It produced the most interesting and varied work in film and music that we've seen since then. I'm 37, so I was a little young for it. I was 12 and 13 in the early '70s. Given that, I'll argue with anybody who says we've been as culturally progressive and culturally open since. Instead of a movie seen from a star's point of view, Haynes wanted a fan's perspective.
Desire travels through our little capital system that way.
And it ends up in those places maybe accidentally. I wanted an onionskin approach to telling the story, where you're always trying to find a truth, the core of what a character means. That truth may have been one reason why Haynes knew he couldn't use actual participants' names. Haynes did contact many glam-rock survivors, including Bowie, Bryan Ferry, and Iggy Pop. We just, uh, knew we needed to contact Bowie if we wanted to use any of his music in the film.