David Bowie: Cracked Actor (1975)

The documentary depicts Bowie on tour in Los Angeles, using a mixture of vérité sequences filmed in limousines and hotels, and concert footage. Most of the concert footage was taken from a show at the Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre on 2 September 1974 (Also featured are excerpts from D.A. Pennebaker's concert film shot at London's Hammersmith Odeon on 3 July 1973). Cracked Actor is notable for being a source for footage of Bowie's ambitious Diamond Dogs tour, and also for showing Bowie's fragile mental state during this period.

Released

1975-01-26

Genres

Documentary, Music

Runtime

53 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Alan Yentob

TMDB rating

7.6/10 from 12 votes