Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) by Tor M — 13 Nov 2018
Brave, bold, weird 70's sci-fi with the great Roeg in charge. David Bowie as Thomas is an alien. The film starts with his earth landing and he looks like everyone else. He meets a few people, two most importantly, and befriend them. One to make him return to his planet and one to love and hang around.
He drinks, watch TV - preferebly many channels at the same time, he chat and is like most of us, just with a big deal of aim for a goal - to get back. The problem is, people love him too much, especially Mary-Lou. For some reason Thomas is very rich but money is no big thing for him. He lives kind of luxoriuos with Mary-Lou and she can't understand why he must go.
I like the cool flashbacks and the effects are rather fresh. The music is very nice and I have heard a few of them sampled in some "Controller 7" songs I dig.
There is a lot of nudity here, often a bit freaky. It fits this freaky film that feels experimental within all the life reflections. Bowie is huge here, by the way. Well, not litteraly.
It does have flaws. For me it's too long and too flat to really keep me interested. Maybe it's dated, maybe it's to wide or slow. It's definetly not realistic, but not stupid either. It's filled with details and hints and I'm sorry to say that I probably missed out on most of them - I never got that deeply into it.
5.5 out of 10 beefeaters.
This review of The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) was written by Tor M on 13 Nov 2018.
The Man Who Fell to Earth has generally received positive reviews.
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