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Eno review – stimulating and cerebral look at the high priest of art-tech experimentalism

Produced using software that means that the film is different every time it is shown, this presents the former Roxy Music man as a restlessly creative mind

From his early days gilding Roxy Music with a futuristic edge, to his avant garde solo works, to his production duties on classic albums by the likes of David Bowie, U2 and Talking Heads (no mention of Coldplay here), he’s always been an explorer, as this pick’n’mix doc accentuates. After dropping the typically Eno-esque revelation that he stopped eating breakfast to enhance his creative process (“output before input”), he immediately admits that he’s starving and can’t wait till lunch. He’s too analytical and controlled to really be a fount of raw self-expression, yet he has worked miracles helping others express themselves – not just by knowing which knob to twiddle on the mixing desk but also by thinking deeply about the creative process (Laurie Anderson reads a few of his celebrated Oblique Strategies here and there).

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