Absolute Beginners (Temple, 1986): BFI Southbank,NFT3, 8.45pm
This presentation is part of the David Bowie season at BFI Southbank. Full details here
Chicago Reader review:
A
fascinating attempt by rock video director Julien Temple to do several
things at once—adapt a Colin MacInnes novel, show the London youth scene
in 1958 (while dealing at length with the racial tensions of the
period), build on some of the stylistic innovations of Frank Tashlin,
Vincente Minnelli, and Orson Welles, and put to best use a fascinating
score by Gil Evans that adapts everything from Charles Mingus to Miles
Davis. A mixed success, but an exhilarating try (1986). With David
Bowie, Keith Richards, and James Fox.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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