Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Thursday 22 Jan: The Man Who Fell to Earth



The Man Who Fell to Earth
a film by Nicolas Roeg, 1976 UK

The Man Who Fell to Earth is a cult science fiction film directed by
Nicolas Roeg, about an extraterrestrial, David Bowie, who crash lands
on Earth seeking a way to ship water to his planet, which is suffering
from a severe drought. The film is based on the 1963 novel of the same
name by Walter Tevis.