The "Low" Man Who Fell To Earth
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I've been on a '70s rock jag the past few weeks. Listening to The Who's "Who's Next" which is a fucking awesome record. I never really got into them much back in the day cause I was more into American rock & my local radio stations sucked a big one in bumfuck Portland, OR!(yes I know I've used the F word twice already in my first sentence, so f'n what, get over it).Just last week I watched Nicolas Roeg's amazing "The Man Who Fell To Earth" with David Bowie, Candy Clark, Rip Torn & Buck Henry. It was released in 1976. I missed this the first time around since my conservative parents wouldn't allow me to see such "filth". But I probably wouldn't have even been able to fully appreciate it back then like I do now. 
Gorgeous cinematography, incredible Sci-fi psychedelia, it's a pretty off the wall movie really. Very sexy too with lots of nudity & sex. David plays an alien who comes to earth to get water for his dry ass planet. He decides he's going to form a corp. to make money so he can afford to get back to his planet. In the meantime he meets a simple woman who takes him under her wing. Soon everything gets out of control and he is held hostage while he is tested and probed by scientists. I won't spoil the rest but it's a really trippy movie.It's not a movie for everyone since it's a slower paced art film but if you're into these types of movies I'd recommend it. The first time I watched it I wasn't quite sure what to think of it. Then I watched all the Special Features interviews & was able to answer some of the questions I had. The second time I watched it I was able to appreciate it much more after finding out about the behind the scenes stuff that went into the movie.Vid for "Be My Wife" off "Low": It's interesting because I checked it out from the public library & also picked up Bowie's remastered "Low" cd from the same year(which I had no idea they were from the same year when I ordered them on the library website, which was odd). "Low" is a pretty trippy album itself. Half of the cd is instrumental songs which are rather spacey & make me wonder if he made this after he did "The Man Who Fell To Earth". The album was produced by Tony Visconti & Bowie but Brian Eno co-wrote many of the songs as well as collaborated on the music so there are alot of synth soundscapes throughout. It is quite a mixed cd stylistically too. Bowie was certainly pushing the boundaries of what rock was considered on this album. 
Gorgeous cinematography, incredible Sci-fi psychedelia, it's a pretty off the wall movie really. Very sexy too with lots of nudity & sex. David plays an alien who comes to earth to get water for his dry ass planet. He decides he's going to form a corp. to make money so he can afford to get back to his planet. In the meantime he meets a simple woman who takes him under her wing. Soon everything gets out of control and he is held hostage while he is tested and probed by scientists. I won't spoil the rest but it's a really trippy movie.It's not a movie for everyone since it's a slower paced art film but if you're into these types of movies I'd recommend it. The first time I watched it I wasn't quite sure what to think of it. Then I watched all the Special Features interviews & was able to answer some of the questions I had. The second time I watched it I was able to appreciate it much more after finding out about the behind the scenes stuff that went into the movie.Vid for "Be My Wife" off "Low": It's interesting because I checked it out from the public library & also picked up Bowie's remastered "Low" cd from the same year(which I had no idea they were from the same year when I ordered them on the library website, which was odd). "Low" is a pretty trippy album itself. Half of the cd is instrumental songs which are rather spacey & make me wonder if he made this after he did "The Man Who Fell To Earth". The album was produced by Tony Visconti & Bowie but Brian Eno co-wrote many of the songs as well as collaborated on the music so there are alot of synth soundscapes throughout. It is quite a mixed cd stylistically too. Bowie was certainly pushing the boundaries of what rock was considered on this album.
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