David Bowie’s final years are to be explored in a brand new Channel 4 documentary, provisionally titled The Last Act.
As per Deadline, the documentary will “chart the ultimate artistic chapter of one among music’s most iconic artists” and can characteristic uncommon interviews with those that knew and labored carefully alongside Bowie. Bowie died on the age of 69 in January 2016 following an 18-month battle with most cancers; he launched his last album, ‘Blackstar‘, simply two days earlier than he died.
Deadline additionally report that the documentary will embody interviews with well-known followers and artists who’ve been impressed by his work. They add it’ll “uncover the technique behind Bowie’s inventive resurrection and the inexhaustible extraordinary creativity that outlined his last decade, during which he launched his critically acclaimed album Blackstar simply two days earlier than he died.”
Talking concerning the mission, director Jonathan Stiasny stated: “The standard music documentary celebrates triumph. What fascinated me most when making this movie was how Bowie’s last chapter wasn’t an ending, it was a resurrection.
“He remodeled failure into triumph, silence into revelation, and in the end, loss of life into artwork.”
Shaminder Nahal, Head of Specialist Factual at Channel 4, stated: “Bowie was a kind of uncommon artists whose creativeness by no means dimmed. This movie reveals how, when confronted with the top, he discovered methods to push boundaries and create one thing transcendent.”
The 90-minute movie has been made by Rogan Productions – the workforce behind Freddie Mercury: The Last Act and ABBA: In opposition to the Odds.
Earlier this month (October 1), the BBC additionally introduced a new Bowie documentary set to premiere in 2026 beneath the working title Bowie In Berlin.
The 90-minute documentary will air on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer someday in autumn 2026 – a agency launch date has but to be introduced. The documentary movie will discover the icon’s time in Berlin between 1976 and 1978.
Bowie had famously retreated from fame and moved to Berlin in 1976 to battle his cocaine habit and reroute his profession – the transfer would show integral, because it sparked three legendary albums: ‘Low’, ‘Heroes’ and ‘Lodger’ – also referred to as the Berlin Trilogy.
Bowie In Berlin will characteristic archival footage of the legendary musician himself, in addition to uncommon interviews with 4 ladies who performed a big function in Bowie’s life throughout his Berlin keep – Clare Shenstone, Romy Haag, Sarah-Rena Hine and Sydne Rome. Bowie thought of all 4 ladies his muses, with every of them offering the musician with a unique method to artwork and life.
“These ladies noticed a Bowie that no one else noticed,” says the BBC in assertion saying the documentary. “(They) all gave him one thing totally different, serving to his regeneration into an artist who now not wanted to cover behind characters, however was blissful to carry out as himself – David Robert Jones.”
It’s govt produced by documentarian, host, creator and broadcaster Louis Theroux. Theroux stated in an announcement: “It is a dream mission. Francis’ three earlier Bowie movies are the gold normal for Bowie film-making and certainly for docs about music on the whole. To have his artistry centered on the Berlin years – utilizing the lens of the ladies in Bowie’s life – is an ideal match of director and materials. There’s a beautiful unity of time and place to Bowie’s interval in Berlin.
“He hit backside, however he additionally discovered himself making a few of his most private music, then relaunched himself for the primary time with out a masks, as himself. So, Berlin is the crucible for his unbelievable regeneration and every little thing that got here afterwards.”
Most not too long ago, London’s V&A East Storehouse opened the doorways to the brand new David Bowie Centre in September.
It comprises over 90,000 of the icon’s possessions to information followers by means of his inventive life and affect on tradition, alongside particular curations from the likes of Nile Rodgers and The Final Dinner Get together.
