
David Bowie. The Man Who Fell to Earth. 40th Ed.
$50.39
- Hardcover
480 pages
- Release Date
19 September 2024
Summary
David Bowie: Falling to Earth, A Sci-Fi Masterpiece
First advertised as a “mind-stretching experience,” Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 The Man Who Fell to Earth stunned the cinema world. A tour-de-force of science fiction as art form, the movie brought not only hallucinatory visuals and a haunting exploration of contemporary alienation, but also glam-rock legend David Bowie in his lead role debut as paranoid alien Newton.
Based on Walter Tevis’s 1963 s…
Book Details
ISBN-13: | 9783836593168 |
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ISBN-10: | 3836593165 |
Series: | 40th Edition |
Author: | Paul Duncan |
Publisher: | Taschen GmbH |
Imprint: | Taschen GmbH |
Format: | Hardcover |
Number of Pages: | 480 |
Release Date: | 19 September 2024 |
Weight: | 1.29kg |
Dimensions: | 217mm x 156mm x 35mm |
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Critics Review
I just threw my real self into that movie as I was at that time… I actually was feeling as alienated as that character was! * David Bowie *
About The Author
Paul Duncan
Paul Duncan is a film historian whose TASCHEN books include The Star Wars Archives, The James Bond Archives, The Charlie Chaplin Archives, The Godfather Family Album, Taxi Driver, Film Noir, and Horror Cinema, as well as publications on film directors, film genres, and movie stars.
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