David bowie biography book 20110

David Bowie never even gave permission for a written biography of his life, let alone a cinematic biopic.

Bowie: A Biography - Marc Spitz - Google Books

(Todd Haynes’ 1998 drama Velvet Goldmine, with Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Bowie-esque glam rocker ‘Brian Slade’, is about as close as anyone’s got.) Stardust is the first to make a proper stab at a portrait of the eternally fascinating musician, but it inevitably arrives under a cloud of unauthorised controversy.

Keeping true to his wishes, the Bowie estate has blocked the filmmakers from using any of the musician’s back catalogue.

Which feels like a pretty conspicuous omission. The recent trend of jukebox musicals has yielded mixed success, but at least they tended to have a few bangers on the soundtrack to keep your interest; watching this, you’d think Bowie was merely a middling covers singer with a penchant for terrible mimes.

As a pre-Ziggy David Bowie: A Life: Jones, Dylan: 9780451497833: Amazon.com ...

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