Starman - David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust Years

1972 saw the birth of the rock 'n' roll messiah Ziggy Stardust, whose provocative flirtation with sexual identity and gender roles laid the cornerstone for David Bowie's rise to “the most influential pop musican of all time” (New Musical Express).  

Reinhard Kleist skillfully interweaves the genesis of this over-the-top alter ego with David Bowie's luckless endeavors in the pre-Stardust London music scene and his struggles with his own creation at the height of fame. Ever more rapidly, Bowie transforms himself into the egocentric rock star whose wildly extravagent lifestyle threatens to destroy him.