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DOCUMENTARY David Bowie's death one year ago at the age of 69 was a shocker. He had been part of the cultural fabric for five decades, but this time the pop phoenix wasn't coming back. Francis Whateley, who directed the superb Five Years film zoning in on the landmark years (Friday 11 pm BBC 4) here focuses on the last chapters in Bowie's life. And that sounds maudlin but the fact is that this was another astonishingly creative period for the erstwhile Major Tom and Thin White Duke. Whateley finds a man returning to the very core of his previous works. MARK BRAXTON
So says Radio Times - I shall be watching, not so much because I enjoyed Bowie's work but in part in view of his status as a cultural icon, and in part because at the end of his life Bowie began to interest himself in what jazz musicians had to offer him, apparently, after a gap of more than 60 years.
DOCUMENTARY David Bowie's death one year ago at the age of 69 was a shocker. He had been part of the cultural fabric for five decades, but this time the pop phoenix wasn't coming back. Francis Whateley, who directed the superb Five Years film zoning in on the landmark years (Friday 11 pm BBC 4) here focuses on the last chapters in Bowie's life. And that sounds maudlin but the fact is that this was another astonishingly creative period for the erstwhile Major Tom and Thin White Duke. Whateley finds a man returning to the very core of his previous works. MARK BRAXTON
So says Radio Times - I shall be watching, not so much because I enjoyed Bowie's work but in part in view of his status as a cultural icon, and in part because at the end of his life Bowie began to interest himself in what jazz musicians had to offer him, apparently, after a gap of more than 60 years.
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