David Bowie: The Next Day (Music Video 2013) Poster

(2013 Music Video)

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10/10
Clip of the year.
Rodrigo_Amaro9 November 2013
Best video clip made in 2013. Along with the one starring Tilda Swinton, David Bowie proves with this clip once again why he's one of the greatest entertainers of all time. A whole decade has passed since his last album and his last concerts and then all of sudden he resurrected with greatness, a smashing album #1 hit and starring in Hollywoodian clips like this one, sharing the screen with Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard. Puts in shame every wannabe artists who takes media space in the music business.

Won't say his music in this particular video was all that great but it has some quality. The greatest appeal is in the imagery, the actors involved and how everything was made, one of the year's shockers getting negative reactions from the Catholic Church and other religious institutions who thought the clip was profane and shouldn't use sacred items in its composition. But controversies are awesome in my book and those folks don't know what they're talking about.

Here, Oldman plays a priest tempted by Bowie, a Christ like figure who seems to possess Cotillard's character. The action takes places in a bar crowded with bishops and female strippers and they all seem to like each other very much. Director Floria Sigismondi trademarks, for those who known her amazing clips, are present everywhere, a first class spectacle. 10/10
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6/10
Still got the groove
Horst_In_Translation10 August 2015
Warning: Spoilers
Pretty cool song, pretty cool video I must say. Famous singer David Bowie got help here from acting stars Marion Cotillard and Gary Oldman in this one. Oldman plays a priest and Cotillard somewhat plays the Sin he is facing. Of course Bowie appears in here as well. It's as absurd and occasionally over the top (but not in a bad way) as you'd expect from a David Bowie music video. And that last shot is certainly the best piece of evidence that Marion Cotillard HAS TO play Jeanne d'Arc at some point, even if she is twice her age. I enjoyed watching this video and kept grooving to the song. Can't say a lot about the lyrics, but it's a pretty decent 3-minute watch. Thumbs up and I am not even a great fan of Bowie.
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