Moonage Daydream
A cinematic odyssey featuring never-before-seen footage exploring David Bowie's creative and musical journey.
- Released:
- Runtime: 120 minutes
- Genre: Documentaries, Music
- Stars: David Bowie, Iman, Lou Reed, Tina Turner, Russell Harty, Dick Cavett, Bing Crosby, Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Max von Sydow, Charlie Chaplin, Max Schreck, Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder, Mick 'Woody' Woodmansey, Ken Fordham, Brian Wilshaw, Geoffrey MacCormack, John 'Hutch' Hutchinson, Mike Garson
- Director: Brett Morgen
Comments
- garethcrook - 11 January 2023
A flawless kaleidoscopic portrait.
This career spanning documentary about David Bowie is billed as a cinematic experience and boy is it. It's highly ambitious. Maybe too ambitious, but pulls it off. No mean feat! Now I love Bowie, I think that's a popular opinion. A good documentary will pull you in regardless of how you feel about its subject though and this has instant pull. It's a deep exploration, approved by the estate and I think would be by David himself. I can't think of any higher praise really. It's trick is it doesn't try to dig and explain too much about the man, this is an exploration of art and by extension the man. Bowie was an enigmatic myth and this is a pure celebration of that. Of a man ever changing, an artist who used himself as the canvas throughout his life. If you're looking for standard talking head stuff, about what colour hair dye Ziggy used then you'll be disappointed. It's not that kind of film, but how anyone could be disappointed by Brett Morgan's film is unfathomable. It's a dizzying montage of footage. Concert, video, film, newsreel, all gloriously stitched together with the music and Bowie's words to give something of a in-depth overview of bewilderingly fantastic artist. That's because he was a fantasy. A construct for people to feed into a feed off of. The strength of this is the way it's choreographed through different movements. You feel like you're on a journey with an ebb and flow. Fame, spirituality, sex, escapism, family, transience, work, all with a sense of personal curation. Everything is Bowie's world feels curated. I'm not sure if he was ever off. If he was awake, he was creating, controlling, experiencing with a genuine warmth. Moonage Daydream is an amazing reflective kaleidoscopic portrait. Flawless. - vflocco762 - 24 November 2022
Couldn't Finish Watching
I won't add much to the other low reviews, just to say this was so-o-o disappointing. I am a life-long David Bowie fan, for the past 50-some years. I was so excited about this movie, but I'm sorry, it was simply awful. Just quick flashes of unrelated clips. It gave me a headache. Bowie's legacy deserves so much better. Don't waste your time with this. Watch the Ziggy Stardust documentary on Prime, or just listen to his albums. Don't have anything else to say.
Apparently I need 111 more characters. Ok here goes - Bowie will live forever. Bowie will live forever. Bowie will live forever. Bowie will live forever.
