The Image

The Image is a 1969 black and white short film directed by Michael Armstrong with starring Michael Byrne and David Bowie in his first film role. The film is one of the few short films ever to receive a certified 'X' Rating and it gained this rating due to its violent content.
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[@burpie3258]

A young David Bowie as an immortal stalker version of Dorian Gray? And I thought I'd seen it all.

[@lalakuma9]

I would have loved to see Bowie in a movie adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray, he's perfect for this sort of story.

[@ashikana21]

According to Kenneth Pitt, David was hanging onto a real upstairs windowsill with buckets of water poured over him, careful to not fall and injure himself. He "came back that evening looking like a drowned mouse and complaining bitterly." A very beautiful drowned mouse though, I'm sure.

[@ОльгаБралюк]

David Bowie is immortal

[@Sharperthanu1]

+Ольга Бралюк AREN'T WE ALL.

[@Angelcrystal.Rett.7hippie772]

That was a very unique film. Sad but unique. David played his part very well.

[@norahherbie8537]

David s always done great things, hasn t he? the world 's just only trying to catch up..rest in peace DRJ.sorely missed

[@junodelcampo946]

Seeing this movie have an X rating is sad from the fact that this kind of violence is too horrific to show for any audience but in our generation, this type of violence is considered a PG type of rating...

[@mercuropheliac]

NO, DOODLE-BOWIE, NO!! "Me hoy minoy!"

[@tomfoolery1039]

+mercuropheliac I laughed so hard at this comment.

[@jajeypie6281]

This got me😂😂😂😂😂

[@dr.antonenewcombe9592]

god i love my gen z minds

[@titahidalgoalva848]

aaaaaaaaah i can't stop thinking about that interview in which he mentioned being arty with his school mates this is gives me such happiness

[@miriamori661]

When Bowie met the Twilight Zone... Quanto ci manchi, David.

[@tutorworldliverpool2076]

This brilliant and wonderful rare gem reminds me of the Vault of Horror segment starring Tom Baker who is a struggling artist and uses voodoo to seek revenge on the art dealers who have exploited him......Great to see Bowie immortalised in film

[@initialcreation]

Why couldn't he just accept him? This beauty just wanted to hug him...

[@nikostheodossou1675]

just another borein crap...ok???

[@nikostheodossou1675]

notin or noone can helpme!!!so sad fo bowie...

[@nikostheodossou1675]

Feline Feline davy iz the original alien sex fiend!!!ok???

[@jeanmichellelaurent]

I honestly wouldn't mind Young david bowie walking across my house after i painted a picture of him

[@Beautiful_Sacred_Land]

i can't but chuckle. oh to be young and intense. i think we've all been there eh. good stuff. Thanks for sharing.

[@goldenpig0711]

This has an Alfred Hitchcock's psychological feel to it..

[@TheVideoChatter]

This speaks to me on so many levels.

[@soniacolatruglio7403]

This should’ve been a 2 hour film😀I’d still watch it!!

[@TorkG8]

Thank you so much for uploading this. I've wanted to see it ever since I saw a small clip of it elsewhere.

[@angelinastardust9857]

David was perfect in this and it actually kind of scared me and that's saying something because movies and videos never scare me but the black and white really does it for me because the only movie to really scare me was the original Wolfman from 1941 and it was black and white and grainy. Gotta love David. ❤

[@krunchy1647]

Creepy....miss this man tremendously!

[@sophia6263]

well I WISH I could just paint david bowie and make him come out of the painting !

[@thebillsierraoscarclub]

Me too

[@baronsaturday9560]

Get inspired by the man, dive into his art and listen to the music, he'll come out of the painting slowly but surely..

[@gofindyourmusic]

Kind of David Lynch like stuff , creepy , like a bad dream .

[@bluerain716]

+Marisa Dower Morgan kind of like Buñuel ;)

[@gofindyourmusic]

+bluerain716 , You look very young to know about this director..are you a film student?

[@bluerain716]

No I am not a film student, I haven't finished high-school yet :) Just a fan of surrealist cinema, esp. Buñuel.

[@gofindyourmusic]

Bravo! Good Taste !

[@faustinagatta4664]

Miss you, David.

[@guitarlawyer75]

Interesting film

[@32mybelle]

Wow, very unusual!

[@thebillsierraoscarclub]

Me when I try to scared my dad

[@somebraveapollo8211]

I'm living in a silent film.

[@baronsaturday9560]

...of dream reality..

[@sadmachines6991]

This gets an X rating, but the SAW series gets an NC-17

[@kellyreis4670]

J'adore 😀

[@kellyreis4670]

David Bowie était et restera le plus grand artiste de tout les temps

[@bartendersmr4160]

Oh man I can't stop laughing my ass off. This is so perfect

[@MajGeri1]

David Bowie

[@davidkoval6415]

"Interesting movie about a painting that comes to life I wonder if this was the influence for Rod Serling's Night Gallery"hmm ??

[@rexmundi2237]

+David Koval Nore likely that 'The Image' was inspired by 'Blood of a Poet' by Cocteau

[@JordanisMikey420]

yes!

[@VVeltanschauung187]

Is that Bowie?

[@pennyc7064]

Yes

[@gh0ulish-g1rl]

yep! this was his acting debut :D

[@haileyshannon7548]

Why do I keep thinking of Diane Simmons in Lint?

[@ximuvoliku6318]

wow this is creepy

[@burpie3258]

that's art meh love

[@mariogazzola5565]

And not even with Bowie's soundtrack...

[@raspberryman4385]

funny

[@leoshiin9712]

???????????

[@SnotRockets55]

Unintentionally funny, but I've still seen worse movies (Pootie Tang). And David is beautiful.

[@homelesshannah50]

stupid ass

[@timidkitten1709]

What's funny about it?