David Bowie: "The Final Act" hits theaters – Watch the trailer

10 years after his death, the final decade of David Bowie's life returns to the big screen with "Bowie: The Final Act", a documentary directed by Jonathan Stiasny and produced by Rogan Productions for Channel 4 and Dogwoof, which arrives in Italian cinemas as a special event for just three days, Monday 25, Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 May, in over 150 cinemas nationwide. The film had already had its Italian preview at the "SeeYouSound" festival in Turin on 8 March, where it was presented as the festival's closing title. Check the UCI Cinemas Italy and The Space Cinema circuit websites for screening venues.
Below is the trailer for "Bowie: The Final Act".

There is an endless amount of editorial and audiovisual material devoted to the British artist, a sign of his central place in contemporary culture. Stiasny's work, however, tries to avoid the more conventional celebratory tones, building over ninety-plus minutes a narrative that spans the last thirty years of Bowie's career. From the mainstream explosion of "Let's Dance" in the Eighties to the experimental detours of the following decade, including the controversial hard rock experience with Tin Machine, the documentary follows the constant evolution of an artist incapable of standing still.
Considerable space is also devoted to his comeback in the 2000s, culminating in the acclaimed performance at the 2000 Glastonbury Festival, a moment that helped relaunch his international image. After two more tours, the narrative shifts to his gradual withdrawal from the scene due to health problems, right up to the highly secretive recording sessions for "Blackstar", his final album, released just two days before the artist's death on 10 January 2016.

Numerous longtime collaborators and figures from contemporary music take part in reconstructing Bowie's creative journey. Among them are producer Tony Visconti, musicians Mike Garson and Earl Slick, as well as Moby, Gary Kemp and Goldie, who in the film calls Bowie "a prophet of culture". Alongside these musical testimonies are contributions from astronaut Chris Hadfield and writer Hanif Kureishi.
The documentary also features contributions from the artist's children: Duncan Jones, born Zowie Bowie, and Alexandria Zahra Jones.
"Bringing 'Bowie: The Final Act' to Italian audiences is a huge privilege for us," said Manuele Ilari, president of Madison Pictures. "With this event release we want to offer not just a celebration of an immense musical legacy, but also an honest portrait of the man behind the icon, someone able, right to the end, to turn his own fragility into art".

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