The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

Awesome Mondo Portraits (14 movies items)

"Thomas Jerome Newton "

Watched in '13 (59 movies items)

"12.4.2013, dvd"

MOVIE LOG 2013 (227 movies items)

"15.3. "

Best Films of 1976 (30 movies items)

"Bowie is glowie in this bizarre film about a man... who fell to Earth "

I Recommend...(The Short List) (80 movies items)

" Stars David Bowie and Rip Torn. Another slow, hypnotic '70s movie with wall-to-wall nudity. Light on plot, but it still grabs you somehow. David Bowie plays an alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying planet. He gets consumed by human society, though. There's some strange visuals and it's weird to see Rip Torn before he became the most grizzled man in the world. Fun fact: This was filmed at a time when Bowie was doing a crazy amount of cocaine."

Film Diary - 2012 (391 movies items)

"Date watched: 17th August 2012 Watched before?: Yes, a few times. Not for ages though. Thoughts: I love this film. Yes because of David Bowie, but also because of that simplistic 70s-wierdness it has. Can you just imagine a remake? Full of computers, phones, gadgets... all the over-hyped suspicion around these days. It would be awful. "

Science Fiction of the 70's! (50 movies items)

"Roeg's vision about a humanoid alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying planet. He starts a high technology company to get the billions of dollars he needs to build a return spacecraft, and meets Mary-Lou, a girl who falls in love with him. He does not count on the greed and ruthlessness of business here on Earth, however. Really trippy and fantastic. Doesn't Bowie look a bit like an alien?"