David Bowie: Finding Fame

Arguably one of the best documentaries, on any subject, ever.

Rarely has there been an opportunity to enjoy journalistic work dig so deep and so unbiased. Completely mind blowing. No sensationalism, no flirting with the audience - just pure journalistic excellence. Francis Whateley I commend you; you are a scholar, a gentleman and an extraordinarily rare creature - a true journalist.

David Bowie: Finding Fame delves deep and shows much. It does so and presents, in earnest, what it finds. There is so "seducing the masses", no bias and no pointing of fingers. It is a delicacy of a documentary not only when it comes to documenting David Bowie's early career - but, also, in how any documentary should approach any subjec.

Looking next to the obvious and putting great effort in depicting the subtle truth restores faith in the documentary format.

This is one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. As a ardent David Bowie fan it portrays his very human heart. He explored the theatre & took risks being true to his talent & not pandering to the mainstream. His work was developing as he matured. I would have loved to have him as a friend.

This doco about a rock superstar is quite slavish in unearthing interesting footage, people and music from David Bowie's early years in the business. It's fascinating to learn that Bowie spent years releasing quite pedestrian songs and playing at minor clubs and with obscure bands, before he was famous. Some of the songs are not very good at all Most other people probably would have given up and got a straight job. But as one friend says, Bowie always had a lot of self confidence. He doesn't come across as arrogant, though, just quietly determined. His love of experimenting with things like make/up and genres later perhaps made him more resilient in finding more fans, adapting to trends and setting him apart from other music acts. He was a sensitive boy from an average London suburb who rose to the top. He inspired a lot of people and according to this film, was a nice bloke, too.

This documentary is an easy look back into the life and artistic climb of David Bowie to the level of international fame.

It is informative without giving you too much information. Plus it is interesting in how it shows David Bowie and his focused artistic drive on is music dreams and how he made it all come true.

His personal life is left in the shadows and not dwelled upon.

To me, Bowie has pretty much always been on the top of my Rock Music list. Like many others I discovered him in his Ziggy days...'72 I believe. I liked Starman but when I first heard Five Years I was blown away and there was no going back.

This Doc focuses on his early years. It was great seeing snippets of those early clips with songs I was unaware of. Some commented that they were disappointed it didn't go into Ziggy and what came after more. That wasn't the point of this Doc. Besides, everyone knows the early years are what's most interesting.

Alot of Bowie's early songs are actually very good..only to be let down by the arrangements at times.

Watching this Doc I got a sense of the personality that he was. The interviews with old band mates and friends were informative and didn't meander on. Slight disappointment was that there was very little visual interviews with Bowie.

All in all, very recommended to Bowie and Rock Music fans.