Rare Bowie Documentary Finds Its Way Online
You can watch the 1974 film Cracked Actor here
Originally broadcast on the BBC on 26 January 1975, it was filmed in 1974 and features a very fragile Bowie on tour in the US.
The documentary depicts Bowie on tour in Los Angeles, using a mixture of documentary sequences filmed in limousines and hotels, and concert footage. Most of the concert footage was taken from a show at the Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre on 2 September 1974. There were also excerpts from D.A. Pennebaker's concert film Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, which had been shot at London's Hammersmith Odeon on 3 July 1973, as well as a few other performances from the tour.
The film is 50 minutes long and you can watch it below (be quick - it's likely to disappear from the internet pretty soon)
Cracked Actor from georgelazenby on Vimeo.