A cinematic odyssey exploring David Bowie's creative and musical journey. From visionary filmmaker Brett Morgen, and sanctioned by the Bowie estate.A cinematic odyssey exploring David Bowie's creative and musical journey. From visionary filmmaker Brett Morgen, and sanctioned by the Bowie estate.A cinematic odyssey exploring David Bowie's creative and musical journey. From visionary filmmaker Brett Morgen, and sanctioned by the Bowie estate.
- Won 2 Primetime Emmys
- 14 wins & 51 nominations total
David Bowie
- Self
- (archive footage)
Trevor Bolder
- Self
- (archive footage)
Ken Fordham
- Self
- (archive footage)
Mike Garson
- Self
- (archive footage)
John 'Hutch' Hutchinson
- Self
- (archive footage)
Geoff MacCormack
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (as Geoffrey MacCormack)
Mick Ronson
- Self
- (archive footage)
Brian Wilshaw
- Self
- (archive footage)
Mick Woodmansey
- Self
- (archive footage)
Carlos Alomar
- Self
- (archive footage)
Gui Andrisano
- Self
- (archive footage)
Ava Cherry
- Self
- (archive footage)
Robin Clark
- Self
- (archive footage)
Dennis Davis
- Self
- (archive footage)
Greg Errico
- Self
- (archive footage)
Herbie Flowers
- Self
- (archive footage)
Richard Grando
- Self
- (archive footage)
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- TriviaDuncan Jones, David Bowie's BAFTA-winning film director son from his first marriage with Angie Bowie, had toyed with the idea about making an official biographical film about his father. However, he found it difficult to focus on the topic, as he was too close to the subject matter and too emotionally involved to make such a film and would rather concentrate on continuing to make fiction films. However, he did tell his stepmother and Bowie's wife Stardust (2020) that he wouldn't stand in the way of this film, provided that it was respectful, truthful, and she was happy with it.
- ConnectionsFeatures The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Featured review
'Moonage Daydream' is a not-really-documentary about David Bowie, as it doesn't follow the traditional talking heads of friends, family and colleagues. It's also not a concert film, although it does have some live concert footage, apparently much of it previously unseen. Directed by Brett Morgen (who did 'Montage of Heck' about Kurt Cobain and 'Crossfire Hurricane' about The Rolling Stones), it's also not wall-to-wall songs - I'd say there were only ~10 songs played in full, with lots of others used as transitions.
The film does well to show his impact on his fans, with bits and pieces from outside shows and plenty of crowd closeups during the live bits. There's plenty of archival Bowie interviews, much of it overlaid with other visuals of him or with the psychedelic "screensaver"-type CGI. It's edited well, so it feels like he's talking directly to you, rather than an interviewer. Lots of his other art - paintings, video-snippets, dance - edited in too.
It's sort-of chronological, starting in ~'72 and the Ziggy Stardust era, covering up to the early '90s, but some of the interviews jump to an older Bowie, so he can juxtapose himself and some of the comments/views from his younger self. He was certainly a bit of a mystery and for a lot of the film comes across as someone just trying to find his place in the world. Good to see some of his reasoning around certain things and his genius definitely shines through. Hard to believe he's already been gone almost 7 years.
The film does well to show his impact on his fans, with bits and pieces from outside shows and plenty of crowd closeups during the live bits. There's plenty of archival Bowie interviews, much of it overlaid with other visuals of him or with the psychedelic "screensaver"-type CGI. It's edited well, so it feels like he's talking directly to you, rather than an interviewer. Lots of his other art - paintings, video-snippets, dance - edited in too.
It's sort-of chronological, starting in ~'72 and the Ziggy Stardust era, covering up to the early '90s, but some of the interviews jump to an older Bowie, so he can juxtapose himself and some of the comments/views from his younger self. He was certainly a bit of a mystery and for a lot of the film comes across as someone just trying to find his place in the world. Good to see some of his reasoning around certain things and his genius definitely shines through. Hard to believe he's already been gone almost 7 years.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,218,925
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,230,145
- Sep 18, 2022
- Gross worldwide
- $13,095,781
- Runtime2 hours 15 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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