Earthbound (eBook)

David Bowie and The Man Who Fell To Earth

Susan Compo (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
Jawbone Press (Verlag)
978-1-911036-26-5 (ISBN)

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Before there was Star Wars before there was Close Encounters there was The Man Who Fell To Earth.Earthbound is the first book-length exploration of a true classic of twentieth-century science-fiction cinema, shot under the heavy, ethereal skies of New Mexico by the legendary British director Nicolas Roeg and starring David Bowie in a role he seemed born for as an extraterrestrial named Thomas Newton who comes to Earth in search of water. Based on a novel by the highly regarded American writer Walter Tevis, this dreamy, distressing, and visionary film resonates even more strongly in the twenty-first century than it did on its original release during the year of the US Bicentennial.Drawing on extensive research and exclusive first-hand interviews with members of the cast and crew, Earthbound begins with a look at Teviss 1963 novel before moving into a detailed analysis of a film described by its director as a sci-fi film without a lot of sci-fi tools and starring a group of actorsBowie, Buck Henry, Candy Clark, Rip Tornlater described by one of them (Henry) as not a cast but a dinner party. It also seeks to uncover the mysteries surrounding Bowies rejected soundtrack to the film (elements of which later ended up his groundbreaking 1977 album Low) and closes with a look at his return to the themes and characters of The Man Who Fell To Earth in one of his final works, the acclaimed musical production Lazarus.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2017
• Vorwort: Graeme Clifford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
• ISBN-10: 1-911036-26-2 / 1911036262
• ISBN-13: 978-1-911036-26-5 / 9781911036265