It's still hard for me to believe that David Bowie is gone.
Sunday's news is still echoing in the chambers of our hearts, and will for some time.
While Bowie will always be a rock legend first and foremost, he was also an iconic film actor who leaves behind a legacy of unique and eerie roles.
There are many parts I could talk about, but of all of them, the one I always go back to is Tony Scott's The Hunger. Co-starring Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon, The Hunger was released back in 1983, and brought an incredibly fresh new take to the vampire story. Bowie and Deneuve are this ageless pair of immortals, seducing their prey amidst the canyons of Manhattan.
In what I'd call one of the greatest sequences in modern horror, Bowie's John Blaylock undergoes an incredible degradation as the centuries suddenly catch up with him, all because he was kept in a waiting room too long. Crafted by the legendary makeup genius Dick Smith (The Exorcist), it's an unforgettable scene, and one of the finest examples of partnership between an actor and makeup artist in collaborating on a performance. And that's what Bowie was - a performer.
The Hunger often gets singled out for a particular scene, but it's way, way more than that. It's easily one of Tony Scott's best films, and if you've never seen it, it makes for a melancholy and haunting farewell to one of life's true immortals, an artist who transcended confinement to a single medium.
An artist who will live forever.
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