When filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker was asked to film David Bowie’s concert at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on July 3 1973, he was kept in the dark as to the now-infamous theatrics the singer was planning for the performance: to “kill off” alter ego Ziggy Stardust.

Hardly given a second glance by Bowie’s label RCA and critiqued largely for its poor sound and picture quality, the film’s popularity has nevertheless snowballed, thanks to the legions of Bowie fans clamoring to witness his final performance as Ziggy.

Those seeking the personal portrait of an artist that earmarked Pennebaker’s Bob Dylan biopic Don’t Look Back (1967) as a classic may be left disappointed but with killer performances of Changes, Space Oddity and a medley of Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud, All the Young Dudes and Oh You Pretty Things plus covers of the Stones’ Let’s Spend the Night Together and Lou Reed’s White Light/White Heat, this film is unmissable for any Bowie fan.