Velvet Goldmine

3.50
    Velvet Goldmine
    1998

    Synopsis

    Almost a decade has elapsed since glam-rock superstar Brian Slade escaped the spotlight of the London scene. Now, investigative journalist Arthur Stuart is on assignment to uncover the truth behind the enigmatic Slade. Stuart, himself forged by the music of the 1970s, explores the larger-than-life stars who were once his idols and what has become of them since the turn of the new decade.

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    Cast

    • Ewan McGregorCurt Wild
    • Jonathan Rhys MeyersBrian Slade
    • Toni ColletteMandy Slade
    • Christian BaleArthur Stuart
    • Eddie IzzardJerry Devine
    • Emily WoofShannon
    • Michael FeastCecil
    • Janet McTeerFemale Narrator (voice)
    • Mairead McKinleyWilde Housemaid
    • Luke Morgan OliverOscar Wilde (8)

    Recommandations

    • 90

      The A.V. Club

      There are moments when Velvet Goldmine threatens to collapse under the weight of writer/director Todd Haynes' (Poison, Safe) ambition. But, sometimes amazingly, it doesn't, becoming in the process one of the year's freshest, most exciting films.
    • 89

      Austin Chronicle

      In terms of sheer, unrelenting visual invention, Velvet Goldmine is a wonder.
    • 83

      Entertainment Weekly

      Velvet Goldmine is no masterpiece, but, at its best, it's a ravishing rock dream.
    • 70

      Los Angeles Times

      Dazzling and dizzying, confusing and even annoying, Velvet Goldmine is a feverish dream of a film, a riot of color and attitude that is all pop decadence, all night long.
    • 70

      Slate

      Haynes sets out to demonstrate the power of popular music to change people's lives--to tell them it's OK to fashion themselves into anything they please.
    • 70

      Chicago Reader

      Conceptual to a fault, writer-director Todd Haynes (Poison, Safe) realizes one of his oldest and most cherished projects -- a celebration of the glam-rock era and the bisexuality it turned into an opulent circus -- with wit, glitter, and energy, but with such a scant sense of character or period that it leaves one feeling relatively empty as soon as it's over.
    • 60

      Film Threat

      Now the big question: Does this whole thing actually work? Some of the time.
    • 50

      San Francisco Examiner

      On the one hand, you want to praise it for its stylishness and originality in tackling some fascinating subject matter. On the other hand, it's frustrating because it could have been so much better.

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