David Bowie’s new video is the least subtle comment on religion ever

There ’s a net ton of amazing talent in David Bowie ’s euphony TV for “ The Next Day ” : Bowie , for one , but also Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard , reunite after The Dark Knight Rises . But the video recording itself is a dismally on - the - nose , been - there - done - that critical review of unionized religious belief . NSFWish for breast and blood .

( Edit : As one commenter notes , the “ organized religion ” here is Catholicism specifically . )

There ’s definitely some nerveless imaging happen in the video — specially dig the creepy lash . But the esurient , lecherous non-Christian priest and cardinal ? Bowie as the messiah ? Our priest squall at the messiah over the stigma ? Not abominably interesting . It could have been a bit less obvious , a minute more inventive ( and it matte up like it was try a bit too hard to be lurid without actually being shocking ) , though we do sort of love the mode Bowie pop out at the end .