The Man Who Fell to Earth
28/9/2015,22:00,ODEON Οπερα 1
What if Ziggy Stardust really was from another galaxy? David Bowie is an alien looking for water for his barren planet, slowly corroded by human passions. Light years ahead of its time, Nicolas Roeg's sci-fi gem explores the decadence of western civilization through a monumental chronicle of innocence lost.
Who else but David Bowie could pull off playing a man who fell to Earth? His alien visitor is humanoid and yet from a different world – an eccentric inventor and businessman who erects a huge industrial conglomerate al- most out of nothing. Yet he himself hides in his hotel room watching myriad televisions at once. Charismatic Mr. Newton arrives in the US with a British passport and an offer of incredible technology for our world. In reality, however, he has come from a faraway planet to investigate whether Earth is suitable for colonization because his own people are running out of water at home. He infiltrates human society – and this is what brings about his downfall: he ends up as an alcoholic ruin who has lost his willpower. As is often the case with the sci-fi genre, this artistically striking picture, benefiting from powerful images and wonderful period music, still comments on our own world with its ruthlessness and suffocating uniformity. After 39 years its topicality remains intact.
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Σκηνοθεσία / Director
Nicolas Roeg
Σενάριο / Screenwriter
Paul Mayersberg
Φωτογραφία / DoP
Anthony B. Richmond
Μουσική / Music
John Phillips, Stomu Yamashta
Μοντάζ / Editor
Graeme Clifford
Ηθοποιοί / Principal Cast
David Bowie , Rip Torn
Candy Clark, Buck Henry
Bernie Casey, Jackson D. Kane
Ην. Βασίλειο / United Kingdom
1976
Εγχρωμο / Color
DCP
139’
Αγγλικά / English
