Love You till Tuesday (film)
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Director | Malcolm J Thomson | |||
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Love You till Tuesday is a promotional film designed to showcase the talents of a 22-year old David Bowie, made in 1969. The film was an attempt by Bowie's manager, Kenneth Pitt, to bring Bowie to a wider audience. Pitt had undertaken the film after a suggestion by Günther Schneider, producer of German TV show 4-3-2-1 Musik Für Junge Leute for the ZDF network. The film ended up being shelved, and was not released until 1984, when it finally came out on VHS. A DVD version was released in the UK in 2005.
Production
Pitt hired his friend Malcolm J Thomson to direct the half-hour film, which was originally planned to showcase seven of Bowie's songs, including four from his 1967
The film was considerably more costly than Pitt had anticipated, and he clashed with Thomson, who wanted to make the "Space Oddity" segment (featuring Bowie playing both 'Ground Control' and 'Major Tom', with the latter becoming seduced by space maidens) considerably more risqué. The film failed to interest any buyers, however, and Schneider had left ZDF. Pitt shelved the results, and would continue to be Bowie's manager until 1971.
In 1984, with Bowie's global fame at an apex, the growing success of home video led Pitt to contact
The film was released on Laserdisc in the US in 1990 and on DVD in the UK in 2005.
Performances
- "Love You till Tuesday"
- "Sell Me a Coat"
- "When I'm Five"
- "Rubber Band"
- "The Mask (A Mime)"
- "Let Me Sleep Beside You"
- "Ching-a-Ling"
- "Space Oddity"
- "When I Live My Dream"
References
- ISBN 1-903111-73-0