Weekend DVD Recommendation: "The Man Who Fell to Earth"

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  • 2HousePlague
    CURATOR
    • Jul 2004
    • 14572
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    Weekend DVD Recommendation: "The Man Who Fell to Earth"



    Great Britain 1976 138 minutes
    Directed by Nicolas Roeg
    Screenplay by Paul Mayersberg
    Based on the novel by Walter Tevis

    David Bowie is a Stranger from another planet who lands in New Mexico with a British passport under the name Thomas Newton. He sells some rings made of a "rare" metal to a local shop and heads for New York, where he befriends a patent attorney. With the attorney's help the Stranger sets up a corporation (World Enterprises) to develop a number of chemistry patents, the success of which transform the Stranger into one of wealthiest people on Earth almost over night.

    Very trippy imagery. Bowie's first movie appearance. Has been compared to Citizen Kane for the power of its inconclusive ending.

















    j-
    tada!
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    • Mr Pheer
      So Fucking Banned
      • Dec 2002
      • 22170
      #2
      when do you have time to watch movies?

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        • JasonB
          Confirmed User
          • Nov 2001
          • 1183
          #3
          Excellent flick. The Hunger is another good Bowie movie.

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            • 2HousePlague
              CURATOR
              • Jul 2004
              • 14572
              #4
              Originally posted by MrPheer
              when do you have time to watch movies?
              I'm watching one now, and doing about 4 other things, and I just picked my nose.


              j-
              tada!

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