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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0743217316396
Format: PAL
Region Code: 2
Sales Rank: 194619
Theatrical Release Date: November 06, 1998
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Todd Haynes, ever unpredictable, follows up his experimental trilogy Poison and his restrained Safe with this flamboyant study in glam rock through the kaleidoscopic lens of Citizen Kane. Christian Bale plays Arthur Stuart, a reporter sent to investigate the legend of rock legend and bisexual pop icon Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as a not-so-thinly veiled David Bowie), who disappeared a decade ago after staging his own mock assassination. But Arthur is flooded with memories of his own adolescence as he interviews Slade's friends and business associates, peeling back the layer of makeup and spangles that was the model of rebellion for a generation of middle-class British kids and discovering a hollow center. Ewan McGregor almost steals the film as the punk pioneer Curt Wild (equal parts Iggy Pop and Kurt Cobain), the genuine article to Slade's calculated, coifed image of glitter stardom. Haynes's film lacks nothing in capturing the flamboyance and spectacle of the era with flashy filmmaking and kitschy costumes, and if the plot seems lost in the preening and visual fireworks, perhaps that's the point: behind the façades and manufactured fronts is nothing but glitter, energy, and a beat. --Sean Axmaker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - excellent movie and retrospective on a time, scene and place..
I didnt know about this movie(or it missed me somehow), I acutally saw it a day ago on the IFC channel on cable, I was blown away. Admittedly not of that generation or movement (actually born just as it probably got started).
I do recall as a young boy growing up in London during the late 70's "this stuff" being on the radio, like many things it took my growing into adulthood and perhaps being nostalgic for a time period I sailed through in complete oblivion to have a appreciative look ... Read More
Rating: - A film that truly glitters...
`Velvet Goldmine' is one of those films that has everything. It is pure entertainment. It's a solid mixture of `Almost Famous', `Cabaret' and yes, `Citizen Kane'. The film is brilliantly constructed; bringing the audience into the center of the story and never lets them go, holding their interest until the final frame is through.
The film is told through the eyes of reporter Arthur Stuart who is asked to investigate the life of Brian Slade years after his disappearance. Brian Slade ... Read More
Rating: - Glitterati
I admit it: I'm a little OCD-like concerning Jonathan Rhys Meyers. I've been backtracking to many of his older films, and the more I see, the more I've come to respect his obvious talent, charisma and overall joie de'vivre with every role he tackles.
That being said, the first time I viewed VELVET GOLDMINE I felt as though I smoked peyote and dropped acid at the same time. It was just an acid washed trip down memory land (a memory lane that I wasn't familiar with, seeing as though I was a ... Read More
Rating: - thanks!
ordered this one with another and they both arrived very quickly- excellent condition- great service Thanks! :)
Rating: - you stroke me like the rain
Ok so. Bowie threatened to sue. And this film isn't exactly the most faithful representation of glam rock. And, yes, the Iggy and Bowie characters are exaggerated a great deal. BUT. It's still a good film. Flaws to be sure. On first viewing one will find it quite incoherent. But on repeat viewing, most glam fans will dig it. Don't take this as a representation of how it actually was though... think of it as a highly dramaticized biopic of a composite Iggy Pop/David Bowie/Lou Reed/Brian Eno type guy. There's ... Read More
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