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BallhausDonatedPosted at 2026-01-04 12:48:48(7 wks ago) (Bowie General / Final act documentary)


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Just watched it. Imho not that interesting. They call it final act, but due to little material after 2004, much time is spent on Ziggy. And on Glastonbury. So much for final act.
Interview are the usual suspects (garson, Visconti,...) and for the last years they (due to limited sources?) uses a unknown studio technichan from blackstar and a BBC radio host.

Anyway. I would still like to have it on my hard drive, so if anyone with the skills of capturing video has it downloaded, please pm me

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eximPosted at 2026-01-04 14:41:38(7 wks ago) (Bowie General / Final act documentary)


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So far there is a 1.51 GB mkv re-encoded HDTV recording on the popular open torrent trackers which I'm sure would be good enough for many and there's a 1.22 GB AVI screengrab recording with buffering issues (the uploader promising to provide a better version soon).

I recorded the broadcast via DVB-T2 losslessly, but I suspect a lossless on demand 'web-dl' version will show up soon which would be the best as there should be no logo or overlay ad on the end credits.

I did try my hand with on demand download tools once, but after hours of tearing my hair out gave up.

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BallhausDonatedPosted at 2026-01-04 15:10:24(7 wks ago) (Bowie General / Final act documentary)


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Thank you. Found it!

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alikzubrPosted at 2026-01-04 21:36:07(7 wks ago) (Bowie General / Final act documentary)


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Please PM me what torrent tracker you're talking about. Thank you!

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MoonyDonatedPosted at 2026-01-05 16:04:22(6 wks ago) (Bowie General / Final act documentary)


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i really like reeves and mike the rest wasnt worth the watch .. I skipped tru it. Not worth the watch.

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homebrewPosted at 2026-01-05 23:20:19(6 wks ago) (Bowie General / Final act documentary)


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I found it pretty disappointing. There is not a lot new here aside from some tidbits of info about Blackstar near the end. They spend a lot of time claiming  Bowie was "burned out" and that Tin Machine was a bad band and a mistake for Bowie to have taken part in. Then they shit all over the Earthling album as nothing more than Drum-and-Bass electronica and totally ignored 1.Outside. I would say the only parts worth watching are the last half hour.

Mark Lewisohn who wrote the Beatles Tune In book and another pop culture historian whose name I can't recall both say that it takes about 50 years for a true picture to emerge about any person or event. I guess we have a bit longer to wait.


""I don't begrudge any artist for finding an audience"
- David Bowie abt. 1987
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surflingDonatedPosted at 2026-01-06 10:51:49(6 wks ago) (Bowie General / Final act documentary)


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Have to agree with what others have written - this is a disappointment. I was hoping for something along the "5 Years" series but it's not even close to those. A rather confused timeline, jumping back and forth, it all comes across as pretty random...

It was still OK watching once for the interviews with Reeves, Rick Wakeman, Visconti and the studio engineer lady for Blackstar (sorry, don't remember her name).

A wasted opportunity.

PS I REALLY liked the intro!

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MossGardenPosted at 2026-01-06 10:52:26(6 wks ago) (Bowie General / Final act documentary)


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I have yet to watch it, but I have an idea about how it will be, so no high hopes sadly. At least I trust that it can not be as bad as Moonage Daydream.

I just watched the Elton John documentary Never Too Late, it's really good.
I wish we could have one as good with Bowie, but Elton is alive and not afraid of talking about the process of making music and his life in good and bad, it had the feeling of those kind of interviews and back stage moments that was in the media in the 70's before everything was image control and being sanitised.

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professormouseDonatedPosted at 2026-01-06 19:03:37(6 wks ago) (Bowie General / Final act documentary)


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it starts with tin machine
and then it's
they were crap / i dunno maybe they're brilliant
for a while
i am sick of Experts
telling me the 1st records of his i bought
were Officially Shyte
it most deffo
won't be the final anything

the Rick James doc is even worse

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PortlandbillPosted at 2026-01-09 17:55:22(6 wks ago) (Bowie General / Final act documentary)


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I am sorry to disagree with all of you but this documentary was about a dying man not his music legacy not sure what you all wanted. Listen to the message.
Regards.
PB

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MythicalkingDonatedPosted at 2026-01-10 12:52:40(6 wks ago) (Bowie General / Final act documentary)


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10 years on from the fateful day I spent 2 hours of my 69th Birthday today watching this and shed a few tears.  In reality only 30 minutes of this documentary is actually about ‘The Final Act’ and much of the regurgitated earlier years stuff added nothing to proceedings and, to my mind, distorted events.  For instance, the suggestion that Bowie steadfastly resisted re-visiting his earlier catalogue until the Glastonbury set is utter nonsense given that the setlists of the Outside and Earthling tours featured numerous re-invented versions of older songs.  No mention of Black Tie White Noise or Outside and nothing much about The Next Day other than it’s unexpected release and a few words about the Where Are We Now single.  What a wasted opportunity!

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professormouseDonatedPosted at 2026-01-10 20:02:46(6 wks ago) (Bowie General / Final act documentary)


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@PB
oi did
the bit about 'a critic' was stupid
just yesterday
someone
was saying that it was 'now' okay to like Outside
oh really
the bits with his band were gr8
but it didn't tell you anything new
it won't the be 'last' anything

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surflingDonatedPosted at 2026-01-17 10:40:01(5 wks ago) (Bowie General / Final act documentary)


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German dubbed version was broadcast on arte.tv yesterday; still online:

https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/128078-000-A/bowie-der-letzte-akt/

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