David Bowie has called his song lazarus as Lazarus Bethany, who is also known as Saint Lazarus or Lazarus of Four days, is the subject of a prominent miracle of Jesus in the Gospel of John, in which jesus restores him to life for days after his death. The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic tradition offer varying accounts of the later events of his life.
The beginning of the music video uses a slow tracking shot getting closer to the cupboard for a good 15 seconds where nothing happens which creates a motion of suspense and draws the audience into the narrative.
The audience know this is a bowie music video so they expect bowie to make an appearance out of the closet, however a bewildering man comes out instead which intrigues the audience and makes them want to watch further. This is an example of Roland Barthes enigma code.
We have a close up of Bowies face which is followed by a weird disjointed cut
The birds eye view of Bowie lying in the hospital bed shows how he is helpless and his fans will relate this back to his condition of having cancer. What is interesting is the next cut which takes us to the random stranger who comes out of the cupboard again, However this time he is creeping under the bed and reaches out to him as we see his hands. The camera tracks around him as the guy under swaddles around him which represents 'Death' from under the bed.
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