The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976)
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Platonic_Caveman — 5 years ago(July 02, 2020 08:46 PM)
I never thought Bowie's films were anything special. Jagger did quite a few movies and none are memorable.
Kristofferson transitioned over into moves rather well though. If you look him up he did dozens of popular movies. "Sailor" was one of his first and more arsty and it seems to have given him credibility.
And Jagger's and Bowie's films were egotistically centered around them as personas. Kristofferson didn't typecast himself.
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None — 5 years ago(July 02, 2020 09:22 PM)
The Man Who Fell To Earth and Performance are both superior films but also happen to be their first and best films, probably because they were used more for their image than for their acting range. Kristofferson has an image better suited to cinema and also happens to be a good actor.
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Platonic_Caveman — 5 years ago(July 03, 2020 01:40 AM)
Divine, right? Interesting how a rather frumpy ordinary looking man can become so frighteningly outrageous in drag!
I never saw Performance. I saw "Man Who Fell" and it was good but just didn't blow my mind. My point about Bowie playing his own persona was that he played an alien like his character onstage. I was disappointed with Bowie in film because he was a musical genius but as an actor he was rather average. I guess I expected Ziggy Stardust and he didn't deliver.
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Lilith — 5 years ago(July 02, 2020 09:30 PM)
I really liked The Man Who Fell to Earth. It's a slow burn, but what didn't you like about it.
As far as Bowie movies falling flat, you didn't like The Hunger?
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Cheeky — 5 years ago(July 02, 2020 10:49 PM)
I've seen the uncut version too. When Bowie reveals himself to Candy Clark she pees on the rug
When Candy's crying, she has snot running out of her nose
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Lilith — 5 years ago(July 02, 2020 09:11 PM)
I'm being direct, as I was when I posted it. I've seen people post trailers in the GD section before. I have on occasion posted in the movie boards but the last posts were sometimes a year or even a two, so what's the point, when no matter, still several replies are made.
I'm just looking to talk to current members, and not read posts that are years old. I made that clear, since I just don't get why this has to be such a gigantic issue with some people when I'm just here to have fun.
As I've said, up front, I'll stop posting trailers to movies in GD if they're so offensive and distracting despite that I've been doing it since I joined, and have seen others do the same thing. I'll stick to other topics.
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Paul P. Powell — 7 months ago(September 03, 2025 12:05 PM)
I admire Mishima and have read a good solid round handful of his writings.
However –of those works –I'd rank this as my least favorite. I suspect it emerged early in his career.
It is somewhat profound but not worth the difficulty and awkwardness of the narration.
Nowhere near as smooth, poised, or finessed as his other outpourings.
Thus, the movie with Kristofferson I was never motivated to explore; in light of my lukewarm reaction to the novel itself.
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TaraDeS — 7 months ago(September 03, 2025 12:42 PM)
Paul P. Powell September 03, 2025 02:05 PM
Member since August 26, 2025
I admire Mishima and have read a good solid round handful of his writings.
However –of those works –I'd rank this as my least favorite. I suspect it emerged early in his career.
It is somewhat profound but not worth the difficulty and awkwardness of the narration.
Nowhere near as smooth, poised, or finessed as his other outpourings.
Thus, the movie with Kristofferson I was never motivated to explore; in light of my lukewarm reaction to the novel itself.
Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) published this
Sailor
in 1963.