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David Bowie: Finding Fame review: BBC documentary thankfully fails to ‘make sense’ of a man whose appeal was all about mystery

by Roisin O'Connor

 

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What is the purpose of the music documentary?

 

For controversial Michael Jackson film Leaving Neverland, it’s to give a voice to those previously deprived of one.

 

In Netflix’s Fyre, directors sought to work out what exactly happened to cause what was billed as a luxury music festival to descend into utter chaos.

 

In David Bowie: Finding Fame – released ahead of the 50th anniversary of Space Oddity – the BBC sets out to tell the “untold story” of how David Robert Jones became the immortal Ziggy Stardust, and changed the entire landscape of music as he did so.

 

Full Story: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/david-bowie-finding-fame-review-bbc-documentary-singer-hermione-stardust-glam-music-a8770016.html

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