David Bowie: Black Tie White Noise (1993)
- Directed by
- Matthew Rolston, Mark Romanek, David Mallet
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 03m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a documentary and music video hybrid that promotes David Bowie's 1993 album of the same name. It combines interview segments with performances and music videos. The film was made instead of a concert tour.
reflectiveexperimentalstylizednostalgicartfulintrospectiveretromusical
What happens
David Bowie: Black Tie White Noise is a 1993 film accompanying the release of the David Bowie album of the same name. The primary purpose of the film was to remove the need of a tour to promote the album. It was directed by long time Bowie collaborator David Mallet, and was originally released in 1993 on VHS. The release is hybrid of documentary, music video film, and music video compilation. In this way it continues the lineage of several Bowie audio-visual formats: documentaries beginning with Cracked Actor (1975); music video films beginning with Love You till Tuesday (1969); and music video compilations beginning with Video EP (1983). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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