tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post5552665251575689896..comments2024-03-10T23:51:37.936+00:00Comments on The Glass Walking-Stick: Reasons to be cheerful...Simon B http://www.blogger.com/profile/07719757386457800087noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post-39298570314110908462013-03-07T21:08:17.571+00:002013-03-07T21:08:17.571+00:00My daughter, Sophie, has a bit of a "thing&qu...My daughter, Sophie, has a bit of a "thing" for Bowie in that film - Tina Turner wig, tights and all :-)<br /><br />Bowie does come in for some stick over his acting but, given the right role, he is capable of some pretty good performances. I'm thinking of his version of Nikola Tesla in The Prestige and, especially, his Thomas Jerome Newton in Nic Roeg's haunting The Man Who Fell To Earth. A coked-out, paranoid, reclusive Bowie was ideal for the part of the lonely alien...Simon B https://www.blogger.com/profile/07719757386457800087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post-39444841392059616922013-03-07T08:32:29.777+00:002013-03-07T08:32:29.777+00:00I do love the two Bowie songs that have been relea...I do love the two Bowie songs that have been released so far. He'll always hold a very curious place in my heart, having played Jareth, the Goblin King in Labyrinth. It was one of my favourite films as a kid! Tom Wigginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13189757154800712984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post-88869681648122858442013-03-06T22:52:56.194+00:002013-03-06T22:52:56.194+00:00Richard, you're probably right about the "...Richard, you're probably right about the "meaning" of the video - mine was only a very superficial take on it. But then, I'm a superficial kind of guy :-)<br /><br />And, no, it's not just you: I instantly thought of Angie when I saw Tilda in that curly wig...Simon B https://www.blogger.com/profile/07719757386457800087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5470510671824637475.post-72740853394212497742013-03-05T23:41:08.090+00:002013-03-05T23:41:08.090+00:00I didn't take the Bowie song as complaining ab...I didn't take the Bowie song as complaining about stalkers or paparazzi so much as looking at the broader issue of celebrity worship and holding people up as a kind of royalty or even divinity because they've been in movies or whatever. But we could both be right! Just yesterday I was talking with someone about the video and mentioned that I'd seen one person say it was about retirement and another person say it was about growing old. I think the video is about forgetting who you are and trying to conform, only to have the suppressed side haunt you. Wouldn't it be great if we're all wrong and the video is actually about what it's like to have really annoying neighbors?<br /><br />And is it just me or is Tilda Swinton made up to look like Angie Bowie?Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.com