Cast
David Bowie
Self (archive footage)
Lou Reed
Self (archive footage)
Tina Turner
Self (archive footage)
Russell Harty
Self (archive footage)
Dick Cavett
Self (archive footage)
Mick Ronson
Self (archive footage)
Trevor Bolder
Self (archive footage)
Mick Woodmansey
Self (archive footage)
Ken Fordham
Self (archive footage)
Brian Wilshaw
Self (archive footage)
Geoffrey MacCormack
Self (archive footage)
John Hutchinson
Self (archive footage)
Mike Garson
Self (archive footage)
Brian Eno
Self (archive footage)
Iman
Self (archive footage)
Jeff Beck
Self (archive footage)
Frank Simms
Self (archive footage)
Details
Status
Released
Original language
en
Countries
DE, US
Revenue
$10,680,627
Reviews
“[This film] is not about David Bowie. It's not about David Jones. It's Bowie in quotations. It's meant to be a mirror so that you, the audience, can see your own Bowie and reflect back upon your own life. Because, to me, the most exciting thing is that you can go and see a film about David Bowie and learn how to be a better parent or learn how to lead a more satisfying life- not that he went into the studio [with] [...] Freddie Mercury." - Brett Morgen to NME, 2022
Do...
I don't know how many music documentaries I have started to watch only to find that every time a song starts, ten bars in we get some waffle - usually from some hitherto unknown music journalist - that completely obscures the song. Well not here. Right from the opening, Brett Morgan makes sure we know this is about David Bowie and not about those observers with (usually all too adulatory) opinions on him. His flamboyance, his vision, his flaws, his character and his creativity are enterta...
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