Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police (2012)

[Greg]

It could also be subtitled The Andy Summers Story. The whole movie is told from his perspective. He narrates the whole thing. There are no talking heads (Band or interviewees, really) And it goes really fast. The movie intercuts scenes from the Police's early years with the bands reunion tour in 2007. There isn't a lot of depth to the story. Sting comes across as a prick through most of it. The funniest scene in the movie is Summers stumbling through the back alleys of Tokyo when he comes across a karaoke bar where someone is doing a police song. Summers goes in to help the singer do the song. They had no idea who he is, thinking it's just some dumb American.

[thatguy]

I thought I had posted a review of this ages ago, but I can’t find it…so maybe not.I recall this being Police-specific and not covering Andy’s solo projects. He did 2 albums with Robert Fripp that, I think came out in 85-87 that were both pretty good (if you like experimental synth guitar stuff)

The karaoke bit reminds me of this scene from Code 46 with Mick Jones doing Clash karaoke:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HY0G7NlLH2...e&t=18m40s

—tg

[Greg]

They didn't cover any of Andy's solo work. It wrapped with the reunion tour and his photo exhibit. The only nod they gave to his guitar stylings is when he put an instrumental on one of the police albums which won a grammy.