David Bowie

“Ever since I was 16, I was determined to have the greatest adventure any one person could have. ” Those words were spoken by David Bowie, one of the greatest artists of our time, and were a declaration he proved true, as shown in the groundbreaking documentary Moonage Daydream, by writer and director Brett Morgen, due for release worldwide on Imax in September.

Two years before making this appearance in Cannes for the first time, David Bowie had been his grand entrance in cinema, starring Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth (he was Thomas Jerome Newton, the man who fell to Earth). Now, two years later, Bowie - and a team very easy on the eyes - was in Cannes to promote the David Hemmings-directed Just a Gigolo, the tale of a World War I hero who becomes a gigolo in Berlin, under the watching eye of a madam played by Marlene Dietrich.

David Bowie passed away on January 10, 2016, an evening no one attending the 73rd Golden Globes will likely forget. That night, after the ceremony, revelers crowded the dance floors of the after-parties, when one DJ after the next started playing Bowie songs while fans shed tears for their fallen idol.