A 1976 science fiction film directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring David Bowie as an alien who comes to Earth to save his dying planet and is destroyed by human corruption.
Extended Roeg's fragmented editing into science fiction, creating a prototype for the alienated-outsider narrative and demonstrating that pop-star casting could deepen rather than distract from a film's strangeness.
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