We all know him now as
the great chameleon of rock and roll, able to change musical styles and genres
as easily as he changes outfits on stage. One year he’s Ziggy Stardust leading
the Spiders from Mars, and a few albums later he’s The Thin White Duke “throwing
darts in lover’s eyes.” Being so musical flexible didn’t come easy for Bowie, it’s
something he worked very hard on, and very publically, with the recording of
this first three albums -- the self titled David Bowie, The Man Who Sold the
World and Hunky Dory. This fascinating documentary takes audiences for an in
depth journey through the albums using a combination of interviews with the musicians who helped Bowie create them and
the rock critics who were there when they were first released into the world,
some who heralded their arrival with praise and some with disdain. It’s a nice
mix of opinions, and there are plenty of clips of the man behind all these
masks to make their stories come alive. The only thing missing, as it often is
in these kinds of music biographies, is an interview with Bowie to put
everybody’s opinion in place.
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