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Jan 18, 2016 · This is about celebrating the energy. Based loosely on Bowie’s life with bits of Marc Bolan and Jobriath’s biography thrown in, Velvet Goldmine centers on Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), a ...
- Caroline Siede
Velvet Goldmine is a 1998 musical drama film written and directed by Todd Haynes from a story by Haynes and James Lyons. It is set in Britain during the glam rock days of the early 1970s, and tells the story of fictional bisexual pop star Brian Slade, who faked his own death. The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1998 Cannes Film ...
May 27, 2017 · Both a tribute to the ’70s glam rock scene and a homage to Citizen Kane, the trippy film was originally developed by director Todd Haynes as a biopic about David Bowie. But when Bowie refused to ...
- Cammila Collar
Nov 6, 2023 · Twenty-five years ago today, Todd Haynes’ impressionistic glam -rock fantasy Velvet Goldmine hit movie theaters, offering audiences a glimpse of a short-lived era of rock defined by artists like ...
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Something about making the characters extremely factually based on real people, but also blending several people into one character. From wikipedia: Brian Slade = Bowie circa Ziggy Stardust. Curt Wild = Iggy Pop + Lou Reed + a little Mick Ronson (mostly Iggy Pop from my perspective) Jack Fairy = Little Richard + Brian Eno + Bryan Ferry.
Jun 19, 2017 · The shine of Maxwell Demons is brilliant. The truth of Brian Slade is dark and cruel. But amid these flashbacks to backstage blowjobs, heady honeymoons, and tearful breakups, Velvet Goldmine reveals its true hero to be the mild-mannered Stuart, a wide-eyed gay teen who looked to Slade and Wild as inspiration and formative queer crush. Looking ...
Jan 11, 2016 · In 1998 Carol director Todd Haynes made Velvet Goldmine—a dazzling examination of the emergence of gender-bending glam rock with characters that were clearly based on Iggy Pop (played by Ewan ...
