Velvet Goldmine (1998)

7	Listal rating
6.7	IMDB rating

Music (7), Drama (7), Glam Rock (6), (4), 1990s (3), 1998 (3), Drugs (3), Mystery (2), Gay (2), Beautiful Sets (1), Brilliant (1), Queer (1), Beautiful Props (1), Homosexuality (1), Romance (1), Cinema (1), Netflix Instant (1), Fame (1), Singer (1), Loosely Based On David Bowie's Life. (1)

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1971: Glamrock explodes all over the world and challanges the seriousness within the flowerpower generation by means of glitter and brutal music. Brian Slade, a young rockstar, inspires numerous teenage boys and girls to paint their nails and explore their own sexuality. In the end Slade destroys himself. Unable to escape the role he created for hi ... (more)

Directed by

Todd Haynes

Starring (View all) :

Curt Wild

Brian Slade

Arthur Stuart

Mandy Slade

Jerry Devine

Shannon

Cecil

Female Narrator

Wilde Housemaid

Oscar Wilde, 8

Written by (View all) :

James Lyons

(story) and

Todd Haynes

(story)

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chibiyusa

Oscar Wilde = Space Alien

Posted : 1 year, 7 months ago at Apr 23 22:30

I'll be quite honest. I didn't understand it, and I doubt I will ever able to from a single viewing. But perhaps in the future when I rewatch it, it might make more sense; all that I took away mostly was that clearly I was missing something in my life before I listened to this type of music. I'm quite shocked and surprised I enjoyed it as much as I did, it reminded me very much of Across the Universe, which personally I didn't really care much for but somehow this movie clicked with me. But I have sneaking suspicions that it has something to do with Oscar Wilde being a space alien. That enough is to make any movie epic. Apparently it's supposed to be slightly based of David Bowie or something but I really can't tell you since I'm not all that familiar in this genre of music. All I gathe...Read more

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