nephihaha — 9 years ago(April 05, 2016 09:29 AM)

Another article on this film
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/9333719/David-Bowies-cocaine-alien-and-The-Man-Who-Fell-To-Earth.html
Roeg also makes intriguing, imaginative connections: Newtons break-up with Mary-Lou is acted out between scenes from The Third Man, playing on the TV in their room. Rip Torn, as a college professor given to seducing teenage students, is a heavy-handed signifier of corruption - yet explicit scenes showing him receiving sexual favours from these young women are puzzlingly intercut with excerpts from a Kabuki theatre production, with swordsmen posturing and grunting.
It's not "Sci-Fi", it's SF!
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