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Before establishing himself in the film industry, Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous, Jerry Maguire: The Big Turn) was one of the most memorable music journalists of the 1970s, for delving into the troubled world of the “golden age” of rock and roll. Among the big names he covered is David Bowie: the two spent a year and a half together on the road, sharing experiences and confessions.

Decades after the height of his fame, Bowie He went back to talking to the journalist. In an interview with The Independent, Crowe comments that the star still had a lot of difficulty talking about his turbulent past. “He didn’t want to go back there. […]. I read his quotes to him. Like, ‘you said that patti smith and Kraftwerk they would be all that would be remembered from that time,’ but he wouldn’t take the bait.”

According to NME, Bowie admitted to Crowe that his addiction to amphetamines during his youth caused him a lot of harm. “He kept repeating everything to me and finally he said: ‘Cameronthese were the insane ramblings of a young man addicted to amphetamines’.”

When asked if he was sad about Bowie don’t remember much about the time he spent on tour, Crowe replied, “I think he remembered everything. He just didn’t want to remember it with me, but that’s okay.” More information about their relationship will be revealed in the journalist’s unpublished memoir, which will be released soon.

The Cameron Crowe Story

Crowe began writing professionally for Rolling Stone at just 15 years old. Throughout the 1970s, he interviewed and accompanied several bands on tour, such as Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers Band, Bob Dylan and Fleetwood Mac.

Crowe wrote his first script in 1982, for the feature film Student Picardiesand officially migrated to the big screen in 1989, when he debuted as director of Say what you want. But he never completely moved away from the world of music: Crowe says that his films often resonate with the work of artists he met as a journalist, such as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Who and Pearl Jam.

He rose to prominence in the following decade with the direction of Jerry Maguire (1996) — nominated for Oscar of Best Original Screenplay — and Almost Famous (2000), which won the award five years later.

The most interesting thing about Almost Famous (2000) is its semi-autobiographical character: Crowe drew on experiences from his own youth as a music journalist to write the script. The protagonist of the film is William Millera teenager (alter ego of Crowe) hired to cover the fictional band’s tour Stillwaterwho experiences conflicts with his family and himself during a turbulent trip lasting a few months across the USA.

Gather memories

50 years after my experiences as a journalist, Crowe will finally bring together his most striking stories in the book TheUncoolwhich will be published on October 28, 2025 (no adaptation and release date in Brazil yet). The work will include chronicles about a unique journey alongside music legends: between great adventures and a maturation process, he revisits his time with Bowie — while the artist struggled with a serious addiction.

The book also covers aspects of his personal life. Crowewhich he has already written in Almost Famous in a fictional way (such as his complicated relationship with his father and his mother’s unique spirit). For music lovers and those nostalgic for the 70s, the work promises a true journey through time.

In addition to this release, Crowe There is another project in the development phase. He will direct a new biopic about Joni Mitchellwho he also met in the 1970s. In the cast, Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch) and Meryl Streep (The Devil Wears Prada) will play the singer at different stages of life.

“[Será] a film about someone who is worth making a film, and who really has my voice in it,” he said in an interview with Ultimate Classic Rock. “It’s the life of Joninot through someone else’s prism. It’s through her prism. There are the characters that impacted her life that you know and many that you don’t. And the music is so cinematic.” The film was originally scheduled to premiere this Christmas, but it will not meet the deadline.

Other projects about David Bowie

THE BBC also confirmed that a documentary about David Bowie is in production, with its premiere scheduled for the second half of 2026. 50 years later, the focus of the work will be on the experiences of Rock Chameleon in Berlin from 1976 to 1978, when he walked away from fame to combat addiction and create the acclaimed “Berlin Trilogy” (low, Heroes and Lodger).

Production will be directed by Francis Whatelywho has worked on David Bowie: Five Years (2013) and David Bowie: The Last Five Years (2017). The idea is to tell the story in the man’s own words. Bowie: through interviews, archive images and conversations with four women who saw him up close during this period, the work proposes an intimate and little-known view of the artist.

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