David Bowie - The Jean Genie (1972)

From Leo AI: The official music video for David Bowie's "The Jean Genie" is a seminal promotional clip directed by legendary photographer Mick Rock. Released in October 1972 to support the single (which later appeared on the 1973 album Aladdin Sane), the video is a raw, high-energy montage that blends concert footage with stylized location shots. It captures Bowie at the height of his Ziggy Stardust persona, performing with his band, The Spiders from Mars.
The video is notable for its gritty aesthetic and rapid editing style, which Rock achieved by processing two days of film overnight and editing it in a single 10-hour session to sync with the live performance audio.
Scenes captured during live performances at the Winterland Ballroom, showing Bowie and the band (including Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder, and Mick Woodmansey) in front of both a live audience and a sterile white backdrop.
Bowie is seen posing in a rundown part of the city, specifically in front of the Mars Hotel on Fourth Street. These scenes were intended to depict Ziggy Stardust as a "Hollywood street-rat."
The cameraman for the location shoots was Jerry Slick, former husband of Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane. The urgency of the production led to a "no effects" approach, relying entirely on cuts to maintain the rhythm of the song.
A key figure in the video is Cyrinda Foxe, a publicist for Bowie’s management company, MainMan. Bowie specifically requested a "consort of the Marilyn brand."