Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

Starring: David Bowie, Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder, Mick Woodmansy, Angela Bowie

Directed by: D.A. Pennebaker

RS: 2of 4 Stars

2002 All Movies

The Bowie legacy has so far been shockingly underexploited on DVD -- Dave, dude, are you on vacation or what? Bowie freaks have never had much use for this film of the final Ziggy Stardust show. It's one long technical glitch, ruined by the tin-can sound and the dim, grainy look. No drug-fueled backstage-orgy scenes, either. What the world really needs: a DVD of Bowie's best flick, the little-screened but mind-blowing 1974 documentary Cracked Actor. Crack, baby, crack!

ROB SHEFFIELD
(May 6, 2003)