Who is he? What is it? Where did he come from? These are questions that often cross people’s minds when they talk about david bowie. These are also the questions posed by the new documentary about the rock legend, Lunar Reverie, will finally answer. Its various characters are a sight to behold, and its music is an experience you’ll never have in anything else. Six years after his death (perhaps on another planet), the filmmaker Brett Morgan gives you a showcase of the Starman’s musical journey in the all-new documentary where the Starman is sure to blow your mind.
Lunar Reverie is billed as an “immersive, interactive, cinematic odyssey” to the musical legend. The documentary film follows Bowie’s professional and personal life and how he brought it all together to create masterpieces every time. From behind-the-scenes footage to his creative process, the film includes his music, shows, interviews and more about the British rock star and music legend. This will also explain the arrival of Ziggy Stardust, but we’ll talk about that later.
Written, directed and produced by Brett Morgen and co-produced by Andre Murray, Lunar Reverie will give you the best insight you’ve ever had into the mind that made David Bowie as we know him. Tony ViscontiBowie’s longtime producer, is the film’s music producer.
From the release date, trailer and other details, here’s everything we know so far about David Bowie’s new documentary.
What is the release date of Moonage Daydream?
Lunar Reverie had its world premiere at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. The documentary is set to hit theaters across the United States in September 2022. Watch this space for the latest update on the exact release date. Lunar Reverie It’s also slated to hit streaming on HBO Max (and HBO as well) in the spring of 2023. But since there’s no official news on that yet, you can watch this space for the latest updates.
The official trailer for Lunar Reverie portrays the enigma that David Bowie has always been. His art style, often seen as quirky and overwhelming, is on full display in the minute-and-a-half-long trailer.
If you’re expecting this movie to be some sort of biography, you might be disappointed because it’s not that at all, as the trailer reveals. In fact, the trailer gives you a taste of exactly what to expect from this film, namely how Bowie changed the course of musical culture around the world and how he challenged societal and gender norms, well before the world is ready to talk about it. . The sound, light and animation effects, as the trailer proves, look extraordinary and psychedelic enough to put you in a trance and make you feel like you’re there.
To sum up, Lunar Reverie looks like an audiovisual extravaganza that will immerse you in the world of Ziggy Stardust like never before.
Who makes Moonage Daydream?
Lunar Reverie is written, directed and produced by American filmmaker Brett Morgen. Morgen is an Oscar-nominated documentary director, producer, screenwriter and editor. He is best known for having already directed the musical documentaries Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in Americain 2001, and Kurt Cobain: Heck Editing, in 2015, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Documentary/Nonfiction Program. He also made Hurricane Crossfire in 2012, a documentary on the Rolling Stones, as well as Joan in 2017, a documentary on the philanthropist and primatologist Jane Goodall.
Morgen worked on Lunar Reverie for five years to bring together the rock star’s 54-year legacy in a holistic two-hour film.
Toni Visconti serves as the music producer for the film. Visconti is an American record producer, musician, and singer, who has had the longest association with Bowie, from producing and arranging the 1968 single, “In the Heat of the Morning” to his final album, Black Starin 2016. Visconti has also performed occasionally on many of Bowie’s albums.
When is Moonage Daydream set?
The documentary covers Bowie’s live performances and media interactions between 1970 and 1977, his peak
What is the background of Moonage Daydream?
The title of the documentary film is inspired by the eponymous song by David Bowie. Moonage Daydream, the song, was first recorded in 1971 and released as a single with his short-lived band, Arnold Corns. The song was re-recorded with Spiders from Mars (including Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolderand Mick Woodmansey) and released in 1972. Lunar Reverie is the song from the album which features one of Bowie’s popular characters – Ziggy Stardust – a bisexual alien rock star who will save the Earth from its impending doom. So, in a way, the documentary film Lunar Reverieworthy of the essence of the eponymous song, sheds light on Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust era.
What is Moonage Daydream about?
Lunar Reverie is Brett Morgen’s tribute to that creative, musical and spiritual arc of the legend that is David Bowie.
One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, Bowie had a remarkable career spanning nearly six decades of groundbreaking, thought-provoking and norm-defying music, art and videography. Throughout his career there have been many personalities wrapped up in an icon. From Major Tom to Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Halloween Jack, The Thin White Duke and finally The Blind Prophet, he was everything. His non-compliance with conventions and rules is what made him an enduring legend, years after his death (or transcendence, depending on what you want to believe). What he depicted was far too futuristic for his time. While the film doesn’t cover every character or every aspect of the musician, it does focus on his glam rock and Berlin eras, further exploring the character of Ziggy Stardust and his work during that phase.
This documentary is the first-ever David Bowie film to be sanctioned by his estate and spans more than five million assets in the musician’s archive. The film also features 40 exclusively remastered songs from Bowie’s portfolio, including “Changes”, “Starman”, “The Jean Genie”, “Life on Mars”, “All The Young Dudes”, “Rebel”, “Fame”, and many others. After.
