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To mark David Bowie's comeback album and a new exhibition at the V&A, Alan 
Yentob looks back at his legendary 1975 documentary, Cracked Actor. The film 
follows Bowie during the Diamond Dogs tour of 1974. 

Alan Yentob says "I'd caught him at what was an intensely creative time, but it 
was also physically and emotionally gruelling. Our encounters tended to take 
place in hotel rooms in the early hours of the morning or in snatched 
conversations in the back of limousines. He was fragile and exhausted, but also 
prepared to open up and talk in a way he had never really done before." 

Cracked Actor has become one of the classic rock documentaries of all time, 
remaining an enduring influence on generations of Bowie fans.