Maysles Cinema
343 Lenox Ave
212.582.6050
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Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
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Wednesday July 22, 2009 (7pm)
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$7
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There's sorcery in D.A. Pennebaker's Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, a "glitter chrome" record of David Bowie's last concert as the orange-haired camp icon. Throughout, the lads and lasses present at the Hammersmith Odeon on July 3, 1973, move as if under the influence of a holy spirit. Indeed, from the neon credits on — and in spite of spotty, red-hued visuals that seem transmitted from Mars — Bowie struts with such glitz and sass that you're taken aback with appreciation for this showman. As the four-piece cycles through a classic playlist, that "character looking for a film" flaunts a catalog of outré-wear, each cockeyed outfit more impressive than the last.
