Moonage Daydream

Moonage Daydream (2022)

Timing: 2:14 (134 min)

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All about film

Video 4

Photo 47

Actors and characters

Release date

2022-09-15

Country

Germany, United States

Production

Live Nation Productions, BMG, Public Road Productions

Genre

Documentary, Music

Budget

$0

Revenue

$13 095 781

Website

https://neonrated.com/films/bowie-moonage-daydream

Director

Brett Morgen

Actors

David Bowie, Lou Reed, Tina Turner, Russell Harty, Dick Cavett, Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder, Mick Woodmansey, Ken Fordham, Brian Wilshaw
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Brett Morgen

Producer

Brett Morgen, Bill Gerber, Heather Parry, Debra Eisenstadt, Bill Zysblat, Michael Rapino, Ryan Kroft, Justus Haerder, Hartwig Masuch, Kathy Rivkin Daum

Operator

Composer

Artist

Audition

Editing

Brett Morgen
All team (22)

• This documentary features a wealth of previously unpublished personal materials from David Bowie, including photographs, home videos, and some interviews. The film's author, Brett Morgen, personally spoke with Bowie's widow, supermodel Iman, asking for her permission to use these materials. Initially, she was against it, but then she thought about Morgen’s previous works – the films “Cobain: Montage of Heck” (2015, about Kurt Cobain) and “Jane” (2017, about scientist Jane Goodall), where he used similar materials genuinely in memory of his subjects, rather than to create banal biographical documentaries – and gave her permission.
• The documentary mentions Terry Burns, Bowie’s maternal half-brother. Burns was born on November 5, 1937, ten years before Bowie, and was, in many ways, a role model for him. He was the one who introduced Bowie to the work of poet William S. Burroughs, to Buddhism, to jazz, and to the occult. Unfortunately, Burns suffered from schizophrenia, and the illness worsened while he served in the Royal Air Force. In the late 1960s, Burns ended up in a mental hospital. After his release, he stopped taking medication by the mid-1970s and was re-hospitalized. Burns and Bowie last met in 1981, and on January 16, 1985, Burns committed suicide at the age of 47 after running away from the hospital.
• This documentary features a wealth of previously unpublished personal materials by David Bowie, including photographs, home videos, and some interviews. The film's author, Brett Morgen, spoke personally with Bowie's widow, supermodel Iman, asking for permission to use these materials. Initially, she was against it, but then she thought about Morgen's previous works – the films 'Cobain: Montage of Heck' (2015, about Kurt Cobain) and 'Jane' (2017, about scientist Jane Goodall), when he used similar materials truly in memory of his subjects, not for the sake of creating banal biographical documentaries – and gave permission.