Author Adam Trainer

Adam Trainer

Adam Trainer is currently working on his PhD in Media Studies at Murdoch University. His thesis is called "Rock'N'Roll Cinema" and concerns the aesthetic synthesis and corporate saleability of popular music in cinema.

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“Well, I Wouldn’t Buy the Merchandise”: David Bowie as Postmodern Auteur

October 2003

Cinema and Music

Can a pop star be an auteur? Focusing on David Bowie's film roles of the 1980s, this essay argues that consistent themes and techniques recur in his work across a variety of media.