There are so many levels at play in The Man Who Fell to Earth, it might just topple your head from your shoulders.
The title was originally a 1963 novel written by Walter Tevis, lauded by many as an exemplary genre work, one which employs allegory and real-world exploration to a truly stunning degree. It is the story of an alien, Thomas Jerome Newton, who comes to Earth looking for a way to save his dying species. What he finds instead pushes him into a downward spiral of alcoholism and despair. The book was adapted into a film of the same name in 1976, directed by Nicolas Roeg.
It was also the first film to star David Bowie.
[I like freaks. And that’s why I like you.]