Sci-Fi Classic Review: THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1976)

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The Unapologetic Geek

The Unapologetic Geek

Күн бұрын

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@TinyBlurryMan
@TinyBlurryMan 3 жыл бұрын
Even if Bowie’s performance is just Bowie being Bowie, it’s exactly what it needs to be.
@emellemc
@emellemc 3 жыл бұрын
It's perfect. He played the fact that everyone loses in the end. In some ways it's like the final scene of the Magnificent 7. Played out to its conclusion.
@thegardenoffragileegos1845
@thegardenoffragileegos1845 Жыл бұрын
He has both the appearance and the presences of an alien hiding in human form. No one else could have pulled this role off.
@jeshkam
@jeshkam 2 ай бұрын
100th like 😊
@awwskit3929
@awwskit3929 4 жыл бұрын
I had to come here because I didn’t know what the heck I just watched
@emoshrek8902
@emoshrek8902 4 жыл бұрын
Same
@rayhill5767
@rayhill5767 3 жыл бұрын
It’s about a noble alien who comes to Earth and gets lost. He becomes human and flawed like us.
@brubeck1
@brubeck1 3 жыл бұрын
its about bowie as well , where he was at ..at the time.
@madeleine8662
@madeleine8662 3 жыл бұрын
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@iamwhoyousayiam6773
@iamwhoyousayiam6773 3 жыл бұрын
Same. It was a bunch of random pop culture crap sloppily thrown together. The film was so disjointed and irrelevant scenes were way too long. If you took out Mary Lou's random fits, that gives you back a half hour. The entire "story" could be summed up in 5m. They never explained jack. The writer doesn't seem to understand how patents work... Though this is a minor gripe compared to the rest of the "movie." I have it a shot because of Bowie and I regret it lol
@albertking1503
@albertking1503 4 жыл бұрын
Very underrated flick,and Bowie is great
@austins.2495
@austins.2495 3 жыл бұрын
This film is insane! I was surprised at how experimental it is, while not feeling the need to explain much. Very cool though
@iamwhoyousayiam6773
@iamwhoyousayiam6773 3 жыл бұрын
It definitely needed some explanation lol
@dondragmer2412
@dondragmer2412 2 жыл бұрын
@@iamwhoyousayiam6773 I was able to watch it without needing any explanation at all.
@erickgregoryful
@erickgregoryful 2 жыл бұрын
David Bowie. This movie confused me as a kid, but was mesmerized. As an adult still something wonderful. Really gets the heart and mind going. Thank you for the retrospective, Well done.
@laurarose8481
@laurarose8481 Жыл бұрын
I really was expecting this to just be a 20 minute video of hating on this movie, but i was pleasantly surprised. I absolutely adore this movie even though there is so much of it that does not make sense, even after reading the book. Thank you for this
@RSEFX
@RSEFX 2 жыл бұрын
Roeg really got his start with Corman on MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH, with Truffaut taking note from that film and hiring him for FAHRENHEIT 451. It has probably already been pointed out somewhere here that it was Ray Bradbury who co-wrote IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE (with Harry Essex) and not Richard Matheson.
@maskedmarvyl4774
@maskedmarvyl4774 3 жыл бұрын
David Bowie was surprisingly good in this film. However, the script and the director completely let this movie down.
@JSoul
@JSoul 2 жыл бұрын
I just saw this film yesterday and it was pretty good. I’ve been a Bowie fan for many years and I’ve never gotten a chance to watch it until now and wow, pretty great overall 👍
@mjhzen8313
@mjhzen8313 4 жыл бұрын
I saw "The Man Who Fell To Earth" when it first came out. I'm a sci-fi fan and I tried to like it. But I found it boring. Looking at clips today, I think it may have been the direction. With better direction, this could have been a classic.
@LooseOnTheGoose
@LooseOnTheGoose 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent review of an excellent film, thanks
@ZillMob
@ZillMob 2 жыл бұрын
If I could live anybodies life in the world I would for sure pick Bowie. The music the drugs the sex, all of it seems like the best anybody ever did at life
@yonikeynan
@yonikeynan 4 жыл бұрын
thank you for this!
@ulysses1904
@ulysses1904 3 жыл бұрын
I saw it in the theater back in 1976 and was confused along with everyone else. I understood it after repeated viewings since then, went to many midnight movie screenings in Houston in 1979. I'm not a fan of the full version, especially the scene with Bowie, Marilou and the pistol. That scene was completely useless, for me it killed any mystique the film had. My favorite scene is Bowie taking his first walk and seeing the big carnival funhouse clown, scared for a second that's what Earthlings look like. Then seeing the drunk, who is actually what Earthlings look like, foreshadowing what he himself looked like by the end of the film. With the "Poker Dice" soundtrack in the background, freaking brilliant sequence. I just discovered the soundtrack, I always loved the "Alberto" music during the butler sequence, didn't realize it had a name. And they used the music to the song "The Man Who Fell to Earth" in the promos back then when it released, good job by John Phillips.
@dannystaton5386
@dannystaton5386 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome 👌
@coyoteboy5601
@coyoteboy5601 3 жыл бұрын
Another great commentary! Was Michael Crighton 6'11'' or 6'9''? Not being contentious, I know you like to get the details pitch perfect.
@TheUnapologeticGeek
@TheUnapologeticGeek 3 жыл бұрын
6’9”. What did I say?
@coyoteboy5601
@coyoteboy5601 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheUnapologeticGeek 6'11''. (4:49) That's what sent me to Google.
@TheUnapologeticGeek
@TheUnapologeticGeek 3 жыл бұрын
@@coyoteboy5601 Whoopsie! Thanks for keeping me honest. Must have been a memory slip or something.
@coyoteboy5601
@coyoteboy5601 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheUnapologeticGeek That's nothing! I was saying 'providence' when I meant 'provenance' for decades.
@davidleethompsoniii8263
@davidleethompsoniii8263 3 жыл бұрын
Sorry,,, Just heard about this movie bit from the clips I'm not going to buy it...
@TheUnapologeticGeek
@TheUnapologeticGeek 3 жыл бұрын
That’s totally fair. As I said, this is not a movie everyone will like.
@richardheaney1525
@richardheaney1525 3 жыл бұрын
Dafuk was that last two minutes? That should have been excised, dropped, or otherwise jettisoned.
@russiandrago821
@russiandrago821 2 жыл бұрын
I just watched this movie and am stunned. It’s an artistic film in every sense of the word. It’s a movie that I could not understand what was happening but still finished feeling fulfilled, I had no regrets watching it!
@kirnpu
@kirnpu Жыл бұрын
Thank you RussianDrago. I've been struggling to find the words to say and you pretty well summed up exactly how I felt about it. A unique film indeed.
@tlui4350
@tlui4350 4 жыл бұрын
That ending was beautiful yet tragic, I wish he would’ve got revenge on all the back stabbers though! :(
@emellemc
@emellemc 3 жыл бұрын
emellemc It's perfect. He played the fact that everyone loses in the end. In some ways it's like the final scene of the Magnificent 7. Played out to its conclusion.
@GlitchyHalo
@GlitchyHalo 5 ай бұрын
@@emellemcTommy and Mary’s relationship was both rocky yet tragic. They both hurt each other. Mary introducing him to all these things like alcohol and sex is what ruined him and how he later treated her like ignoring her for television he really was watching porn in front of her, and scaring her into thinking he’s gonna kill her the gun scene is beautiful yet tragic there was no genuine intimacy it kinda mirrored the professor and his students it shows how depressed and driven to the edge of sanity Tommy is and the isolation and his plan being ruined made it worse it doesn’t help that Mary’s one of the people that betrayed him even if she didn’t want to and she still crawled back to him. He had every right to actually kill her he deserved that moment Tommy may have never loved Mary but he did care for her. Him being awkward and silent when they first met kinda showed that he wasn’t really into her and made Mary the more talkative type. “He doesn’t need me.” “Yeah I do.” is beautiful. Him trying to leave her what he can behind when she only wanted him but knew his heart belonged to his wife and finally let him go after their last “intimate” moment together
@LentaChorum
@LentaChorum 3 жыл бұрын
The majority who call this movie "pretentious" I feel are just shortchanging this movie because it's not immediately flashy. This is a good movie to meditate on.
@edwardhannah
@edwardhannah 4 жыл бұрын
I tried to watch this esoteric film a second time and managed to stay awake through most of it. Again I missed the ending because I was out like a light for the last 20 more minutes. The scene that stands out for me is when the alien character is in the limousine with the female lead and he is able to see a group of pioneers and simultaneously they can see this strange vehicle speeding by. Something to do with gaps in the time/space continuum or so I’ve read.
@KRhetor
@KRhetor 4 жыл бұрын
This is up there with On the Beach as the most depressing science fiction film...but it's a lot better and despite being a complete downer holds up to repeat viewings.
@shpeale
@shpeale 2 жыл бұрын
The final (almost) line of the film is one of my favorite film lines of all time: "I think Mr. Newton has had enough."
@plasticweapon
@plasticweapon 2 күн бұрын
newton: "no."
@TheUnapologeticGeek
@TheUnapologeticGeek 4 жыл бұрын
CORRECTION: Richard Matheson didn't write the script for It Came from Outer Space (although, in an interview, Mayersberg did make that mistake, which I then repeated). It was actually written by Harry Essex, who was adapting a story by Ray Bradbury. Also, Michael Crichton was 6’9”, not 6’11”.
@opinionday0079
@opinionday0079 2 жыл бұрын
I sat down to watch this movie with my Mum and Dad we're back in the 70s I was a huge Bowie fan I did not know at the time that the movie contains such a lot of sex scenes watching it with my mum and dad was one of the most embarrassing moments of my life
@TheUnapologeticGeek
@TheUnapologeticGeek 2 жыл бұрын
Wow! I can only imagine.
@AndrewHillis_2024
@AndrewHillis_2024 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheUnapologeticGeek Have you done a review of Danny Boyle's Sunshine? I would be most interested to hear your comments on that film.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@GlitchyHalo
@GlitchyHalo 5 ай бұрын
Also it’s funny when people go bananas over Jareth’s tight pants in Labyrinth when David shows his everything 10 years before 😭
@gordanaerakovic3478
@gordanaerakovic3478 4 жыл бұрын
elon musk in. a nutshell
@tonyrusi1978
@tonyrusi1978 4 жыл бұрын
I do wonder if Elon has seen this movie uncut. I actually liked the parts where he could see the past best. The idea that a few patents can create a billionaire I liked back in 1976. It gave me hope. Now I know better. Elon actually is the rock star of our age. And Colonization of Mars the Woodstock of Tomorrow.
@RPGmodsFan
@RPGmodsFan 3 жыл бұрын
As a genre, I love Sci-Fi, but I find most Sci Fi dumb. For Interstellar travelers, water is abondant in space. So the whole premise of "The Man Who Fell To Earth" movie is dumb. I wish more Sci-Fi was written for Scientists and Engineers. For the "The Man Who Fell To Earth" movie, a Phosphorous "drought" would have made more sense. Phosphorous is needed by all living beings (plants and animals) to make and break down sugars. At least the Novel made more sense. In it, Thomas Jerome Newton was trying to build a spaceship ferry to bring the rest of his people (about 300) to Earth from Anthea, which was devastated by a nuclear war.
@AndrewHillis_2024
@AndrewHillis_2024 2 жыл бұрын
It wasn't explained in the film why there was a drought on the aliens home world?👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@JohnWilliamNowak
@JohnWilliamNowak Жыл бұрын
@@AndrewHillis_2024 I believe the point being made is that water is very common in the universe. Comets are made of it. So any plot where "they come for water" is fairly silly when you could get all you want in the Oort Cloud.
@lordandsaviour5666
@lordandsaviour5666 2 жыл бұрын
I didn't think much of this film when I first saw it (although I was quite young at the time, probably too young I suppose), but after a few months of reading Philip K. Dick novels (this film helped inspire the fictional film which appears in VALIS) which I really enjoyed and listening to many of Bowie's albums for the first time I re-watched it. It's now one of my favourites.
@uscman
@uscman 3 жыл бұрын
The ending had me like 🤨. It felt like set up for a sequel which we got from Bowie’s 2015 play Lazarus.
@mangasky7
@mangasky7 4 жыл бұрын
After watching TMWFTE Pauline Kael heralded Bowie as the most romantic star of the age.
@plasticweapon
@plasticweapon 2 күн бұрын
whoa.
@rini6
@rini6 4 жыл бұрын
I never understood the film at all. Turns out, I was watching the cut version. Watching the entire thing does make it easier to see and more beautiful. This was a great commentary on America and capitalism. It was also Bowie in his prime.
@iamwhoyousayiam6773
@iamwhoyousayiam6773 3 жыл бұрын
I want my time back from watching it.
@CathyLahn
@CathyLahn 28 күн бұрын
​@@iamwhoyousayiam6773 Loser.
@iliaschaikalis8579
@iliaschaikalis8579 3 жыл бұрын
The film is great in terms of preety much everything but the plot is so convoluted! Many things happen without getting explained, constant time jumps happen without any indication whatsoever other than characters having greyish hair and there is no exposition at all. I don't like films where 90% of the dialogue is exposition but I do need SOME exposition to bettee understand the plot. All in all I find this film very hard to follow, but ii remains still a very insightful and thought provoking movie with beautiful directing and great acting.
@retropian
@retropian 2 жыл бұрын
I was 14 when it came out. I wanted to see it with a group of my friends but they wanted to see The Omen, another classic from the ‘70’s, so I was outvoted. Of course I eventually saw it, and many times since and it’s remained one of my favorite sci-fi movies from my teen years.
@edwardmulholland7912
@edwardmulholland7912 Жыл бұрын
An endlessly fascinating film, every time I see it I get something new from it. Roeg was a genius and Bowie was brilliant in it. The film was an important part of Bowie’s life and he was rightly proud of it.
@sparrowhawk9015
@sparrowhawk9015 4 жыл бұрын
I became a fan of Bowie's acting after seeing Merry X-mas, Mr. Lawrence.
@anabellelei8540
@anabellelei8540 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this,I have the directors cut and have seen it many times and it's high on my list of favorites. Still,many watches later,I get confused by some of it. That has never been a deterrent for wanting to know more. Bowie dazzles,as he so often did.
@rossbennettlewis4412
@rossbennettlewis4412 3 жыл бұрын
Saw this film in 1976 + loved it then. Would be great to see the undeleted scenes version.
@kylecurry577
@kylecurry577 4 жыл бұрын
TMWFTE is unique...to say the least. Art house meets sci-fi. Watchable slow burn movie with satire.
@DungeonStudio
@DungeonStudio 4 жыл бұрын
Great review, and good details yet again! I have to say I personally think this is the most BEAUTIFUL sci-fi movie ever made! Some of the scenery Roeg captures is just astounding! Yet, can it even be called 'sci-fi'? The personal drama in this is SO heavy, at best it's almost an updated version of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. Newton's brilliance, hidden secret, and undramatic addiction to alcohol over water is so relatable on a human level to this day, the sci-fi aspect is almost non-existent. Yet, when agencies acquire Newton and try to find out 'what makes him tick', it seems so haphazard yet totally realistic to 'intelligence mentality'. Give him a affluent domicile, all the booze he could wish for, an adjacent lab to study him right next door - and a simple lock on the door to keep him in. And then his imminent release - just go! No one responsible, no one to blame, none is the wiser, and nothing was gained. That's the CIA's motto right there! LOL Just a great stunning movie on SO many levels!
@herbertkeithmiller
@herbertkeithmiller 2 жыл бұрын
8:52 For when you're an alien sensitive to sunlight trying to hide in human society transitions lenses
@jaffee26
@jaffee26 3 жыл бұрын
The disjointed cinematic language of the film made it really hard to follow. I had to actively fill in the blanks in my mind as to what was happening. It was almost easier to follow reading reviews of it then it was actually watching the movie. If I walked into the cinema without knowing anything about this I would find the film incomprehensible.
@xarynfields7902
@xarynfields7902 3 жыл бұрын
Happy 45th anniversary of this beautiful film, I love David’s performance... this movie is so amazing
@jenneacubero1036
@jenneacubero1036 2 жыл бұрын
What's ironic about Rip Torn's role was that he literally played Judas in "King Of Kings" years prior.
@Jonathan_Taylor
@Jonathan_Taylor 2 жыл бұрын
This movie is David Bowie's movie masterpiece performance. Wouldn't be surprised if some strange form of his music and this movie were to become reality for him in sometime in an earthly return, We can only hope..
@sanjaypoudel8015
@sanjaypoudel8015 3 жыл бұрын
we all know this is elon musk story .
@drunkpandainc
@drunkpandainc 3 жыл бұрын
I only recently saw this movie and when it was over I was convinced Elon musk is an alien
@TheUnapologeticGeek
@TheUnapologeticGeek 3 жыл бұрын
I still am. 😜
@rjsweda
@rjsweda 4 жыл бұрын
nice excellent, you should have millions of viewers, wow, keep doing what you love and thanks. looking forward to your other videos. be well. :)
@TheGreenestG
@TheGreenestG 3 жыл бұрын
One of the very few films that truly conveys the experience of being a genius in America
@iamwhoyousayiam6773
@iamwhoyousayiam6773 3 жыл бұрын
An alien?
@dondragmer2412
@dondragmer2412 2 жыл бұрын
@@iamwhoyousayiam6773 Yes.
@31webseries
@31webseries 3 жыл бұрын
OMG I probably saw the cut version. I thought it didn't make sense because I was just a kid who liked Bowie's music. Thanks man, I've got a movie to watch!
@MrJoebuck74
@MrJoebuck74 3 жыл бұрын
Are you sure that his family died? May be not and he still has the time to save 'em at the end of the story, what you see in the movie can be the projection of his own thoughts of dismay about the destiny of his family, may be they are already dead but remember what Newton say to Bryce at the end " I DID THE RECORD FOR MY WIFE, I HOPE SHE CAN HEAR.......THERE'S STILL AN HOPE" This is the essence of this absolute MASTERPIECE: the viewer must use the imagination from the very beginning and that's because the genius of Roeg, I love this director! He had a style that nobody has ever expressed after and before, the non linear timeline in this movie is the reason why the people do not understend the plot.....what you want to understend morons, go to see Avatar sucking your thumbs, that's the kind of movie for you silly viewers. Bravo for this review, I love EVERYTHING of this movie.
@GlitchyHalo
@GlitchyHalo 5 ай бұрын
Another line Tommy had could be interpreted as him seeing things too when Mary-Lou visits him in his hotel isolation right before he scares her with the gun he says when he drinks he sees bodies of men and women. It could be a bisexual gag as David was bisexual but could also interpret Tommy seeing dead bodies his family’s bodies
@markfetherman6593
@markfetherman6593 9 ай бұрын
Thank you for this. I never saw this film.
@caldodge
@caldodge 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I found it boring, pretentious, and scientifically ludicrous.
@Larkinchance
@Larkinchance 2 жыл бұрын
Consider doing a review on Performance
@PerAnkh418
@PerAnkh418 4 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas Mr Laurence.. Now that was outstanding acting from David.. Yep,,, biast I am, for being a Bowie Fan ⚡
@epiphoney
@epiphoney 3 жыл бұрын
I just watched with my mother over two days. What was that? By the way, the guy that wrote the book also wrote The Queen's Gambit.
@slyslaughter5115
@slyslaughter5115 4 жыл бұрын
Nice overview. Thanks. Some credit due to Stomu Yamashta whose music Philips used liberally in his "soundtrack" alongside Philips' compositions.
@iamwhoyousayiam6773
@iamwhoyousayiam6773 3 жыл бұрын
Hated it. Very few films I regret watching, this was one. I expected more from a Bowie film.
@Anteroization
@Anteroization 4 жыл бұрын
this is my I remember of the movie in the era 1975 or 1976 that was released ( thanks to you ) no one understood the movie, because it was a "art movie" the price of entrance was $7.50 plus 7 cents of tax.( minimum wage was around $1.10 ) latter came "just a gigolo" around 1979 ? and that one was $20.00 to watch. that was in NYC.
@fredo1070
@fredo1070 4 жыл бұрын
Love your videos, keep up the good work. Hope your channel catches fire.
@michaelhubbard5246
@michaelhubbard5246 3 жыл бұрын
What's with the guy looking down as TJN walks toward the train at the beginning of the movie?
@TheUnapologeticGeek
@TheUnapologeticGeek 3 жыл бұрын
Good question. My answer: 🤷‍♂️
@iamwhoyousayiam6773
@iamwhoyousayiam6773 3 жыл бұрын
"What's with ______?" That summarizes the *entire* film. Some call it art, I call it lazy 🤷🏻‍♀️ I wanted to like it because of Bowie, but I can't find any opinions dissecting any of the film to make any meaningful sense of it.
@665snowball
@665snowball 2 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure he is supposed to be an agent of the government, who are aware of Newton's arrival from the beginning - as they would have been. Throughout the film it is shown that the government was aware of him but chose to take a wait and see position.
@robertbrown6879
@robertbrown6879 3 жыл бұрын
Stay away. Only walked out on two movies in my life. This was one.
@SteamLance
@SteamLance 3 жыл бұрын
Having Asperger's I've never been a fan of just artsy films, I like it to have a good plot and give some entertainment, like emotional connections etc. Watching the film on Britbox confused me really, I prefer stuff like Classic Doctor Who or the original Star Wars.
@silverkitty2503
@silverkitty2503 3 жыл бұрын
i feel like his character is the born sexy yesterday thingy only the male version
@miab-p6874
@miab-p6874 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it could be the case.
@figs9106
@figs9106 2 жыл бұрын
Was this movie ever remade?
@FINNEGANAGENNIF
@FINNEGANAGENNIF 3 жыл бұрын
This film is in a class of it's own. Thomas Jerome Newton and David Bowie merge together before your eyes. Bowie was, forever after, Newton to some extent. More than science fiction, it is a study of how the noble dream of saving a planet can go awry simply by corruption. A more primitive tribe, will not appreciate someone "technologically overstimulated". Parallel AC proponent Nikola Tesla, who likewise gave us so many inventions we now rely on, was similarly abused by DC fanatic Thomas Edison, misappreciated by the public, and was left alone to die half mad, in relative obscurity. WARNING: Being more eloquent, cultured, evolved for the future, can be a curse amidst a cruder, yet heavier, mass gravity!
@michaelsweenie-lane359
@michaelsweenie-lane359 2 жыл бұрын
My fave movie of all time - I have seen it over 112 times and notice little details I had missed earlier
@starmnsixty1209
@starmnsixty1209 3 жыл бұрын
This was one of a small handful of sf films of the 70s I managed to miss until recent years. I'm not quite sure what I think of it, frankly. It was certainly nice to see somebody take a serious try at making an sf film in the days before the genre became big- time box office I did find it on the idliw side, I must admit. Some repeat viewings are no doubt in order to more fairly asses the film. Wasn't there a TV film version produced in the mid-1980s or very earlyy '90s? My memory may be tricking me here, but I seem to recall vaguely that there was one such.
@TheUnapologeticGeek
@TheUnapologeticGeek 3 жыл бұрын
There was a television pilot made in the late eighties, but it was never picked up. They did air it as a TV movie, though. There is currently a series in development over at Showtime as well.
@dondragmer2412
@dondragmer2412 2 жыл бұрын
Assess
@sonegator22
@sonegator22 3 жыл бұрын
great job but that was the worst movie I ever saw
@antoniocunha3912
@antoniocunha3912 3 ай бұрын
I just love the time displacement little episode - a different kind of consciousness bringing a different kind of space-time reality - in a very accidental way, as these marvelous things usually happen.. And I also love Candy Clark.
@larsliljeblad800
@larsliljeblad800 7 ай бұрын
Beautiful, amazing film. Bowie is superb, and perfect! Love it!!! 🌟👍⚡
@IvorPresents
@IvorPresents 2 жыл бұрын
I want to hear what you have to say, minus the music, it is truly distracting, Much prefer something less distracting, or just ambient. Anything that does not draw attention to itself. Holst is not who you want.It is too familiar.
@olivercuenca4109
@olivercuenca4109 9 ай бұрын
I think its a shame that they removed the political thriller elements. It adds an interesting dimension to the plot, as well as a bit more moral greyness to Newton's plans. Also - its never explicit, but i always read Betty-Jo/Mary-Lou as being black for whatever reason. At the very least she has dark hair, and doesnt look much like the one in the movie. Also - for people interested in Tevis's other works, you might be interested to know that one of his other big books was The Queen's Gambit - the one that recently got turned into a Netflix series.
@JohnWilliamNowak
@JohnWilliamNowak Жыл бұрын
I really need to get a copy of this. I was very impressed by Bowie's uncanny quality, and the low-key production.
@SciHeartJourney
@SciHeartJourney 4 жыл бұрын
So what happened to his wife and kids?
@TheUnapologeticGeek
@TheUnapologeticGeek 4 жыл бұрын
Sadly, they died of thirst. :(
@SciHeartJourney
@SciHeartJourney 4 жыл бұрын
@@TheUnapologeticGeek Thank you for the answer, even though it wasn't the one I hoped for. I've never seen the movie, but I'm motivated to watch it now. Thanks for your excellent review of this cult classic. My Mom was in (fan) love with Bowie. RIP David Bowie.
@hypnotised-clover
@hypnotised-clover 4 жыл бұрын
@@TheUnapologeticGeek Wow, you just answered a spoiler bait question. Why?
@TheUnapologeticGeek
@TheUnapologeticGeek 4 жыл бұрын
@@hypnotised-clover I don't worry about spoilers for movies over thirty years old. As to why, it's because the world of the movie is so awful and corrupt that it wouldn't let him save them.
@hypnotised-clover
@hypnotised-clover 4 жыл бұрын
@@TheUnapologeticGeek The age of a movie literally does not matter, you've spoiled it. Saying a movie is old so spoiling it doesn't matter is the most idiotic thing ever, no matter how old the movie is, you're still ruining the experience for people who haven't seen it. Nobody has seen every movie ever, no matter how old they are. Do you really want to try to justify ruining other's experience of something that you yourseld deemed a masterpiece in the video?
@stuartsharples9520
@stuartsharples9520 2 жыл бұрын
This film is my all time favorites, i must have watched it 40 or 50 times . Good story, it is as though you are viewing it in pictures, but at the same time seeing the real story forming in your mind.
@gabsonmars
@gabsonmars Жыл бұрын
I've grown to like this film more than I did at face value. Admittedly, I first watched it because it had David Bowie in it but found it confusing. I then read and fell in love with the book and rewatched it, disappointed in the way it strays away from the powerful story that the novel is. I felt that a lot of the movie fell flat in comparison. I do agree now that what was done with the film was interesting in its own way, especially visually.
@Shen-p7t
@Shen-p7t 4 ай бұрын
why was there an image of Tommy and Mary-Lou two times where they both looked at the camera? What's the meaning?
@arcadealchemist
@arcadealchemist 2 жыл бұрын
hey Tommy and SOnic have something in common they came to earth with a bag of gold rings
@Melusi47
@Melusi47 2 жыл бұрын
I stopped 9 minutes in man, still no review of the movie just stuff leading up to it. Which is fine I guess..
@BrettOwen71
@BrettOwen71 Жыл бұрын
Philo Farnsworth pronounced Fi-low Farnsworth.
@NvdVeen
@NvdVeen 2 жыл бұрын
This was an entirely creative movie, cool ideas and technology, great dialogues, and an amazing performance from Bowie. I wish more movies would break the mold now a days like movies from the 70s and early 80s. It has it's moments of "wtf", but overall the ideas are there and what a ride it was
@kaylaschulz2277
@kaylaschulz2277 4 жыл бұрын
Maybe he should not fell to the Earth
@davidbarton1928
@davidbarton1928 2 ай бұрын
An early outing for the Iron Maiden font?
@kpfields7130
@kpfields7130 2 жыл бұрын
Wait, people actually liked this movie?
@bernadettewilliams2361
@bernadettewilliams2361 2 жыл бұрын
David bowie ♥️ ❤️ rest in peace 🙏 🪦
@edpritchard2318
@edpritchard2318 7 ай бұрын
aren't we all just visiting
@cinemaipswich4636
@cinemaipswich4636 Жыл бұрын
I suspect this movie is an adaptation of "Stranger in a Strange Land", a 1961 science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein. Bowie is a true enigma in his own right. His role in this movie is just perfect for an alien who visits a strange world.
@olivercuenca4109
@olivercuenca4109 9 ай бұрын
But they already said it was an adaptation of The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis?
@fionaallan3204
@fionaallan3204 2 ай бұрын
Loved it so much..
@LAductions
@LAductions Жыл бұрын
Totally HIGH ART imho
@CristMakhanya
@CristMakhanya 2 жыл бұрын
Is this a review or the making of
@Outlier777
@Outlier777 Жыл бұрын
15:01 was the best moment.
@ronwell2976
@ronwell2976 3 жыл бұрын
Good movie. Great performances.
@donaldmackerer9032
@donaldmackerer9032 2 жыл бұрын
I'll take the Unapologetic geek is a little too artsy and pretentious.
@TheUnapologeticGeek
@TheUnapologeticGeek 2 жыл бұрын
I will consider that a compliment. 😎
@cl4nzo
@cl4nzo 3 жыл бұрын
Initially my perception of the nude scenes in the film was about how unnecessarily long they were, I thought they were really being too low in wanting to attract Bowie's audience in this way. After watching this video I realize that it is a representation of the excesses that you mention alcohol, money and obviously sex. My point of view still makes sense to me and yours gave me much more insight, however deep down I still believe that Bowie was secretly used to attract fans. Great video!!!
@TheUnapologeticGeek
@TheUnapologeticGeek 3 жыл бұрын
I don’t think it’s a stretch to say they used Bowie in a salacious way to attract fans, and even though you can justify the nudity thematically, it’s still a bit gross that they went so far with it.
@cl4nzo
@cl4nzo 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheUnapologeticGeek EXACTLY
@GlitchyHalo
@GlitchyHalo 5 ай бұрын
@@TheUnapologeticGeekwhat set me off is that you could actually see his genitals in the gun scene and I think the professor’s early in the movie also gave all the nude female actors lots of pubic hair
@IvorPresents
@IvorPresents 2 жыл бұрын
The movie is beautiful to look at. Stunning, and quite in keeping with Mr. Roeg's. visual style. Interesting and imaginative. love the music sphere and holographic. flex screen.
@Mar-nd8tz
@Mar-nd8tz Жыл бұрын
oh god pls help me where's i can watch this movie?
@TheUnapologeticGeek
@TheUnapologeticGeek Жыл бұрын
Other than finding a physical copy (good luck), I do know you can rent/buy it digitally from Amazon, Apple TV, and Vudu in the United States. I don't know about anywhere else, though.
@harveycotton5185
@harveycotton5185 3 жыл бұрын
i love this film.
@critterfestsanctuary2446
@critterfestsanctuary2446 3 жыл бұрын
This was an Amazing well made trailer and you did an Amazing job telling the story. Great job !!! Can I have the 5 bucks now lol.
@cpnscarlet
@cpnscarlet 2 жыл бұрын
I enjoy this film once or twice a year, but still can't answer your question. I do know, that like "The Black Hole", it's one of those rare films that "doesn't look like any other film."
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