Check Out the Trailer for the New David Bowie Doc “The Last Five Years”

A fascinating look into the last years of David Bowie premieres on HBO January 8th, on what would’ve been the musician’s 71st birthday.

The teaser below features archival footage, photographs and interview clips.

Focusing on the artist’s final years, David Bowie: The Last Five Years presents a nuanced look at the evolution of Bowie’s music as told through archival footage and interviews with the musical legend’s bandmates. Largely focused on Bowie’s final two albums, The Next Day and Blackstar, the film also explores his musical, Lazarus, which he began developing in the midst of his illness.

Says Bowie of his artistic philosophy:

“Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in. And when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about at the right place to do something exciting.”

Francis Whately directed The Last Five Years, with appearances from Tony Visconti, Ivo Van Hove, Toni Basil, Earl Slick, Gail Ann Dorsey, Gerry Leonard, Carlos Alomar, Catherine Russel, Sterling Campbell, Zachary Alford, David Torn, Enda Walsh, Donny McCaslin, Maria Schneider and Robert Fox.

(via Rolling Stone)