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When an artist has made as many truly great albums as David Bowie, there will always be disagreement over which is their very finest. So while the selection of Bowie s iconic 1976 LP, Station To Station , does not feature as first choice for every fan of the man, it certainly inspires many, who hear it as the essential bridge between his then just completed Plastic Soul phase and his Berlin Trilogy just around the corner. This film traces the journey from the end of Bowie s chameleon era [Ziggy, Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs] to the release of Station To Station in early 1976 - and in so doing examines quite how this extraordinary set of songs ever came about. Featuring rare performance footage, previously unseen archive material, exclusive and period interviews, contributions for those around Bowie at the time and from the finest writers and experts, plus seldom seen photos, news reports, location shoots and a host of other features. Also includes extras such as extended interviews, digital interactive gaming feature and more.
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This film traces the journey from the end of Bowie's chameleon era [Ziggy, Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs] to the release of 'Station To Station' in early 1976 - and in so doing examines quite how this extraordinary set of songs ever came about.
Featuring rare performance footage, previously unseen archive material, exclusive and period interviews, contributions for those around Bowie at the time and from the finest writers and experts, plus seldom seen photos, news reports, location shoots and a host of other features. Also includes 'extras' such as extended interviews, digital interactive gaming feature and more.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
David Bowie: The Plastic Soul Review/David Bowie: The Road to the Railway and Station To Station
Beware! These two DVDs are exactly the same. As with the "Sound and Vision" & "Starman" DVDs, someone has sold the same product twice. I bought both at the same time, thinking these two DVDs (one about Young Americans and one about Station to Station) whould go great together, only to find it is the same DVD. Very annoying! Here follows the review.
The documentary follows Bowie's career from Diamond Dogs, through David Live, Young Americans, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Station to Station, and ending up with the Berlin trilogy, although, in actual fact it is a DVD about Young Americans and what came before and after (Berlin is mentioned as an afterthought). I would guess that a good 45 minutes is about the Young Americans album, with the other bits sharing about 5 minutes each.
Interestingly, the running time is not 61 minutes as the cover claims, but a bit over 69 minutes...
The documentary is good, featuring insightful people saying interesting things, and there are clips of Bowie music spaced out in-between. (Do not expect this to be a Bowie concert DVD, as some people seem to expect every db documentary to be only to be thoroughly disappointed by what they buy). It does not contain any groundbreaking new info on db and his career, (no commercial DVD documentary will ever be more than a summary/DVDs are not books), but it is still interesting and fun. The video quality of the db performances are of a copied-from-TV level, since the makers of the DVD do not own any rights to these clips. (Again, do not buy documentaries for the concert clips... they are always poorer than the actual concert DVDs).
All in all I would rank this DVD with 4 stars, but I withdraw two star because the creators sold me the same product twice. In the future I'll pay closer attention to who made the db DVDs I buy.
Beware! These two DVDs are exactly the same. As with the "Sound and Vision" & "Starman" DVDs, someone has sold the same product twice. I bought both at the same time, thinking these two DVDs (one about Young Americans and one about Station to Station) whould go great together, only to find it is the same DVD. Very annoying! Here follows the review.
The documentary follows Bowie's career from Diamond Dogs, through David Live, Young Americans, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Station to Station, and ending up with the Berlin trilogy, although, in actual fact it is a DVD about Young Americans and what came before and after (Berlin is mentioned as an afterthought). I would guess that a good 45 minutes is about the Young Americans album, with the other bits sharing about 5 minutes each.
Interestingly, the running time is not 61 minutes as the cover claims, but a bit over 69 minutes...
The documentary is good, featuring insightful people saying interesting things, and there are clips of Bowie music spaced out in-between. (Do not expect this to be a Bowie concert DVD, as some people seem to expect every db documentary to be only to be thoroughly disappointed by what they buy). It does not contain any groundbreaking new info on db and his career, (no commercial DVD documentary will ever be more than a summary/DVDs are not books), but it is still interesting and fun. The video quality of the db performances are of a copied-from-TV level, since the makers of the DVD do not own any rights to these clips. (Again, do not buy documentaries for the concert clips... they are always poorer than the actual concert DVDs).
All in all I would rank this DVD with 4 stars, but I withdraw two star because the creators sold me the same product twice. In the future I'll pay closer attention to who made the db DVDs I buy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A fine film about the 3 of the most infleuntail albums of the 1970s - and the man who made them
Covering David Live [a very underated live record], Young Americans and, most notably, Station to Station.
Good range of fotage, excellent interviews [Angie is a complete scream ] and a decent collection of contributors who make for probably the best Bowie docu around [at least until they put out Cracked Actor on DVD]
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Covering David Live [a very underated live record], Young Americans and, most notably, Station to Station.
Good range of fotage, excellent interviews [Angie is a complete scream ] and a decent collection of contributors who make for probably the best Bowie docu around [at least until they put out Cracked Actor on DVD]
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a repackaged re release of the previously released The plastic Soul Review DVD. Amazon should have stated that fact in its information guide, ( at the time I bought it, it hadn't) because the only thing in this DVDs favour is that at the time of writing its about half the price of the aforementioned version.
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Nice Mid-70s documentary
A very nostalgic documentary for me having lived through the period the film covers , ie the years that Bowie released the Station to Station and Young Americans albums, and the... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Andy
Tremendous Bowie Docu
I hadn't seen the other film reviewers below me are talking about but this was thoroughly informative, interesting and entertaining and kept me glued to my set for an hour and a... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Johnny boy
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