David Bowie and the Moving Image

A Standing Cinema

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

AvKatherine Reed

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The central image of David Bowie’s “Life on Mars?” could have been ripped from his own experience: a child sits “hooked to the silver screen,” reliving fantastical scenes played out on film. Throughout his life, Bowie was similarly transfixed by the power of film. From his first film role in The Image to his final music video before his death, “Lazarus,” Bowie’s musical output has long been intrinsically linked to images. Analyzing Bowie’s music videos, planned film projects, acting roles, and depictions in film, David Bowie and the Moving Image provides a comprehensive view of Bowie’s work with film and informs our understanding of all areas of his work, from music to fashion to visual art. It enters the debate about Bowie’s artistic legacy by addressing Bowie as musician, actor, and auteur.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-07-24
Mått150 x 226 x 16 mm
Vikt360 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor248
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781501371400

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List of Figures1. Introduction: Sons of the Silent AgePart I: Bowie as Auteur2. Semiotics and the Creation of “David Bowie”3. Cracked Actor: The Music Video and Bowie as Moving Image4. Screen Dreams: Theatrical Staging, Film, and Diamond DogsPart II: Bowie as Sign5. Hollywood Highs: Acting Roles and Bowie’s Star Image6. “Mass Motivation”: Advertising, Audience, and the Bowie Star Image7. Who Can I Be Now?: Fannish Creation and Depictions of Bowie on Film8. Conclusion: Living OnBibliographyMedia BibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex

To focus on the music of David Bowie is understandable. But you're only getting half of the story. Bowie the visual artist—actor, director, scenarist, storyboard artist, painter, ‘icon’—is just as essential to his work. Katherine Reed's insightful study goes from the Diamond Dogs tour to Bowie's Vittel and Vuitton TV ads to his afterlife in films and shows how intertwined Bowie the rock musician and Bowie the image (and image-maker) always were.