Early in his career, film fits tightly to his musical universe. The character of Ziggy Stardust that he created straight out of science fiction and fantasy world. The stage performances and excesses in the city of Prince’s “Glam Rock” inspire many directors like Todd Haynes for his film “Velvet Goldmine” (1998).
“alien presence”
In “L Man Who Fell to Earth “(1976), one of his first roles, Bowie plays a humanoid come from another planet to get water on Earth. For the British critic Jonathan Romney, “Bowie wore this film, which was in itself extraordinary, to a level above its alien presence.”
“The Hunger” (1983), Tony Scott, the actor the thinness and paleness twilight still plays once a strange character, the lover of a poisonous vampire played by Catherine Deneuve.
David Bowie in” Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence “(” Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence “) 1983
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The same year he holds his most important role of the reviews, in “Furyo” of Nagisa Oshima, a film in competition at Cannes. that of a British soldier in a prison camp in Java during World War
His charisma perhaps he has harmed the cinema
“He was asked an actor’s job is to say to really play and not just to be there, “said Jean-Michel Frodo, critic told AFP. For him, the charisma and the aura of Bowie will often have damaged his career on the big screen by enclosing it in too strange creatures roles: “It’s there, it’s David Bowie, over the character that it is supposed to interpret. ” In the comedy about the world of fashion “Zoolander”, for example, David Jones whose real name plays himself.
In “Basquiat” (1996) Julian Schnabel, the pop star has to clear to get into the skin of another icon, the artist Andy Warhol. One of its main roles but variously appreciated performance: it was hard to forget the rock star behind the wig of the king of pop-art. Even his alien character eventually becomes exhausted r: “Labyrinth” (1986), musical film science fiction with Jennifer Connelly, is a commercial failure. However, his performance on Broadway boards of one of the “freaks” most famous film, The Elephant Man deformed, earned him an armful of praise
David Lynch (“Twin Peaks. Fire Walk with me “, 1992) and Martin Scorsese are among the other big names with whom Bowie collaborated on the screen. Scorsese turns it into Pontius Pilate in “The Last Temptation of Christ.” Christopher Nolan, one of the directors most prominent Hollywood offers him the (small) role of the inventor and physicist Nikola Tesla in “The Prestige” (2006), one of his last appearances celluloid . According to Philippe Rouyer, Positif magazine critic, “only a small part of his talent and his aura was used in the cinema.” “He would have had to meet a director in love with him, which would have sublimated in role role,” he added.
His songs, soundtrack of many films
Bowie, whose songs accompany 452 films, is also a strong musical presence on the big screen. He also composed the original soundtrack of several feature films, including that of “Moi, Christiane F., 13, drugged prostitute …” Uli Edel (1981), or a part of the musical “Absolute Beginners” where he plays.
The pop star, who had not composed for cinema for twenty years, signed the credits of the series “Panthers” Canal + broadcast autumn 2015, with the song “Blackstar”, which gave its name to his latest album.
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