Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Saturday 16 - 17:30 Principal Theater

D. A. Pennebaker - 87' - United States

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July 3rd, 1973 was a legendary night. It was on that day that Ziggy Stardust’s last concert was held, on the final evening of the Aladdin Sane tour. Pennebaker's camera always documents changes, this has already been said, and Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars is no exception: here we see the day that glam was killed, after which Bowie sprang onto the trampoline for a new leap into the abyss. Bowie doesn’t shed a tear when he leaves something behind; such is his futuristic and modernist conception of pop as a machine on which to move forwards to new pastures. The film offers everything a Bowie fan could want: an endless string of hits ("Changes", "Space Oddity", "Suffragette City", "Rock & Roll Suicide"), rare footage (a medley of "Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud "/" All The Young Dudes "/" Oh You Pretty Things", a Stonian version of "Let's Spend the Night Together", one by the Velvet Underground (White Light / White Heat") and a lot of makeup, drama, sets and emotion. A sublime film, with the Thin White Duke at his most brilliant, androgynous and enigmatic, which would become pure musical history.

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Director: D. A. Pennebaker
Year: 1973
Country: United States
Length: 87 min.
Original language: English
Leadings: David Bowie, Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder, Mick 'Woody' Woodmansey, Angela Bowie, Ringo Starr