Moonage Daydream [Blu-Ray] (English audio. English subtitles)

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I viewed the entire film in 4K and then sampled numerous areas from the 1080p presentation. The 4K Blu-ray does not provide an option to view the film with HDR or Dolby Vision, but this is understandable given the nature of some of the content that was used in the film and how the 4K master was finalized. Trailer - an original U.S. trailer for Moonage Daydream from Neon. In English, not subtitled. (3 min). Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Told through sublime, kaleidoscopic, never-before-seen footage, performances and music, MOONAGE DAYDREAM is the first officially sanctioned film to explore Bowie’s creative, musical and spiritual journey, guided by Bowie’s own narration.

aiming to create an "experience" with the endeavor, often mashing together imagery and music, or simply noise at times while Morgen zooms around The spoken word audio and visuals rest of a bed of music that binds everything together. The sound design is incredible and with the help of Tony Visconti songs are often deconstructed and reconstructed during a sequence before morphing into something else. This provides a kaleidoscopic and sometimes disorienting experience. Morgen is clearly influenced by Bowie’s mid-seventies ‘cut-up’ lyric-writing techniques (a concept borrowed from William Burroughs) where he’d write lyrics and cut them up and jumble them about with the goal being to inspire new ideas. Morgen takes his cue from that and uses this non-linear technique visually, something Steven Soderbergh played with in his 1999 film The Limey. Moonage Soundscapes - in this program, Brett Morgen and recording mixers Davi Giammarco and Paul Massey discuss the construction of the soundscapes for Moonage Daydream. The program was produced in 2023. In English, not subtitled. (27 min). While good intentions abound, I am at a loss as to who this film is meant for, and I say that as a David Bowie fan. It’s not particularly satisfying as a documentary, as existing fans will not come away with new insights, and viewers unfamiliar with Bowie’s work will struggle to contextualize what is presented here. It’s not illuminating or inviting like “No Direction Home,” which successfully explained the allure of early Bob Dylan to newcomers and longtime fans alike. It’s not satisfying as a concert film and thus not particularly suited for rewatching, because there are no complete performances included that one might long to hear again. It’s no “Elvis: That’s The Way It Is,” offering fans a chance to revel in great songs being brilliantly performed. It doesn’t immortalize a single moment in time, as “The Last Waltz” expertly does. It doesn’t offer much by way of intimacy on the subject, failing to penetrate the defensive layers that Bowie built around himself in his public personas. There’s nothing remotely approaching the kind of home movie verisimilitude that “Imagine: John Lennon” offered. As an attempt to convey the appeal and experience of Bowie’s era, its length works against it; what seems exciting and fresh at the beginning becomes repetitive and dull by the time its two-hour-and-fourteen-minute running time concludes. There’s a great idea for a film in here, but the material might have been better served as either a shorter non-linear experience or as a longer, more detail-oriented documentary examination. Brett Morgen's "Moonage Daydream" (2022) arrives on 4K Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion. The supplemental features on the release include audio commentary by the director; filmed Q&A session between the director, Mark Romanek, and longtime David Bowie pianist Mike Garson; original theatrical trailer; and more. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-Free.from the iconic musician. Morgen builds a ride through the cosmos, spending time with the subject at various points during his career, but it's also Moonage Daydream" is not a documentary about David Bowie. It's a love letter to the musician, with director Brett Morgen ("Crossfire Hurricane,"

thoughts on the ways of the world, the state of art, and the complexity of music are included via old interviews, and such thinking is as close toDespite its hypnotic presentation, Moonage Daydream is ultimately all flash and no depth. Disappointingly, it refuses to fully engage the entirety of its subject’s output, instead presenting retreads of footage and periods that have been extensively (and more definitively) covered elsewhere. The songs are transcendent, but the film is not.