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Real Life Parallels
Jan. 31st, 2005 08:32 pmscript:
INT. DIVE CLUB – NEW YORK – LATE DAY – 1984
ARTHUR
(off-screen)
Was that the last time you saw him?
Mandy turns to look at him.
Arthur sits at the table, a few yards away.
MANDY
No. But it was the last time we - actually spoke.
A distant trace of music begins as Arthur looks up from his notes. A slow TRACK IN begins.
Mandy stands, passing Arthur on her way to the bar.
I saw him again – briefly – a few weeks later. At a concert.
ARTHUR
He was - performing?
TRACK IN behind Mandy at the cigarette machine.
MANDY
No. Curt was actually performing. He and Jack Fairy had just finished their Berlin record and Curt was in London playing some gigs. And Brian was there – for a second. I don’t think anyone even saw him.
Curt and Jack's "Berlin record" of course refers to what is known as Bowie's "Berlin Trilogy", or as Bowie calls it, the "Berlin Triptych", the albums, Low, Heroes, and Lodger. While not conceived as a trilogy they was all made by Bowie, produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti with major musical contributions by Brian Eno. However, the name is misleading since Low was recorded at Chateau D'Hérouville outside Paris and was mixed at Hansa Studios which is by the Berlin wall. Heroes was the only one entirely made in Berlin, and Lodger was recorded in Berlin and mixed in New York.
Around the same time, Bowie produced Iggy's The Idiot at Chateau D'Hérouville and Hansa Studios, Berlin, followed by Lust For Life.
INT. DIVE CLUB – NEW YORK – LATE DAY – 1984
Was that the last time you saw him?
Mandy turns to look at him.
Arthur sits at the table, a few yards away.
No. But it was the last time we - actually spoke.
A distant trace of music begins as Arthur looks up from his notes. A slow TRACK IN begins.
Mandy stands, passing Arthur on her way to the bar.
I saw him again – briefly – a few weeks later. At a concert.
TRACK IN behind Mandy at the cigarette machine.
No. Curt was actually performing. He and Jack Fairy had just finished their Berlin record and Curt was in London playing some gigs. And Brian was there – for a second. I don’t think anyone even saw him.
Curt and Jack's "Berlin record" of course refers to what is known as Bowie's "Berlin Trilogy", or as Bowie calls it, the "Berlin Triptych", the albums, Low, Heroes, and Lodger. While not conceived as a trilogy they was all made by Bowie, produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti with major musical contributions by Brian Eno. However, the name is misleading since Low was recorded at Chateau D'Hérouville outside Paris and was mixed at Hansa Studios which is by the Berlin wall. Heroes was the only one entirely made in Berlin, and Lodger was recorded in Berlin and mixed in New York.
Around the same time, Bowie produced Iggy's The Idiot at Chateau D'Hérouville and Hansa Studios, Berlin, followed by Lust For Life.
