A critic once cruelly stated that if David Bowie could have tried to act his way out of a paper bag, he would have died of suffocation. Not that we want to disrespect the dead, but his cinematic legacy is not as solvent as his musical one and at times it is a little hit and miss whenever you come to any of the Bowie filmography, either in a repeat viewing or a first time, as we did with the film we're about to review.
Bowie was a true enigma whatever he did and at times his films were (and still are) both frustrating and satisfying in their content. The best of them, MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE (1983) and LABYRINTH (1986), were the right blend and well suited to what he was capable of. That said, I am sure there are fans out there who will doubtlessly bring up other films of
from Horror and Sci Fi Magazines http://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/dvd-and-blu-ray-home-entertainment-reviews/16000-themanwhofelltoearth
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