Velvet goldmine is a rollicking good ride, thanks to todd hayness haunting, colorful, and poetically vivid images and expressive, soulful performances from the entire cast, which includes toni collette as slades trendshifting wife. A more extensive selection of music was used for the movie soundtrack. Ok, so i just got done watching velvet goldmine and i really had a hard time understanding it. The glam rock era of the 1970s was a time of sexual experimentation. But viewed from deep into the 21st century, velvet goldmine looks. Like that movie, velvet goldmine is built of supposedly actual interviews, documentary clips, newsreels, and recollected scenes.
Financial analysis of velvet goldmine 1998 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. At the 1998 cannes film festival, american independent director todd haynes safe received the artistic achievement award for this recreation of the uk. This is a story about brian slade, a glam rock singer in the late sixties and early seventies. And yet those very scenes of stark sexual despair are the tipoff to whats wrong with the movie. Velvet goldmine takes pains to cover every phase in bowies fashionable ascent to stardom. With ewan mcgregor, jonathan rhys meyers, christian bale, toni collette. The film was nominated for the palme dor at the 1998 cannes film festival and won the award for the.
Ewan mcgregor, jonathan rhysmeyers, christian bale. Ewan mcgregor and jonathan rhys meyers are spectacular as the rock gods of the glitter glam and pre punk age. Jan 10, 2012 velvet goldmine is a love letter to that feeling of belonging that music creates in all of us. Velvet goldmine back in the mid90s, the transgressive director explained he had a very. Velvet goldmine music from the original motion picture cd. How, then, to account for a film like velvet goldmine. Trying to break slade in america, manager devine enlists beautiful freaks to simulate the. Recorded on 11 november 1971, the song did not make it onto the album despite being chalked up on the original master tapes running order. Unpicking the genderbending style of pseudobowie biopic velvet. In a way i owe velvet goldmine for that, because i would never have been so inspired if i hadnt had the evidence in front of me of the tremendous disservice this concept had been done before. Which means, of course, that haynes view of glam was based on the artier inclinations of david bowie and the sinister. Velvet goldmine is a 1998 musical drama film written and directed by todd haynes from a story. Rent velvet goldmine 1998 starring ewan mcgregor and jonathan rhys meyers on dvd and bluray. But every time i return to it, i thrill to the visual experience and notice how much it has to say.
Velvet goldmine is a 1998 musical drama film written and directed by todd haynes from a story by haynes and james lyons. While i did really enjoy, i thought it was brilliant, i just could not get my head around it, please explain. Velvet goldmine captures the spirit, if not the biography, of. Its true that velvet goldmine was originally intended to be something biopiclike in the. Trying to break slade in america, manager devine enlists beautiful freaks to simulate the trappings of bigtime, cryptohollywoodstyle celebrity.
Theres some slight mythology to the dease of it all, but the manner of the killings isnt meant to be unraveled or unpacked like some mystery box. More about velvet goldmine by rob mackie friday 23 april 1999. Velvet goldmine music from the original motion picture label. Set in the 1970s, its the story of the life, death and resurrection of a glamrock idol named brian. One thing does still confuse me, what was mandy doing with curt at that goodbye to glitter concert, i had thought mandy didnt like curt cause he was the only other person brain loved besides her. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Find out where velvet goldmine is streaming, if velvet goldmine is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. In recreating an era as a gorgeous carnal dream, haynes celebrates the art of the possible. Rent velvet goldmine 1998 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Some background on the making of velvet goldmine is documented in producer christine vachons book christine vachon avon, 1998 by vachon with vachon film critic david edelstein. Velvet goldmine nude scenes naked pics and videos at mr. The film was nominated for the palme dor at the 1998 cannes film festival and won the award for the best artistic contribution. The song velvet goldmine has nothing to do with vagina, pussy, or poontang. Velvet goldmine todd haynes bowie iggy pop christian bale.
It has its bad scenes, but far more good ones, and even some great ones. It wants to be a movie in search of a truth, but its more like a movie in search of itself. It charts his rise to super stardom and his eventual decline. Some nagging critics accuse haynes of being too academic a. Velvet goldmine velvet goldmine bluray trailer facebook. Pulp, suede, and placebo, who all appear in the movie and surreal. Brian eno s first band was maxwell demon which in turn is. In 1984, british journalist arthur stuart investigates the career of 1970s glam. In 1984, british journalist arthur stuart investigates the career of 1970s glam superstar brian slade, who was heavily influenced in his early years by hardliving and rebellious american singer curt wild.
Velvet goldmine finally comes to bluray in 2 weeks. Todd haynes realized this, constructing velvet goldmine, his ode to glam, as a hallucinatory experience where the surface means as much, if not more, than the underlying meanings. An artist should create beautiful things, but should put nothing of his own life into them. Glam rock was all about style as substance, finding truth through image. Eddie izzard steals every scene as a canny manager with the temerity of a young oliver reed. Velvet goldmine 1998 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Velvet goldmine is a love letter to that feeling of belonging that music creates in all of us. Now, investigative journalist arthur stuart is on assignment to uncover the truth behind the enigmatic slade. If anything, velvet goldmine most closely resembles david. And thats just the pin, so if you havent seen the movie, i guess you can see why des would be confused. At the 1998 cannes film festival, american independent director todd haynes received the artistic achievement award for this recreation of the uk glam rock scene of the early 70s. Velvet goldmine isnt interested in sanctifying slade, instead arguing that much of his originality was stolen, borrowed, or built with the help of others. Definitions of velvet goldmine, synonyms, antonyms, derivatives of velvet goldmine, analogical dictionary of velvet goldmine english. Brian slade jonathan rhys myers is a standin for david bowie.
Whatever velvet goldmine is, that i wrote my own script for a ziggy movie. Almost a decade has elapsed since bowiesque glamrock superstar brian slade escaped the spotlight of the london scene. Brian slade is an allusion to the glam rock band slade. A film this painful and wounding has to be given special consideration.
Velvet goldmine is a movie made up of beginnings, endings and fresh starts. Shortly after he announces his prediction, he fakes his own death and is exposed as a fraud. Jonathan rhys meyers in velvet goldmine 1998 rosanna arquette at an event. Velvet goldmine is a song written by david bowie and recorded during the rise and fall of ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars sessions. In 1984, british newspaper reporter arthur stuart is investigating the career of 1970s glam rock star brian slade, who was heavily influenced in his early years by american rock singer curt wild, whose show was quite crazy for his time. If you like velvet goldmine, i recommend hedwig and the angry inch. There is a deep sense of ennui embedded in velvet goldmine. May 07, 2010 ok, so i just got done watching velvet goldmine and i really had a hard time understanding it. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing velvet goldmine near you.
Gallery of 23 movie poster and cover images for velvet goldmine 1998. Velvet goldmine is een amerikaanse dramafilm uit 1998 onder regie van todd haynes. Velvet goldmine has been a favorite of mine for a long time. Remember that whole, crazy, semi abstract sequence in the movie where jerry. Its about a english punk rock star brian slade johnathan rhys meyers who faked his own death on stage presumably and then 10 years later a reporter is doing a story about it, he relives his past in which he was an avid fan. Witness the pert, nipplebaring birds who flock about the flamingly alternative leading man of director todd hayness velvet goldmine 1998. Apr 18, 2001 velvet goldmine locates its rosebud in that album cover arthur tried to ravish alone in his room. Howard hawks famously said a great movie was three great scenes and no bad ones. Velvet goldmine locates its rosebud in that album cover arthur tried to ravish alone in his room.
Theres a decidedly cynical edge to slades story, one that potentially casts bowies everchanging artistic persona as more of a commercial choice than an artistic one. It really is a much more interesting movie for not being a biopic. Ewan mcgregor curt wild tv eye hd from the movie velvet goldmine. I like the movie, and i interpret it as intentionally not being too linear it is supposed to be psychedelic and strange. Mar 14, 20 the story follows a british journalist, arthur stuart, who has to search his own past when writing an article about the mysterious disappearance of a former glamrock star, brian slade, for an. The ziggy stardust companion velvet goldmine the movie 22. Not everyone who leaves the theater will be able to pass a quiz on exactly what happens. Our privacy notice has been updated to explain how we use cookies, which you.
An absolutely gorgeous film that captures the best of sex, drugs and rock and roll. Velvet goldmine todd haynes, 1998 there are times, usually when im caught right up in the middle of one of his pictures, that im pretty sure todd haynes is the best filmmaker weve got going at the moment and into the imaginable future. Which means, of course, that haynes view of glam was based on the artier inclinations of david bowie and the sinister cabaret and fullblown dementia of brian eno. Brian eno s first band was maxwell demon which in turn is a nod to maxwells demon, a thought experiment. At the 1998 cannes film festival, american independent director todd haynes safe received the artistic achievement award for this recreation of the uk glam rock scene of the early 70s. Now, investigative journalist arthur stuart is on assignment to uncover the truth of the enigmatic slades rise and fall. Glam rock star brian slade jonathan rhys meyers, who does a character named maxwell demon, predicts his own death onstage. The ziggy stardust companion velvet goldmine the movie. Can someone explain the movie velvet goldmine to me.
The soundtrack features vintage music by bryan ferry, lou reed and brian eno, plus new tunes. Even when it comes to murder almost a decade has elapsed since bowie esque glam superstar brian slade staged his own death and escaped the spotlight of the london scene. The significance of oscar wilde and the green stone pin. Blue velvet contains scenes of such raw emotional energy that its easy to understand why some critics have hailed it as a masterpiece. It is set in britain during the glam rock days of the early 1970s. Loosely based upon the rise and descent into depraved excess of glamrocker david bowie, who openly flirted throughout the 1970s with notions of his own homo leanings, goldmine is a musical melodrama. The story follows a british journalist, arthur stuart, who has to search his own past when writing an article about the mysterious disappearance of a former glamrock star, brian slade, for an.
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