Description: BRAND NEW EARTHBOUND : David Bowie and The Man Who Fell To Earth by Susan Compo. Foreword by Graeme Clifford Softcover Book Earthbound is the first book-length exploration of a true classic of twentieth-century science-fiction cinema, shot under the heavy, ethereal skies of New Mexico by the legendary British director Nicolas Roeg and starring David Bowie in a role he seemed born for as an extraterrestrial named Thomas Newton who comes to Earth in search of water. Based on a novel by the highly regarded American writer Walter Tevis, this dreamy, distressing, and visionary film resonates even more strongly in the twenty-first century than it did on its original release during the year of the US Bicentennial.Drawing on extensive research and exclusive first-hand interviews with members of the cast and crew, Earthbound begins with a look at Tevis’s 1963 novel before moving into a detailed analysis of a film described by its director as ‘a sci-fi film without a lot of sci-fi tools’ and starring a group of actors—Bowie, Buck Henry, Candy Clark, Rip Torn—later described by one of them (Henry) as ‘not a cast but a dinner party.’ It also seeks to uncover the mysteries surrounding Bowie’s rejected soundtrack to the film (elements of which later ended up his groundbreaking 1977 album Low) and closes with a look at his return to the themes and characters of The Man Who Fell To Earth in one of his final works, the acclaimed musical production Lazarus. CLO-O
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Book Title: Earthbound : David Bowie and the Man Who Fell to Earth
Book Series: Earthbound
Item Length: 8.5in
Original Language: English
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Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 1in
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Features: Illustrated
Topic: Science Fiction
Item Width: 6.2in
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Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: Outline Press, The Limited
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
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Edition: First Edition
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Publication Year: 2017
Type: Novel
Author: Susan Compo
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 0.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
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