Behind The Mask

William Shatner shows his vulnerable side in You Can Call Me Bill, a new documentary

IAN BERRIMAN

THERE CAN SURELY BE FEW contemporary lives better documented than William Shatner’s. The erstwhile Enterprise captain has conducted thousands of interviews, and penned a shelf-full of memoirs. However, a new film by Alexandre O Philippe (director of films like Memory: The Origins of Alien) goes where no documentarian has gone before, offering new angles on this 20th century icon. Drawing on several days of interview sessions (interwoven with scores of vintage clips), You Can Call Me Bill may surprise those whose image of Shatner is fixed as James T Kirk. For one thing, it showcases the somewhat mystical views of a man who has a firm belief in the interconnectedness of things. CONNECT THE DOTS “There is the whole theory of our molecular connectivity,” the now 93-year-old actor tells Red…

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SFX (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2024

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