'Moonage Daydream's' Brett Morgen on David Bowie's mystery

"Moonage Daydream," is a "nonlinear, nonbiographical, non-time-stamped film," as the director proudly describes it, that plunges the viewer deep into the slipstream of Bowie's imagination.
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For director Brett Morgen, unlocking the mystery of David Bowie meant letting it be Click to view images

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