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Glam rock is a style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was primarily defined by the flamboyant clothing, makeup, and hairstyles of its musicians, particularly platform shoes and glitter.
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.
Velvet Goldmine: Directed by Todd Haynes. With Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Christian Bale, Toni Collette. In 1984, British journalist Arthur Stuart investigates the career of 1970s glam superstar Brian Slade, who was heavily influenced in his early years by hard-living and rebellious American singer Curt Wild.
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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...
May 22, 2018 · In the Britpop era, few films came more wildly ambitious than Todd Haynes’ kaleidoscopic glam-rock epic Velvet Goldmine. Now Bowie is dead and Britain has turned a corner, is it time for a reappraisal?
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...
Glam rock star Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys Myers) plays a character on stage named Maxwell Demon who predicts his death on stage. Shortly after he announces his prediction, he fakes his own...
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