Buck Henry, in bottle-bottom glasses, is thrown through a high-rise window to become the second man to fall to Earth in this film. David Bowie made two album covers (Station to Station and Low) and the 12” of John, I’m Only Dancing (Again) with imagery from the film and still it is impossible to forget Buck Henry and his eye-widening lenses.
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH
Nicolas Roeg
1976
David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, Bernie Casey
Screenplay by Paul Mayersberg; adapted from the novel The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis