I'm a Police fan from way back, so I was jazzed to read reports out of Sundance about a new documentary about the band shot and assembled by drummer Stewart Copeland. The film, "Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out," is 75-minutes of footage shot by Copeland starting in 1978, documenting the band's rise to superstardom from the inside. It debuted at Sundance and seems to getting a good response. Remembering how insanely huge the Police were at the height of Synchronicity mania, it's amazing to me that a project like this could fly under the radar the way it has. Beware (insert name of current top pop band with similar artistic chops, if such a band exists), it won't always be like this.

Copeland participated in an online chat at Washingtonpost.com last month, where he talked at length about the project, addressed the long-standing rumors that the band broke up because they hated each other and dropped hints that alter-ego Klark Kent (repeatedly referred to as "Klart" -- typo or lawsuit avoidance?) might make a return. The most important question, of course, is "when can we see it?" Copeland says, "That's what Sundance was for. That's where all the buyers see and start what I hope will be a bidding frenzy. The DVD will be available as soon as I can get it out there."