Moonage Daydream: The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust

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David Bowie came into Moonage Daydream director Brett Morgen’s life when the latter was just a teenager. “I don’t know which came first, Bowie or puberty,” he tells TIME over Zoom ahead of the documentary’s theatrical release on Sept. 16. “But they had the same lasting impact on my worldview.” Forty years later, Bowie once again prompted Morgen to see the world and his place in it a little differently. Blum, Jordan (12 July 2012). "David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017 . Retrieved 8 January 2017. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (liner notes). David Bowie. Europe: EMI. 2012. 5099946361417. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)

Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. " Legacy – David Bowie". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019 . Retrieved 7 March 2020.Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. " Nothing Has Changed – David Bowie". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019 . Retrieved 7 March 2020. Bowie’s ability to live in the moment has led Morgen to rethink the way he lives his own life. “I don’t need to make films anymore,” he says. “When I started, I thought that I was working towards one day creating some sort of master work. That I could keep learning and improving and get there. I learned from Bowie that virtuosity is overrated.” Staring death in the face has made Morgen realize that making the perfect film no longer feels like the best use of his time. “I’ve been making films for 25 years. There are other things to do,” the father of three says. “My wife doesn’t believe me, but I kind of want to run an Airbnb. I’m serious. I’m into making experiences.”

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in the lobby of the hotel (near where they shot Hee Haw), there was a staircase in the middle of the lobby. At about the same time, Roy Clark (cowboy star of Hee Haw) came around the corner and started up the stairs in a full country outfit. Bowie is coming down the same stairs all 'Bowied.' At the midpoint, they meet. Bowie just glances and nods and Roy Clark stops and I swear his mouth fell to the floor and his eyes bugged out. We laughed so hard." Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. " Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions 68–72 – David Bowie". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018 . Retrieved 10 March 2020.The film doesn’t cover Bowie’s personal life as such – although it touches on his half-brother Terry and his tense relationship with his mother. Angie is not mentioned, although Iman is: this film is about the public Bowie, the Bowie of surfaces and images. His personal life is a mystery: he says he has never bought a property in his life (at least before settling down with Iman) and just existed in London or LA or Berlin, simply pursuing the vocation of an artist, albeit an artist who has been lavishly and lucratively recognised in his own lifetime. The closest we’ll ever get to a straight up Bowie autobiography — but who’d ever want anything straight-up from Bowie?’ – Rolling Stone Those early journeys through the vastness of America were perhaps some of my favourite times. The trains themselves had such great names: Texas Chief, St Francisco Zephyr, Broadway Limited, The Wolverine, Abraham Lincoln, National Limited and many more. What great names. They all sounded like guitars. Fender Texas Chief. Bowie, David (2005). Moonage Daydream: The Life & Times of Ziggy Stardust. Universe. ISBN 0789313502. Moreover, what the UK's Guardian referred to as fusing "1950s nostalgia and the superstar image" -- the core components of Bowie's creative evolution into the "Ziggy Stardust" persona -- caused a more light-hearted but notable event to transpire.

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