Abstract
The Man Who Fell on Earth, directed by Nicolas Roeg in 1976 and starring
David Bowie, is an influential dystopia film on emotional episodes. Although the
images seem to be about the world we live in, the story in its essence is based on aliens
characterized through sublimation. The plot is briefly as follows: Aliens belonging to a
planet that has exhausted the world they live in need water to survive. Leaving behind
the last few surviving family members, the alien figure Thomas Jerome Newton (David
Bowie) comes to Earth, a planet with plenty of water, to find a solution. His vehicle is
damaged during the descent and is unable to take off again.
Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie) in this, that is, our beautiful world with
abundant water, wonderful nature, and endless possibilities, tries to seem like a normal
person by camouflaging his real appearance and trying to find methods to send water to
his own planet in order to save his family as soon as possible. Using his alien
knowledge and technology, he obtains many patents and soon earns a large amount of
money, under the astonishing, greedy, and lustful gaze of his lawyers and advisors.
However, the wealth he gained unexpectedly in a short time and through successful
patents attracts the attention not only of the state but also of many other intriguing and
mischievous circles. Evil people who want to seize Thomas Jerome Newton's fortune
meanwhile destroy his chance to return to save his family as well.
A sustainable world and environment, green, organic architecture, environmentally
compatible buildings, conservation of natural water resources, energy-efficient
buildings, designs that consider carbon dioxide emissions, smart buildings, landscape,
etc. , are the concepts that have settled into the focal point of architecture and have
become significant after the 21st century. Although the movie “The Man Who Fell to
Earth” was produced in 1976, it owes its worth to the fact that it introduces an early
awareness of the agenda of this field in an indirect fashion.