We reveled in (mostly) British and German music, early ska and what would later be called post-punk. When I locate my music fandom as a child and later pre-teen, I was surrounded by the influences of a family friend and neighbor who would bring over import records.
My older brother had a copy of the “Changes One” singles compilation, so that was the start. At that point, I was certainly familiar with the famous singles, such as “Changes” and “Fame,” from radio play, and “Space Oddity” certainly was an obsession of mine, as were all things space and science fiction (just a year or two prior to “Star Wars”). When I look back to my own childhood encounters with Bowie, it is this same time period (roughly 1976-78) that holds my imagination the most. But it also solidified that Bowie, as a persona, as a mysterious force, is eternal. Perhaps not unintentionally so, these unexplained time jumps reminded me of the final scenes of Dave Bowman in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” a film that inspired Bowie to pen his first major hit. Of course, I was struck by how utterly weird the film is, even by today’s standards, but also by the way the film constantly jumps ahead in time with no warning and suddenly, supporting actors like Buck Henry, Rip Torn and Candy Clark are visibly much older, while Bowie’s earthbound Thomas Jerome Newton remains ageless and unchanged. I had watched it once long ago in college in the early 90s, but I basically had forgotten the whole thing. Over the weekend, I paid tribute to Bowie by re-watching his bizarre, confusing 1976 film debut, Nicholas Roeg’s “The Man Who Fell to Earth,” based on the 1963 novel by Walter Tevis. “The Man Who Fell to Earth.” British Lion Films, 1976. Yet, I can’t think of a better representation of both the fascinating power and the tense anxieties behind the alchemical mixture of music, performance and the occult. The fact that he would have such an impact on the culture of Western music and stardom, seems so unlikely, given how he didn’t conform to most trends and maintained his iconoclastic place in cultural (and occultural) history across his roughly 55 year career. It provides a simple way of sharing information and allows writers to unleash their creativity, without worrying that their script is misinterpreted.For me, as a musician, occultist, and performance scholar, who had grown up with Bowie’s music, whose formative years were immeasurably influenced by the Bowie persona itself, the loss was devastating.įive years later, much of Bowie’s life as a musician, artist, and erstwhile occultist, remains a mystery to me. Moreover, it includes advanced privacy options designed to protect your work from theft or unwanted access.Īll in all, Celtx comes in handy to every person that is part of the pre-production process. Inline spell-checking, importing and exporting capabilities, character catalog and production scheduling are other features that this application comes with. The program comes with predefined cast categories that you can automatically include in your project, from actors and cameramen to animal handlers. The title page, cast, and other reports can be edited separately using the built-in templates. The chat tool can help you share project information much easier with the pre-production crew. Once the story is finished, you can adapt it to the screenplay or the stageplay, storyboard, audio play or the comic book. The index cards can be used for including additional details about every scene, while the included word collection (director indications, time words) can help you write the script faster. The media files are organized in different categories, so you can easily find sounds, documents, and images.īasic text editing tools are available (font type, color, zooming options and so on) and you have the possibility to add notes anywhere in the script.
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