If you show up at the immersive new Bowie film, 'Moonage Daydream,' expecting a typical rock doc, says Morgen, 'you’re gonna have a miserable time.'
Cosmic traveler and rock god David Bowie receives a worthy tribute in the unconventional documentary “Moonage Daydream,” directed by Brett Morgen.as a fan. “Brett’s a genius,” says the Hole frontwoman, who as Cobain’s widow was involved in “Montage of Heck.” “He directed the f— out of ‘Moonage Daydream.’ I think it’s a masterpiece — like seeing ‘Fantasia’ when I was a kid. I’ve never felt so high watching a movie.
“Bowie wasn’t about dates and facts,” says director Brett Morgen. “He was mysterious, enigmatic. I was trying to create an experience, and what’s the opposite of an experience? I would argue it’s information.” In its deeply immersive quality, “Moonage Daydream” — with a soundtrack of classic and more recent Bowie tunes newly stitched together by the singer’s longtime producer Tony Visconti — shares something with Peter Jackson’s “” docuseries, each episode of which Morgen says he woke up at 5 a.m. to watch as they were released one by one last Thanksgiving. “I can see the comparison,” he says, “though I like grain more than Peter does.
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