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"Moon," by Mr. Duncan Jones (once AKA "Zowie Bowie," David's son)

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Ellemeno:

--- Quote from: retropian on June 10, 2009, 08:37:49 pm ---Yeah, when I was a kid in the 70's, Bowie was God. How cool is it to see Zowie/Joey/Duncan make good? Very. I may have to go see this in the theater rather than wait for the DVD. It's been getting pretty good reviews overall.

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Well, can we agree the he was a God?  There was quite a pantheon back then.

Brown Eyes:

--- Quote from: Ellemeno on June 10, 2009, 10:39:46 pm ---
Well, can we agree the he was a God?  There was quite a pantheon back then.

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It's interesting that this metaphor has come up here in this thread.  Bowie plays around with this idea (the convergence of rock/ the rock star and a kind of religious experience) a lot in his lyrics.  The most famous example is Ziggy Stardust being described as a "leper messiah", and much of the Ziggy "story line" has to do with this idea of an outider come to save the world who turns into a fallen/ falling idol. In "Hang On To Yourself", from the Ziggy album, there's a line about "praying to the light machine" at a rock concert.  Then, there's a line in a kind of obscure song (a b-side type song called "Sweet Head") from the Ziggy era, which has a really explicit line about this... "Till there was rock, you only had god."

The way I've always remembered his son's name listed officially (in biographies, etc.) was Zowie Duncan Haywood Jones.  And, then as a teenager he went by Joey for a long time.  Of course, he was usually called Zowie Bowie as a small child... but, Bowie isn't anyone's official name... it's just David's stage name (his real name is David Robert Jones... and he copyrights his music under Jones, so I've always assumed he never changed his name legally).  Duncan and Haywood are old family names.  I've always thought the fact that "Bowie" is really a persona is kind of fascinating... since David often layers other characters (Ziggy, etc.) on top of an already kind of artificial public character.

Anyway, I like that Duncan has settled on Duncan as a name.  Of the available options I like that the best. LOL!  This article is really fascinating to read because for a long time Duncan was a bit of a mystery... quite successfully shielded from very much media/ press.  David would mention him in interviews and there were tidbits here and there in biographies. Photos of him as a teenager/ young man were very rare.  Though, there are some really cute, famous photos of him as a small child.  But, anyway, it's interesting to here from Duncan directly now. 

oilgun:
I'm glad to see this thread but I'm not surprised to see who started it. :-*

I saw the movie yesterday to honour the 40th anniversary of the first moonwalk, which is today of course.
The synopsis made me afraid that it might feel like an episode of The Twilight Zone, it was more substantial than that, I really enjoyed it.  Sam Rockwell is quite good and successfully carries the film.  It does borrow elements from other sci-fi films and may be a tad predictable but the film remains original and fresh.  Spacey is pitch-perfect as the 'rebooted' HAL, this time called Gerty.

SFEnnisSF:
I saw this movie a week ago and it was Excellent!   One of the best of 2009 so far IMO.

The music in the movie is so haunting... Done by Clint Mansell who also did the music for "Pi" & "Requeim For A Dream"

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtCpttsZiys[/youtube]

Front-Ranger:
I finally saw Moon last night as part of a sci-fi film festival. In its first run here in Denver, it played for such a short time I didn't get a chance to see it. A very compelling plot, so much so that I won't say anything else for fear of spoilers. Sam Rockwell is as good as he has to be to carry the movie with only minimal support from other actors. The special effects are unobtrusive and don't look contrived or cheap. I saw quite a few nods to other science fiction films, but I didn't detect much angst from Jones' early life creeping into the film.

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