radio On"; the one constancy in Robert's interactions with the varied characters he encounters on the road is his singular inability to find meaningful communication or emotional connection. The only real movement in the film is Robert's ongoing journey down the motorway, his only real companion is the radio when news bulletins continually update him on the latest human tragedy. He turns his "radio off" only to play tapes - the alienated synth drones of the '70's - vintage David Bowie, Kraftwerk, Devo and Lene Lovich. Encountered by Robert at an otherwise deserted gas station located close to the spot of Cochrane's fatal car accident, Sting's 'Just Like Eddie' proves to be a neglectful petrol attendant who atones for his apathy with a soulful rendition of Cochrane's Three Steps To Heaven. His role, which preceded the success of The Police, did not stray too far from reality, as he strums his guitar, he petulantly tells Robert that he plays in a band and has dreams of making it. This real life fore-shadowing provides a moment of levity and an unintentional break from the film's unrelenting bleakness, which is Petit's primary focus and for which neither success nor escape is possible. All This Time CD-ROM
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