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Originally Posted by EyeballGrowth
The Man Who Fell to Earth is your number 1 sci fi movie? Jeez
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What do you mean by "Jeez"?
I don't think it's the most "significant" SF movie ever made, but yeah, it's my favorite. It's one of my very favorite movies period. Nicholas Roeg's direction, especially cinematography, is really effective and surprisingly true to the Walter Tevis novel (which I realize most people haven't read, but they should, it's quite good).
I've never particularly liked Bowie in any other movies, but he's completely convincing as an alien trying to pass for an eccentric rich human (probably because he was in fact the vice versa). And the cynical/satirical comment it makes on relationships in modern society is really amusing. I love the scene with him watching all of the t.v.s at once and his alcoholic human lover trying to get him to look away from the screens to her.