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BOWIE: THE FINAL ACT

    • Director

      JONATHAN STIASNY

  • Category

    Documentary

SCREENING FROM FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26TH The film explores how David Bowie’s last chapter transcended closure and instead became a bold act of reinvention. Beginning with a period of artistic uncertainty in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the documentary follows Bowie’s quietly confident comeback, a period which saw him conquer Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage, confront his past in suburban South London, experiment with the future of the internet, and write his first musical, all of which culminated in his daring final album Blackstar, released just two days before his death. Through rare interviews with collaborators and archival footage and insight into his creative process, the film reveals how Bowie confronted mortality not with resignation but with boundary-pushing ambition. Told by those who knew and worked with Bowie, the film uncovers the strategic brilliance behind the resurrection, and the inexhaustible creativity of this singular artist. Notes by David O'Mahony

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