Synopsis
A ‘new media’ hotshot in the cinema business loses and then
rediscovers his spirituality along the way to
making history with David Bowie.
For the launch of Bowie’s 2003 album, Reality, author
Marc John organised a groundbreaking satellite broadcast
of a specially produced David Bowie concert
which was shown exclusively in digitally equipped cinemas
around the world.
This marked the first time ever that a live & interactive event had
been beamed to cinemas world-wide, and reflects the coming of
'digital cinema' - which is seeing cinemas steadily adopting
satellite dishes, hard drives and digital projectors
to diversify cinema programming for the first time
in the industry’s 100 year old history.
This book goes revealingly behind the scenes as this major, digital
transition takes place - culminating with the fast paced, high flying
experience of beaming David Bowie to tens of thousands of fans
across five continents in sold out,
rocking cinemas.
But what did the irresistible ambition of it all do to a man who
once had a very different sense of purpose, who once felt certain
he was about to change the world...?