Earthbound : David Bowie and The Man Who Fell To Earth EPUB
by Susan Compo
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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.
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- Publisher:Jawbone Press
- Publication Date:01/10/2017
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- ISBN:9781911036265
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