David Bowie first appeared at Cannes for a project he later regretted.
The legendary singer, who died in 2016 at age 69, hit the croissant. just a gigolo In 1978, two years after gaining recognition for his first major role as an alien. The man who fell to the ground. Directed by David Hemmings just a gigolo Bowie plays a World War I hero who becomes a sex worker in Berlin, with Marlene Dietrich playing his wife in his latest film.
The film was a critical and box office success, and a few years later Bowie said in an interview NME That he was mad at himself for filming it and called it “32 of my Elvis Presley movies that are in one”.
still she Gigolo His colleague Kim Novak, who played a widow exploring a fight with Bowie’s character, has fond memories of the play. THR That working with him was “complete harmony” and the experience made him special. “We drove home together from the back seat of the limo, it took almost an hour,” he recalls. “So we either sing silly songs together or I just sleep on your shoulder with my head down.”
Bowie returned to Cannes in 1983 to direct Nagia Oshima for World War II. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence and tony scott horror movie Hungry. gori HungryIn which Bowie plays a vampire in a love triangle with Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon, it received mixed reviews. Mr. Lawrence, in which Bowie played a British POW in a Japanese POW camp, received high praise and top marks at the BAFTAs. His admirers included directors Akira Kurosawa and Christopher Nolan, who two decades later starred in Nikola Tesla, invented in Bowie’s 2006 thriller. ესტიRestige.
The cult rocker’s presence continues to be felt at the festival on May 23, when Brett Morgen will present his documentary. Moon Age daydream At the midnight witness. The film is backed by Bowie’s estate and thousands of hours of footage, much of it shared previously.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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