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INT. BIJOU OFFICES – DAY – 1974
Brian’s face, starring at the monitor, a ghost of his former self.
CLOSE ON his hand rewinding the tape.
Much is made of whether or not Todd took timeframe liberties with the presence of the video cassette player in this scene. While they were not yet a fixture in people's homes, Bowie certainly had access to a professional model. In Backstage Passes, Angela recalls how they managed to tape a TV news report about a UFO sighting in Detroit that was later censored by the station.
On the other hand, we had the videotape. Yes, even in 1974. It so happened that the documentary filmmaker Alan Yentob was along with us on the trip, making the film that would become Cracked Actor, and he had his VCR hooked up to the television set in our hotel room when the afternoon news flash first caught our attention.
INT. BIJOU OFFICES – DAY – 1974
Brian’s face, starring at the monitor, a ghost of his former self.
CLOSE ON his hand rewinding the tape.
Much is made of whether or not Todd took timeframe liberties with the presence of the video cassette player in this scene. While they were not yet a fixture in people's homes, Bowie certainly had access to a professional model. In Backstage Passes, Angela recalls how they managed to tape a TV news report about a UFO sighting in Detroit that was later censored by the station.
On the other hand, we had the videotape. Yes, even in 1974. It so happened that the documentary filmmaker Alan Yentob was along with us on the trip, making the film that would become Cracked Actor, and he had his VCR hooked up to the television set in our hotel room when the afternoon news flash first caught our attention.
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Date: 2005-01-19 09:59 pm (UTC)