favorite movie #82 - halloween edition: the man who fell to earth

Favorite movies that have had an impact on me - #82 - The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) - I saw this film for the first time at the Cinema Village in New York. Talk about perfect casting for a beautiful, unearthly creature — David Bowie in he is first film appearance. Director Nicoloas Roeg started out as a cinematographer, and his films are always visually striking. Bowie plays Thomas Jerome Newton, an alien who has come to our world in search of water for his dying planet, who becomes distracted by pop culture and other things, like sex with Mary Lou (Candy Clark), watching television, and drinking. Dr. Nathan Bryce (Rip Torn) becomes suspicious of Newton, too ...

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