Tag: Nicolas Roeg

Full of strange imagery and even stranger ideas about space aliens, the origins of technology, corporate conspiracy and government interference, Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 film “The Man Who Fell to Earth” has long been a cult curiosity. Opening in a new print of the director’s approved version for a one-week run at the Nuart Theatre  in West Los Angeles on Friday, the film marked the feature acting debut of musician David Bowie as a space alien turned businessman doomed to odd exile on Earth. “The Man Who Fell to Earth” fits well into the arc of Bowie’s own ’70s narrative, as he transitioned from the spangled intergalactic persona of Ziggy Stardust to the dapper Euro-decadence of his late-’70s work. It likewise sits at the fulcrum point of Roeg’s remarkable run of films that essentially covered the decade. Roeg had a knack ...