Velvet Goldmine |
Todd Haynes / UK / 1997 /123 mins
/ Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Toni Collette |
Mythical rock gods, sublime decadence, sumptuous pleasure - who said the seventies were dreary? - Visionary forerunner of New Queer Cinema, Todd Haynes steps out of Americann Indie-land -Poison,[safe]- to present a Citizen Kane-style bio-pic charting the rise to glam-rock fame of Brian Slade (Rhys Meyers) and his subsequent debauched decline. McGregor as stage-stripping rival rock leggend, Curt Wild. A sparking tribute to the glory artificiality, posturing and personal transformation. The glam rock virus is alive and well and at your local cinema.
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