Tag: Stardust
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Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars review – Bowie bids farewell to an icon in legendary gig
Da Pennebaker’s documentary offers moving moments and raw immediacy as the musician takes on his final performance as Ziggy StardustDa Pennebaker’s record of David Bowie’s final concert on the Ziggy Stardust tour at London’s Hammersmith Odeon in 1973 (Bowie is part of the reason we will never be reconciled to saying “Eventim Apollo”) is rereleased…
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Why Neil Gaiman’s Stardust’s Female Characters Still Endure
On August 10th, Stardust turned celebrated its 15th anniversary. Directed by Matthew Vaughn and based on the Neil Gaiman novel of the same name, the film tells the story of a boy named Tristan Thorn (Charlie Cox) seeking to bring a fallen star (Claire Danes) back to his hometown from a magical realm to impress…
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Johnny Flynn: ‘My most treasured possession? My late dad’s Casio watch – it still smells of him’
The actor and musician on his first kiss, a treasured watch and the truth about fame and moneyBorn in South Africa, Johnny Flynn, 39, studied at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. He played the lead in Netflix’s Lovesick, went on to appear in TV adaptations of Vanity Fair and Les Misérables and was Olivier-nominated…
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Streaming: the best rock star films
From Velvet Goldmine to Sound of Metal, the rock’n’roll life has provided a rich seam for cinemaIt can be hard for cinema to convey the body-shaking rush of rock’n’roll. There’s something fundamentally different about the performative nature of the rock star and the actor – one possessed and in the moment, the other considered and…
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A Bowie biopic with no Bowie songs? Stardust isn’t the first to try
Many have attempted to bring Ziggy’s story to the screen. But there are ways of working around copyright restrictionsCredit to new film Stardust for even attempting to recount how David Bowie became Ziggy Stardust without using any of his music, including, er, Ziggy Stardust. Denied access to the Bowie back catalogue, most film-makers would have…
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Bowie Before Ziggy: Bowie Behind the Mask in ‘Stardust’ [Review]
Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, The Thin White Duke – at his height, David Bowie burned through identities like cigarettes, showcasing his wild theatricality and huge range of interests. “Stardust” is a fictionalized portrayal of Bowie just before he decides to don those masks, when his eclecticism is a hurdle, not an asset and writer/director Gabriel…
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‘Stardust’ Review: David Bowie’s Early Years Get a Timid Biopic With an Explosive Star Turn
From its opening moments, Gabriel Range’s “Stardust” vows to do things a little bit differently, kicking off with both a warning and a promise: “What follows is (mostly) fiction.” The shape of it is true-ish enough: set in 1971 after the release of his “The Man Who Sold the World,” a still-struggling David Bowie (an…
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‘Stardust’: Film Review
In “Stardust,” a movie that dramatizes David Bowie’s road trip across America in 1971, David (Johnny Flynn), several years into his career but still, in terms of image, a bit of a leftover hippie rocker, finds himself performing at a convention of vacuum-cleaner salesmen. It seems his manager back in England had failed to secure…
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David Bowie Origin Story ‘Stardust’ Debuts First Clip (Exclusive)
Variety has been given exclusive access to the first clip from David Bowie origin story “Stardust,” which receives its online premiere for distribution executives and select press on Wednesday.The film, written and directed by Gabriel Range, was slated to premiere at the Tribeca Festival Festival this week, but due to its postponement the filmmakers decided…