With pegteeth, skin like paper and hair the colour of. Notoriously, yentobs expectations of a colourful romp through the glam subculture were confounded, and the film became a disturbing snapshot of bowies rapid descent. Alan yentob looking back at cracked actor documentary. Alan yentobs cracked actor film is forty today im just the space cadet.
Alan yentobs cracked actor film is 45 today david bowie. Hes done a good job of making a great deal of archival material legitimately available even his infamously twitchy, sniffy 1974 interview with dick cavett but cracked actor, broadcast the following year as part of the bbcs omnibus. Jul 20, 2011 david bowie cracked actor live at the universal amphitheatre 09051974 duration. Cracked actor is a 53minutelong bbc television documentary film about the pop star david bowie. The documentary reveals bowies struggle to change into a different persona as well as work method and. Jan 26, 2015 around this time on the evening of sunday 26th january 1975, bowie fans were readying themselves for the 10. Riding a limo through the california desert, he mouths. His relationship with his wife, angie, was beginning to falter, there was business problems looming, and he was addicted to cocaine, which caused severe physical debilitation, paranoia and emotional problems. Dec, 2016 cracked actor, with bowie ethereal, fragile as glass, appeared on omnibus in 1974.
David bowie alan yentobs cracked actor film is 45 today. Bbc david bowie the last five years 2017 720p x264 aacmvgroup posted by ebooksdon7 in movies. David bowie cracked actor live at the universal amphitheatre 09051974 duration. Nine months later he moved into tv to become an assistant director on arts programmes in 1973, he became a producer and director, working on the highprofile documentary series omnibus, for which, in 1975, he made a film called cracked actor about the musician david bowie. The tracks were mixed by long time bowie collaborator tony visconti. Davids manager tony defries first contacted yentob with the suggestion of making a documentary and yentob flew to new york to discuss his ideas with david. David bowie bbc imagine 4 april 20 back to cracked actor.
It was filmed in 1974 when bowie was struggling with cocaine addiction, and the documentary has become. Riding a limo through the california desert, he mouths aretha franklinss you make me feel like a natural woman like someone halfstarved. Jun 29, 2017 the 1975 bbc documentary cracked actor captured david bowie at his lowest point, hollowed out so exquisitely by drugs that you wince to look. Cracked actor is a 54minutelong bbc television documentary film about the rock star david bowie. Alan yentobs cracked actor film is 45 today im just the space cadet. The track also gave its name to alan yentobs documentary of the tour. David bowie fans explain the singers otherworldly appeal. Taken from cracked actor, alan yentob s 1975 rockumentary about the extraordinary rock star. Forty years later its almost impossible to calculate just how important that screening was to bowiestarved fans in the uk. Alan yentobs cracked actor film is forty today david bowie.
Alan yentob s famous 1975 bbc doco capturing postziggy bowie in america during the 74 diamond dogs tour chemraddled and alarmingly emaciated, yet lucid and surprisingly open in interviews and in fine voice on stage. At the time he was a cocaine addict and the documentary has become notorious for showing bowies fragile mental state during this period. With pegteeth, skin like paper and hair the colour of burnt marmalade, bowie is chauffeured. David bowie cracked actor documentary full length part 1. David bowies costar in the man who fell to earth on. David bowie probably doesnt want you to see this film. Alan yentob looking back at cracked actor documentary david. Pennebakers concert film ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars, which had been shot at londons. Many years ago i spoke to a member of the crew now deceased who remembered the shoot very differently chaos, equipment failures, and not even one single show filmed in its entirety. Cracked actor is notable for being a source for footage of bowies ambitious diamond dogs tour at the time he was a cocaine addict and also for showing bowies fragile mental state during this period. If the book relies mainly on yentobs views and notes, it will be highly misleading.
David bowie news celebrating the genius of david bowie. The film follows bowie during the diamond dogs tour. The film has become one of the classic rock documentaries of all time, remaining an enduring influence on generations of bowie fans. The film follows bowie during the diamond dogs tour of 1974. Cracked actor, with bowie ethereal, fragile as glass, appeared on omnibus in 1974. David bowie bbc imagine 4 april 20 back to cracked. The 1975 bbc documentary cracked actor captured david bowie at his lowest point, hollowed out so exquisitely by drugs that you wince to look. Cracked actor captured david bowie at a fragile stage in his life.
Oct, 2010 clearly on cavetts wavelength, the bbcs alan yentob borrowed the title of a bowie song for cracked actor1974, a documentary that portrayed the 27yearold chameleon as a boy genius. It was, after all, recorded a shade under two months after david live. David bowie alan yentobs cracked actor film is forty. David bowie cracked actor 2015, ntsc code free, blu. Cracked actor directed by alan yentob for the bbc, cracked actor is a documentary about david bowies 1974 american tour for the album diamond dogs just as bowie was going into a period of transition away from the glam rock persona of ziggy stardust and towards his fascination with american soul music. Absolutelycracked actor outtakes and the missing extra concert footage from those shows.
In 1974, the bbcs alan yentob produced cracked actor, a documentary following bowies us tour in support of the diamond dogs lp, the last of his three glam rock albums. Bbc documentary showing david bowie looking back on his ziggy stardust character during his diamond dogs tour. Two unreleased david bowie records announced on limited vinyl. About cracked actor this track, taken from the album aladdin sane is about an aging movie stars sexual encounter with a prostitute. David bowie cracked actor documentary full length part 1 of 4. I have been obsessed with this film ever since i first saw it in january 1975 and 2 years ago was lucky enough to attend a screening of cracked actor on the big screen at picture house central here in london. David bowie im only dancing the soul tour 74 page 2. I have been obsessed with this film ever since i first saw it in january 1975 and 2 years ago was lucky enough to attend a screening of cracked actor on the big. There is the concert footage which was used in the bbc cracked actor documentary. Ahead of his twenty fifth studio album blackstar, lorna irvine looks at the bbc documentary which showed bowie at a major turning point in his career almost forty years after its creation, alan yentobs candid documentary for the beeb on david bowie still stands up beautifully, juxtaposing the disintegration of bowies health and ego as he kills off the character ziggy stardust. Alan yentob born 11 march 1947 is a british television executive and presenter. Jan 01, 2016 ahead of his twenty fifth studio album blackstar, lorna irvine looks at the bbc documentary which showed bowie at a major turning point in his career almost forty years after its creation, alan yentobs candid documentary for the beeb on david bowie still stands up beautifully, juxtaposing the disintegration of bowies health and ego as he kills off the character ziggy stardust. Filmed during bowies legendary diamond dogs tour in 1974, alan yentobs film revealed a man on. Taken from cracked actor, alan yentobs 1975 rockumentary about the extraordinary rock star.
David bowie cracked actor documentary 1974 dvd download. This highly acclaimed 54minute documentary film entitled cracked actor a film about david bowie was first broadcast on 26th january 1975 as part of bbctvs omnibus series. Directed by alan yentob for the bbc, cracked actor is a documentary about david bowies 1974 american tour for the album diamond dogs just as bowie was going into a period of transition away from the glam rock persona of ziggy stardust and towards his fascination with american soul music. Jan 11, 2016 david bowie fans explain the singers otherworldly appeal. Absolutely cracked actor outtakes and the missing extra concert footage from those shows. To mark david bowies comeback album and a new exhibition, alan yentob looks back at his legendary 1975 documentary, cracked actor.
A film about david bowie is a 1975 television documentary film about the musician david bowie, made by alan yentob for the bbcs omnibus strand. Around this time on the evening of sunday 26th january 1975, bowie fans were readying themselves for the 10. At the time he was struggling with cocaine addiction and the documentary has become notorious for showing bowies fragile mental state during this period. It was the first time the bbc had ever dedicated a major arts programme to a pop star and it established yentob. Dont think my parents were very impressed i was and still am. Clearly on cavetts wavelength, the bbcs alan yentob borrowed the title of a bowie song for cracked actor1974, a documentary that portrayed the 27yearold chameleon as a boy genius. Cracked actor a film about david bowie, the collector genres. Yentob joined the bbc as a trainee in the bbc world service in 1968 as its only nonoxbridge graduate of that year. Mark wardels cracked actor book the biography of a. Most of the concert was in the can but alan yentob said that the bbc lostdestroyed the outtakes. David bowie cracked actor 2015, ntsc code free, bluray. David bowie cracked actor a film about david bowie discogs. The documentary follows bowies career from diamond dogs, through david live, young americans, the man who fell to earth, station to station, and ending up with the berlin trilogy, although, in actual fact it is a dvd about young americans and what came before and after berlin is mentioned as an afterthought. When actress candy clark talks about costarring with david bowie in nicolas roegs 1976 scifi masterpiece the man who fell to earth, the 40 years that have passed since the films new.
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