Product: Ziggy Stardust [VHS]
Rating: 5.0
The FabMOST!
I was knocked out of my socks when I first watched this film - and the thrill is hardly less whenever I watch it again. If David Bowie/Ziggy Stardust don't rub you the right way, you'll hate this movie, but if they're in your bag it should be a real treat.David/Ziggy is singing with the full force of his voice throughout, which you don't get to experience on the ZS album, making these versions of the songs some of my favourites. The filming style is absolutely perfect as well: stark-raving bright blocks of colour on pitch black, with a sort of rough, glittery feel. Gives it an air of fantasy and urgency that you wouldn't get with regular filming. Mick Ronson is a wonderful part of the film, completing the sound with his amazing guitar playing and complementing Ziggy visually. David/Zig is at his sexiest and most teasing here, and the costumes he uses have only been beat by the ones he wore in the 1980 Floor Show.It is gorgeous, glittering, sex-in-a-back-alley Rock and Roll! Buy it!