SOUND AND VISION: REMEMBERING DAVID BOWIE

Few artists have moved so effortlessly between the artistic spheres of the stage and the silver screen, and even fewer have done so with the otherworldly magnetism of David Bowie. This March, coinciding with the anniversary re-release of The Man Who Fell to Earth and ten years since he left for his home planet, our selection, Sound And Vision: Remembering David Bowie, celebrates a performer for whom acting was never a sidestep but just another canvas for reinvention.

Music, persona, performance, and film were all part of his alchemy: he became Ziggy, the Thin White Duke, the alien of The Man Who Fell to Earth, each role a new constellation of identity. In Labyrinth, in The Hunger, in fleeting cameos and bold leads, Bowie shapeshifts across genres and moods, bending narrative and expectation to his vision.

Want to learn more? Listen to our Celebrating Cinema podcast on what we love about David Bowie’s weird and wonderful film career.