It was 1976 when David Bowie visited Earth as an extraterrestrial. In the series reinterpretation of the novel by Walter Tevis, it is Chiwetel Ejiofor who holds up the mirror to our civilization as the "man who fell from the sky".
Pandemic, wars, global warming: humanity has problems. In his 1963 novel The Man Who Fell to Earth, US author Walter Tevis tells the story of an alien who comes to earth to save his people. Wars and droughts have all but wiped out its species. An end-time scenario that may still seem like science fiction to many - until you turn on the television.
In 1976, director Nicolas Roeg and world star David Bowie wanted to sensitize Western society to their crimes. In this millennium it is "Star Trek" mastermind Alex Kurtzman and his two main actors Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris who are attempting the almost impossible.
A detailed review of "The Man Who Fell to Earth" by Ronny Rüsch and Axel Max - now in a new episode of the ntv podcast "Oscars
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