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Velvet Goldmine

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Velvet Goldmine (1998)

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Reviews Counted: 37

Fresh: 20

Rotten:17

Average Rating: 6.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Loosely based on the experiences and personalities of David Bowie and Iggy Pop, VELVET GOLDMINE is a wild, glitter-laced trip through the 1970s era of Glam rock. Fictional characters Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) and Curt Wild... Loosely based on the experiences and personalities of David Bowie and Iggy Pop, VELVET GOLDMINE is a wild, glitter-laced trip through the 1970s era of Glam rock. Fictional characters Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) and Curt Wild (Ewan McGregor) are personifications of Glam rock's ideals, with the mysterious and androgynous Slade balanced by the intense, raucous Wild. When Slade disappears, the era itself seems to melt away, swallowed up by the slick 1980s. But Slade's story, and the story of Glam rock, is retold when journalist Arthur Stuart (Christian Bale) is assigned to discover what really happened to Slade. Through his own memories of this time, Arthur faces his childhood fears and fantasies. With a nod to Oscar Wilde, a CITIZEN KANE-like structure, and an overall sumptuous atmosphere, VELVET GOLDMINE is director Todd Haynes's unique look at homosexuality, indulgence, and, most importantly, rock & roll. [More]

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys-Myers, Christian Bale, Toni Collette

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys-Myers, Christian Bale, Toni Collette, Eddie Izzard, Emily Woof, Michael Feast

Director: Todd Haynes

Director: Todd Haynes
Screenwriter: Todd Haynes
Producer: Christine Vachon
Composer: Carter Burwell

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May 18, 1999

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While some gay men's fantasies center around muscled jocks, cops or cowboys, Todd Haynes' would seem to be of a slightly more arcane bent.

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03/28/06
David Noh
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While some gay men's fantasies center around muscled jocks, cops or cowboys, Todd Haynes' would seem to be of a slightly more arcane bent.

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03/28/06
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the ending happens at least half an hour later than it should

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02/28/05
Dragan Antulov
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Repeat viewings will allow one to piece together the fragmented montage as a melancholic ode to freedom, and those who fight for it through art.

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03/25/04
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10/10/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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A bizarre thing, this trippy movie takes you on a whirlwind tour of Brit glam rock and doesn't let go. Graphic and unforgiving, but good.

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09/05/03
Shawn Bowers
Kansas City Star
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Clever, often fascinating look at the world of glam rock.

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08/27/03
Ken Hanke
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Working slightly against it, it's got an elliptical approach that's initially emotionally disorienting, a plot structure that's been a bit too audaciously borrowed from Citizen Kane, of all things, and a rather vacant performance at [its]center.

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04/02/03
Jeremy Heilman
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Ewan really needs more lessons before he attempts an American accent again.

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01/10/03
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Not a superficial music video but a smart and compassionate dissection of superficiality, and of the alternating joys and disillusionments experienced by its audience.

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01/10/03
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