Sound and Vision: David Bowie
Celebrate David Bowie's on-screen glories in everything from 'The Man Who Fell to Earth' and 'Labyrinth' through to 'Moonage Daydream'.
Overview
No matter what he's singing, or whether he's crooning tunes as Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane or The Thin White Duke, David Bowie has always been a talent like no other. That isn't just confined to his time behind the microphone, though. On-screen just like onstage, Bowie has always been inimitable, unique and iconic — and he has the filmography to show it.
Just this year, there's a fantastic new documentary about that very fact, actually — and Brett Morgen's Moonage Daydream is indeed part of Golden Age Cinema and Bar's current Bowie-worshipping Sound and Vision movie lineup. But that's just one of the program's delights, alongside blasts from the legend's past that deserve to be seen on a big screen.
The dates and times vary, but Sydneysiders can discover why Bowie couldn't have been better cast in The Man Who Fell to Earth (the movie, not the TV series sequel from earlier this year). And, you can dance, magic dance along with Labyrinth, aka the 80s gem to end all 80s gems, and one of the most wonderful things that Jim Henson has ever made.
Also on the bill: Bowie sinking his teeth into vampire territory in 1983's The Hunger, and playing a centuries-old bloodsucker with effortless cool; and heading to World War II with Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence.
