DAVID BOWIE: THE LAST FIVE YEARS is a follow up to Whately’s DAVID BOWIE: FIVE YEARS, and will be premiering on HBO on January 8th, 2018, which would have been the music icon’s 71st birthday (it’s also two days before the second anniversary of his death).
The film made its US premiere this November at DOC NYC.
SYNOPSIS | In January 2016, David Bowie died at the age of 69, just days after he released the critically acclaimed Blackstar, a haunting album that explored questions of mortality. With intimate access to Bowie’s friends and artistic collaborators, and a wealth of rare archival material, Francis Whately’s insightful film examines the celebrated artist’s remarkably creative final years, through the production of both Blackstar and its predecessor, The Next Day, as well as his stage musical, Lazarus.
FEATURING | David Bowie, Tony Visconti, Ivo Van Hove, Toni Basil, Earl Slick, Gail Ann Dorsey, Gerry Leonard, Carlos Alomar, Catherine Russel, Sterling Campbell, Zachary Alford, David Torn, Enda Walsh, Donny McCaslin, Maria Schneider, Robert Fox
