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David Bowie: The Last Five Years

"It just means that Ican't be there sometimes, "because I'm having treatment because I...

"It just means that I
can't be there sometimes, "because I'm having treatment because I have, uh, a cancer." I was shocked, but his attitude was that he was gonna be okay

Full Transcript

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"It just means that I can't be there sometimes,
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"because I'm having treatment
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because I have, uh, a cancer."
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I was shocked,
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but his attitude was
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that he was gonna be okay.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
01:05:26
Uploaded
Oct 31, 2025
Genres
documentary, music
Production
BBC Film

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Movie Summary

A documentary about David Bowie's final two albums "The Next Day" (2013) and "Blackstar" (2016) and Broadway musical "Lazarus".
And that was kind of the end of the conversation. - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:05
And that was kind of the end of the conversation.
- But of course, once we started, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:07
- But of course, once we started,
He was sort of in and out and in and out, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:05
He was sort of in and out and in and out,
So he would go, "Oh, let's remove that - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:07
So he would go, "Oh, let's remove that
I feel as if I should write a song here," - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:05
I feel as if I should write a song here,"
- He was ill, and, um, he said, uh, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:08
- He was ill, and, um, he said, uh,
So that's the only time - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:08
So that's the only time
- Because I can't. - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:05
- Because I can't.
- I think that David intended it to be a play - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:11
- I think that David intended it to be a play
- ♪ But the film is a saddening bore ♪ - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:10
- ♪ But the film is a saddening bore ♪
He wanted this to be an art piece. - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:06
He wanted this to be an art piece.
- ♪ As I ask you to focus ♪ - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:20
- ♪ As I ask you to focus ♪
Someone said the mid-'70s or something or other, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:12
Someone said the mid-'70s or something or other,
- ♪ Ronda ♪ - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:30
- ♪ Ronda ♪
- This is the beginning of a film - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:09
- This is the beginning of a film
- Wanting to do something - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:15
- Wanting to do something
- David had the idea of - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:13
- David had the idea of
- ♪ Jean Genie ♪ - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:08
- ♪ Jean Genie ♪
It kind of worked with the input that we had - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:11
It kind of worked with the input that we had
- But when I met him the first day - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:10
- But when I met him the first day