David Bowie’s story was told in the biopic “Moonage Daydream”. David Bowie is a legend who has always been ahead of his time and led him forward.
This biopic highlights the life and talents of one of the most prolific and influential artists of our time. Its release on the big screen is scheduled for March 2023.
This work is a documentary with a new sensation that can be called an attraction based on experience. Six years have passed since his death, and the number of young music listeners who do not know about his life is increasing.
“David Bowie Moonage Daydream,” director Brett Morgen has stated, is taking a different form than the usual musical documentary. Originally conceived with the intention of being shown in IMAX, this work aims to create an immersive performance and a design that makes you think of an experiential attraction is impressive.
Similar to the documentary “Cobain Montage of Heck” (2015), also directed by Brett Morgen, about Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain, it uses many montages quoted from various films.
This film is based on extensive archives incorporated after the official approval of the deceased’s family, but avoids the usual timeline storytelling format and does not include career commentary or testimonials from those involved in the life of the great artist. It continues with Bowie’s own remarks in between, but images and sounds from different eras come and go, and often surprising is the bold mix of newly edited songs. The tentative reputation of this uniquely conceived film is like a visual mixtape.
In coming up with the script, Brett Morgen said in several interviews that he focused on the “chaos” and “ephemeralism” that Bowie brought to his work throughout his career. In 1978, a live video of “Heroes” recorded at a performance at Earls Court in London is a valuable record that conveys the state of the tour at the time. Robert Fripp played impressive lead guitar on the album, and a young Adrian Belew was brought in from Frank Zappa’s band.
