Loving the alien
Behind the scenes of Nicolas Roeg's 1976 sci-fi masterpiece starring David Bowie
Upon its release The Man Who Fell to Earth, a tour de force of science fiction cinema as art form, brought not only hallucinatory visuals and a haunting exploration of contemporary alienation, but also gave glam-rock legend David Bowie his first lead role, with a beguiling performance as paranoid alien Newton.
Based on Walter Tevis's 1963 sci-fi fable of the same title, The Man Who Fell to Ea...