The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Nicolas Roeg. February 23, 9-ish pm. View count: One.
Agh, christ, this movie had almost no redeeming value. I liked it when the female lead threw a wig at the back of Bowie's head, I cheered when she yelled 'Tommy, can you hear me?' and I cheered when Bowie looked like he was going to shoot her in the face, but otherwise I mostly writhed in unhappiness. And yet, somehow people
fawn all over this thing. I'm without words.
We watched this in part because it supposedly referenced Solyaris; there was a Brueghel painting shown and a random horse print on a wall.
The good thing that this brought me though, was the
knowledge that PKD's 'Mother Goose' in VALIS was David Bowie! I had NO IDEA. I guess this is what happens when you read things without the proper cultural setting. I had thought that all PKD's favorite music was horrid, due to the Linda Ronstadt thing. Thank you, internet! No citation, apparently, but I loved this line:
It has been reported that Dick genuinely believed that Bowie was attempting to communicate certain esoteric information via The Man Who Fell To Earth (and also via Bowie's album Station To Station). However, upon meeting Bowie, Dick apparently ceased to believe that Bowie was attempting such subliminal esoteric communication.
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