The Looking Glass Murders (1970)

July. 08,1970

Made for Scottish TV and airing in 1970, "The Looking Glass Murders" is a filmed version of the mime improv play "Pierrot in Turquoise", which Lindsay Kemp and David Bowie first staged in 1967. Pierrot is a freaky mime who ventures into a mirror where he falls in love and rolls around with the equally grotesque Columbine. But when Columbine spurs him for Harlequin, Pierrot's jealousy takes over and drives him to murder. Cloud, perched on a ladder, watches over the proceedings and narrates in song.

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Cast

David Bowie as Cloud

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Lindsay Kemp as Pierrot

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Reviews

Karry

1970/07/08

Best movie of this year hands down!

Maidexpl

1970/07/09

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Geraldine

1970/07/10

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Billy Ollie

1970/07/11

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable