
"All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be"


David Cronenberg should be sent to space, not to take any risks, and I was ok with knowing Debbie Harry as just a musician.

It's probably the best documentary of an artist. And it's about the best artist (arguably, of course). This is one of those films that instills a love for art in you. The film does something that most documentaries can't: "Expressing the artist's view". Artist documentaries mostly go like he was born there, came here, argued with his girlfriend about that. More like a biography. Those are good too, but most of them use "being a film" for putting on some footage and pictures. The thing Moonage Daydream does way better is clearly the atmosphere. The film uses visuals, sound and music, just marvelous. It directly gets you into the film and gets your interest. Also, it takes you on a journey of Bowie's personality; from era to era, from subject to subject and from feeling to feeling. And one of the best things about this film, is that someone who isn't a Bowie fan would also enjoy the film and seize it. Because it's about art as much as it's about Bowie. And it's a very inspirational film, because of its use of visuals and blending of iconic artworks, and, of course, the other reason is that it's about one of the most influential people. David Bowie isn't just a musician. He's an artist. He is fantastic. He did everything he could in a lifetime and left us with a great goodbye album. When you look at his pictures or listen to his music from different eras, which he transformed into way different than each other eras, and he transformed into another one just in a year in most of them, he is always different and he is always something else. So, he is one of the most difficult artists to make a documentary about because of what Bowie would you talk about? There are a lot of those. But, Brett Morgan did an amazing job showing the fantastic, deep and complex artist behind his different personas and visualized his legacy in the best way. I can talk about his work as a singer, songwriter, actor, painter, philosopher, writer, fashion designer etc. for paragraphs but still couldn't finish, so I'll leave it here. Lastly, that last part is so beautiful.
