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Summary: Incredable!
Review: Velvet Goldmine is, without a doubt, one of my favorite movies ever. I've never become so thoroughly engulfed in a movie up until now. The cast was incredible. Especially Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who played a convincingly Bowie-esk character, which I could only assume would be no easy task. Ewen McGregor and Toni Collette were also undeniably stunning. Not to menchine Micko Westmoreland , Osheen Jones, Emily Woof, Etc. This is one of the most incredible movies that has ever been made, and I would whole-heartedly suggest it to anyone!
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Summary: An exquisite piece of fluff
Review: Velvet Goldmine is the perfect way to unwind after a hectic day: the soundtrack is amazing, the actors lovely, the overall picture stunning and engrossing but, at heart, absolutely frivolous.
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Summary: Outstanding work by Ewan McGregor
Review: I feel in love with Ewan McGregor in Trainspotting like everyone else, and when he became O'b one in star wars I though I could not love him more. But his work in this movie removed all trace of all other characters and stretched his acting muscles. I saw only 'Kurt Wild', I heard only 'Kurt Wild'. The movie however could be better. I would have preferred a straight storyline movie about Glitter Rock and its pioneers Brain and Kurt, than the flashback telling though other characters. Hence its low rating. I recommend renting before buyong.
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Summary: GLAM Rock at its best!
Review: A great movie about the search for a fallen star. You can feel the excitement that Brian Slade created and why everyone was in love with him and why everyone hated him at the same time. Anyone who always wanted to be a great rock star should watch this movie to see the greatness you can achieve and then lose it in a moment. Also plenty of reasons to be thankful your not. Eddie and the Cruisers meets 70's GLAM Rock!
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Summary: Just fabulous, darling
Review: Velvet Goldmine got some stiff press in the UK and elsewhere for not being a film it was never intended to be. Apparently journalists were hoping for a cynical laff-fest that would do for glam what Spinal Tap did for hard rock. But Todd Haynes' intention to make "a film that wasn't so much _about_ glam but that was itself a glam artifact" was triumphantly realised.It's just as well that they couldn't use any Bowie in the movie. It would have distracted attention. The Bowie/Iggy Pop parallels are obvious to anyone who knows their early 70s rock history, but the story stands up without them. It's really a film about probably the last time in popular culture when it seemed like anything, well, went. The structure is cheekily ripped off from "Citizen Kane", with Christian Bale as the journalist simultaneously researching the story and remembering his time as a geeky Northern teenager caught up in the glam of glam - the bit when he jumps up and down in front of the TV in front of his startled parents is as hilarious as the moment when they catch him pleasuring himself in his room is painful. Bale is as excellent as ever, clearly a star in the making (as American Psycho would later prove.) Ewan MacGregor is literally unbuttoned as Curt Wild, rock monster and trouser-dropping sex god. Toni Collette, Eddie Izzard, Emily Woof, Michael Feast, they're all fantastic. Jonathan Rhys Meyers has the hardest job as the blank-slate superstar Brian Slade; he's a lot better as the performer than he is at trying to show Slade's dubious humanity, but he's clearly shaping up to be a very good actor. The soundtrack I loved, partly cause I grew up with a lot of this stuff, albeit years after the fact. The musical support reads like a list of Great 80s/90s band alumni; there's Mike Watt on bass, Thurston Moore on guitar, Thom Yorke singing as the younger Slade (although Rhys Meyers does a superb job of singing his mature self) and the whole of Placebo in a funny cameo as a bunch of pretentious nobodies. It's glittering, semantically rich, pretentious, overblown, verging on incoherent and it shouldn't have been any other way. This is glam we're talking about! What do you want - AUSTERITY? Even though I was born in 1970, I...(sigh) I wish I'd been there.
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Summary: My Favorite Movie
Review: Let me start by saying that Velvet Goldmine is my favorite movie. I was actually surprised by that as I tend to prefer classics. The cinematography is absolutely amazing! I loved this movie the first time I saw it as a beautiful piece of fluff... but everytime I watch I notice more and more details. The story and the acting are the "best of the lot" to quote Brian Slade. And to really have fun... watch the transfer of Oscar Wilde's pin from one performer to the next. I only wish they would release a second soundtrack with more of the music from the film on it! Visually and musically and emotionally, this film is #1. Watch it and dream.
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Summary: Greatest Film Of All Time!
Review: This was one of the best films I have ever seen. I own the DVD, the screenplay and the soundtrack! They music, clothing and characters are very enchanting! If you love great music and the 70's Glam Rock era or are looking for something different than action movies then this film is for you. Also if you like the band Placebo, then see it kuz they have a part in it and they were great. I really recommend you all see this great movie!
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Summary: SIMPLY TERRIBLE!
Review: There are HORRID movies out there, but this one takes the cake. Being a fan of Bowie and Eno, and having read good reviews of it, I was anxious to see this film. However, after watching it, I wondered what movie those reviewers who gave it all those stars had seen? It certainly wasn't this sad, bleak,, wretched mess of a film! The plot is completely awful, leaving some fine actors looking mighty foolish as they trudge their way through that godawful dialogue! If I were Bowie, I would hunt down those responsible for this abomination and beat them to DEATH with a platform shoe! Do not waste your time on this thing!
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Summary: Just So Beautiful
Review: I rented this movie with no expectations and it ended moments ago and I jumped on here to buy it! I have those love waves going through my body. Gorgeous movie, great music (I'm getting the soundtrack too, and I've never listened to glam rock before), beautiful kiss in anyone's opinion. Lovely. Don't watch it with Bowie in mind, just watch it.
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Summary: More than a move; An amalgam!
Review: I have wanted to see this film since I stumbled upon a picture and brief review in some magazine before its release. What took me so long I'll never know but, I'm glad I finally did. After viewing, I now own (ironically enough, I have had & loved the soundtrack for over a year now). As a film, the technical aspects are undeniable. Visually and aurally, this is a true treat for the senses. There is not a bad performance to be found. As a story, it helps if you are privy to some of the inside references that permeate this film. Where they do not make the film impossible to follow, certain knowledge of the era and the whole Bowie phenomenon do help to make a little more sense. The correlation to Oscar Wilde and Bowie's media manipulation via memorable quotes. The space jewel as perhaps a vague reference to the Five-Year theory that Bowie attributed Marc Bolan's untimely death to. The subtle beauty of Lindsey Kemp as a pantomiming drag-queen performer. Where no character or event is a direct representation but, simply an allusion to various people and happenings, it does help if you know of these people and/or happenings. The only real flaw is the failure to explain the importance of Jack Fairy. My theories on this are too numerous. If you were formed and molded by the glitter era as I was, see this film and remember! If you were not, see this film and learn! P.S.: The filmmakers had the last laugh on Mr. Bowie after all. He refused to be associated with the production but, aside from the title (which comes from an unused track for Ziggy Stardust), listen to the backing vocals at the end of the Bowie Produced, Lou Reed song Satellite of Love. That's Ziggy himself!
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