David Bowie. The Man Who Fell to Earth. 40th Ed., 9783836593168
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Bowie’s alien debut: hallucination, alienation, and sci-fi artistry collide.
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David Bowie. The Man Who Fell to Earth. 40th Ed.

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  • Hardcover

    480 pages

  • Release Date

    19 September 2024

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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
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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