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David Bowie: The Last Five Years

So he would go,"Oh, let's remove that "scene, and can I write a...can I write a song?

So he would go,
"Oh, let's remove that "scene, and can I write a...
can I write a song?

Full Transcript

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So he would go, "Oh, let's remove that
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"scene, and can I write a... can I write a song?
Duration
7 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:06:07
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".
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
- ♪ We feel that we are paper ♪ - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:21
- ♪ We feel that we are paper ♪
So for me, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:19
So for me,
- ♪ But I love you ♪ - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:19
- ♪ But I love you ♪
A lot of them thought it was corny, - David Bowie: The Last Five Years 00:06
A lot of them thought it was corny,