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01/26/06 03:16 AM
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
54 %
Reviews Counted: 37 Fresh: 20 Rotten:17 Average Rating: 6.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Synopsis:
Loosely based on the experiences and personalities of David Bowie and Iggy Pop, VELVET GOLDMINE is a wild, glitter-laced trip through the 1970s era of Glam rock. Fictional characters Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) and Curt Wild (Ewan McGregor) are personifications of Glam rock's... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Rhys-Myers, Christian Bale, Toni Collette, Eddie Izzard
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01/01/00 12:00 AM
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While some gay men's fantasies center around muscled jocks, cops or cowboys, Todd Haynes' would seem to be of a slightly more arcane bent.
03/28/06 08:42 PM
While some gay men's fantasies center around muscled jocks, cops or cowboys, Todd Haynes' would seem to be of a slightly more arcane bent.
03/28/06 08:41 PM
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07/21/05 03:52 AM
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the ending happens at least half an hour later than it should
02/28/05 01:54 PM
Repeat viewings will allow one to piece together the fragmented montage as a melancholic ode to freedom, and those who fight for it through art.
03/25/04 01:49 PM
A bizarre thing, this trippy movie takes you on a whirlwind tour of Brit glam rock and doesn't let go. Graphic and unforgiving, but good.
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09/05/03 05:54 AM
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Top Critic Working slightly against it, it's got an elliptical approach that's initially emotionally disorienting, a plot structure that's been a bit too audaciously borrowed from Citizen Kane, of all things, and a rather vacant performance at [its]center.
04/02/03 06:56 AM
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