David Bowie: The Last Five Years

Conceptually, it works as intended: Bowie, from the perspective of those who worked with him and loved him. And there is more joy than sadness here. No fluff, no glorification, just a true to life account of a creative genius' last 5 years, true to himself until the very end. You will never get a full picture from Bowie. It's up to you to figure out the puzzle, and it's beautiful.

Last five years of the great star's life, but really a review of his career with studio versions of his songs played over obscure live footage.

Most interesting thing I took from it is the Major Tom element. At one point Bowie says it was his internal dialogue made manifest, then there's an image of a skeleton orbiting in space, then a skeleton discovered inside a spacesuit, then an adaptation of Heroes for Lazarus, then screw heads for eyes over a bandage in a death bed. You had to be there.

Overall: engaging, gets more interesting in the end.

But all in all it was a good little documentary. The first few minutes made me cry as well as the last few with Tony Viscounti. When he isolates David voice and you hear his breath...I lost it. I was born in the 70's so I didn't get to experience David in his early years so this was nice. He is and will remain my #1.

This captures a great artist writing the final verses of his song.

He shows us who is was is who he is.

Proof of sick wisdom.

Usually fake reviews give movies a 10. This time there are a bunch of haters giving this a 1.

Not sure why, unless they are just fake. This is a top notch, rather sentimental, documentary that explores Bowie as he was dying.

It also shows his transition into a rather decent person.

For those who wanted more Bowie -- how much more? He was in EVERY scene!!!!

And remember, haters, this is not a biography of the guy. It's a doumentary on the last 5 years of this life. It's poignant and relevant ands really well done. I generally get bored out of my mind 20 minutes into one of these kind of films. This one captured my attention throughout.