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Dec 28, 2017Nursebob rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Opening with a truckload of sheep being led to slaughter and closing with a sacrificial lamb of a different kind, Roeg's hippy-trippy oddity about a benevolent alien who falls to Earth (literally and figuratively) only to face exploitation and addiction is an arthouse diamond in the rough. Bowie is at his androgynous best and Candy Clark plays a convincing airhead while both Rip Torn and Buck Henry take up the slack as corporate Americans. Questionable editing and arty affectations aside, still a sci-fi staple.