Film
David Bowie: A sensory overload that captures the essence of a true artist
Moonage Daydream, the new David Bowie documentary, assembles a kaleidoscopic overview of the singer’s extraordinary career – but ultimately succeeds because it lets its subject speak fully for himself
In the time since his death on January 10, 2016, David Bowie has arguably become more conspicuously visible than at any point in his career since the early 1980s. The last six years have seen a seemingly unending flurry of reissues, box sets and archival releases, as well as the inevitable posthumous biographies and TV documentaries.
There’s also been one rather poorly received biopic, the Johnny Flynn-starring Stardust, which attempted to portray Bowie as he ...
