LEADER 04245nam 22006015 450 001 9910627283503321 005 20251009103225.0 010 $a9783031134012$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031134005 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-13401-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7129795 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7129795 035 $a(CKB)25299533200041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-13401-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925299533200041 100 $a20221031d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDavid Bowie and Film $eHooked to the Silver Screen /$fby Stephen Glynn 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (256 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Glynn, Stephen David Bowie and Film Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031134005 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Sound and Vision: Introduction -- 2. Ziggy Played Guitar: Bowie as Concert Performer -- 3. Loving the Alien: Bowie as Star(man) -- 4. Cracked Actor: Bowie Goes to War -- 5. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps): Bowie does Fantasy -- 6. Man of Words, Man of Music: Bowie does Musicals -- 7. Chameleon, Comedian, Corinthian, Caricature: Bowie does Genres -- 8. Watch That Man: Bowie does Biopics -- 9. How the Others Must See the Faker: Bowie as Biopic -- 10. A Crash Course for the Ravers: Conclusion. 330 $aDavid Bowie and Film: Hooked to the Silver Screen is an important book. It analyses Bowie?s crossover stardom and provides new knowledge of not only Bowie as a cultural figure but also of the films Bowie acted in. As such, the book also offers a very useful and original case study of the ways in which one star can have a profound impact on British cinema history and cultural history. - Paul Newland, University of Worcester, UK This book constitutes the first monograph dedicated to an academic analysis of David Bowie?s appearances in film. Through close textual analysis together with production and reception histories, Bowie?s ?silver screen? career is explored in full. The book covers performance documentaries such as Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, star vehicles ranging from the eulogised The Man Who Fell to Earth to the excoriated Just a Gigolo, plus roles from thehorror chic of The Hunger and cult fantasy of Labyrinth to the valiant high-brow Baal and vainglorious high-budget Absolute Beginners, ending with Bowie as Bowie in Bandslam and others as ?Bowie? in Velvet Goldmine and Stardust. Alongside showing his willingness to experiment (and at times fail) across a variety of genres, this study investigates Bowie?s performative style that, while struggling to accommodate the requirements of cinematic realism, fits more harmoniously with alternative production codes and aesthetics. More broadly, by exploring the commercial, socio-cultural and ideological significance of Bowie on film, the book demonstrates how notions of gender, sexuality and identity formation, plus commodity and cultural capital, function and fluctuate in contemporary society. Stephen Glynn lectures in Film and Television at De Montfort University, UK. His previous investigations of the connections between pop music and film include The British Pop Music Film (Palgrave, 2013) and The Beatles and Film (2021). 606 $aMotion pictures$zGreat Britain 606 $aMusic 606 $aCelebrities 606 $aPopular culture 606 $aBritish Film and TV 606 $aMusic 606 $aCelebrity Studies 606 $aPopular Culture 615 0$aMotion pictures 615 0$aMusic. 615 0$aCelebrities. 615 0$aPopular culture. 615 14$aBritish Film and TV. 615 24$aMusic. 615 24$aCelebrity Studies. 615 24$aPopular Culture. 676 $a782.42166092 700 $aGlynn$b Stephen$0852640 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910627283503321 996 $aDavid Bowie and Film$92978886 997 $aUNINA