In this unconventional documentary, Morgen presents Bowie in a way that looks like it was extracted directly from the late rock star's mind. However, I would like to know why there wasn't anything regarding Hours/Heathen/Reality and The Reality Tour (his last ever acclaimed tour) The Next Day and one of the last works DB completed before his death … Lazarus - The Musical? By using our site, you indicate that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to abide by them. He chooses to make it as dream-like as possible, telling a story that moves ever so gradually toward its end point through old concert footage, interviews, home video, recordings of plays, music videos, and Bowie's own recordings of himself painting.

Moonage Daydream’s clips are culled from source materials of varying qualities, but the Criterion Collection’s 4K transfer, by and large, looks fantastic throughout, pulling maximum detail out of even the darkest, most degraded concert footage.Rounding out the package is a live performance of “Rock ‘n Roll with Me” from 1974, a theatrical trailer, and a thoughtful essay by critic Jonathan Romney. The film is the first and only documentary done on Bowie in conjunction with the Bowie Estate, giving viewers a more intimate look into the man who captivated fans across the globe. The first hour of the film begins with a long film clip of Bowie performing a live version of a largely narrated version of " All the Young Dudes" before singing the choruses later made famous by Mott the Hoople's recording of the song. Moonage Daydream' Review: Brett Morgen's Kaleidoscopic Head-Trip Meditation on Who David Bowie Was". Bowie worked across several disciplines, most notably music and film, but also explored various art forms throughout his life: dance, painting, sculpture, video and audio collage, screenwriting, acting, and live theatre.

This is not a typical rock documentary, firstly the narration is by David Bowie himself, made possible from various interviews.Combined with Morgen’s jittery editing style, Moonage Daydream above all evokes a feeling of restlessness—wholly appropriate to an artist who not only describes himself as restless in the film, but embodied that voraciousness through an oeuvre that spanned a wide range of styles and a desire for near-constant reinvention, as exemplified through his series of ever-changing stage and screen personas.

Sinclair also criticized a perceived lack of sufficient coverage for certain periods of Bowie's career, singling out his tenure on EMI America Records and his membership in Tin Machine. Watching Moonage Daydream, there are essential facts you won't hear, and many touchstones that get skipped over (in the entire movie, you'll never even see an album cover). Chief among its omissions is mention of Bowie’s cocaine addiction during much of his (unhappy, according to the documentary) time living in Los Angeles during the 1970s, which peaked with a moment in 1976 when he was photographed waving to a crowd at Victoria Station in London in what appeared to be a Nazi salute. Documentarist Brett Morgen spent about five years going through David Bowie's personal libraries, master recordings, and archives as sanctioned by the late musician's estate in the hopes of understanding and deconstructing the musical artistry and spiritual journey of the English global icon. The documentary's film style of montage also interlaces many film clips from over two dozen different films ranging from the silent era including the film Metropolis up to and including clips from the Stanley Kubrick-directed films Clockwork Orange and 2001: A Space Odyssey.As a big Bowie fan I would obviously enjoy the DVD, which I did although I don't think it's good enough to warrant 5 stars.