Editor’s choice: David Bowie Is, Tuesday, September 23

It’s not often my editor puts in a request to use The Big Screen as a promotional tool for a personal deity. Since Mr. Nutting is kind enough to take his golden machete to my incessant textual alms to Scorsese, here’s a little love for his personal Marty, David Bowie.

David Bowie is an excellent choice, for as you will no doubt recall, he was Martin Scorsese’s personal pick to play Pontius Pilate in the masterful though ultimately smutty Biblical epic, The Last Temptation of Christ. He is also the subject of a new, non-Scorsese directed documentary, David Bowie Is, coming to theatres for one night only, September 23.

The subject heading read, “Either a post on Bowie or your brains will be splattered across The Big Screen.” He continued, “Would be worth an online mention, I think. Just to show how hep we are to the glam-rock moviegoers.”

According to the press release, “The film takes the audience on an extraordinary journey through the David Bowie Is exhibition with special guests including legendary Japanese fashion designer Kansai Yamamoto, Pulp front-man Jarvis Cocker, and other collaborators, to explore the stories behind some of the key objects that document Bowie’s artistic career.”

A filmed exhibition — created by the Victoria and Albert Museum and filmed during the closing night gala at in London — DBI is co-directed by Hamish Hamilton (Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show, The 86th Academy Awards) and Katy Mullen (producer of Dancing with the Stars and The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show).

The 7 pm screenings will be held at three conveniently located venues: Landmark Hillcrest Cinemas, Reading Cinemas Town Square, and Reading Carmel Mountain. Admission is $20. For more information visit Reading Cinemas or Landmark Theatres.