Velvet Goldmine DVD
Cinema Club
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Darsteller:
Laufzeit:
118 Minuten
FSK:
Indiziert
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Bild:
16:9 Widescreen
Ton:
DD 5.1
Sprache:
Englisch
Land:
Großbritannien
Jahr:
1998
Velvet Goldmine
Somewhat misleadingly described by many as a mock-biopic based on the life of David Bowie, Velvet Goldmine is so much more than that. Journalist Arthur Stuart (Christian Bale) who sets out to discover whatever happened to Ziggy Stardust-like Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers), the famous bisexual glam star who crashed and burned spectacularly, but in the process helped Arthur awaken his own sexuality. Its an insane homage to 1970s glam rock in the UK as only American, who knew the movement from a distance, would make its a tribute to film director Nicolas Roegs best work, particularly Performance and the Bowie-vehicle The Man Who Fell to Earth its a sci-fi movie about an alternative reality (the films present is a 1984 that never existed and frustratingly never clearly explained) its a queer Citizen Kane with lashings of eye-glitter, a complete mess, an absolute delight and a chance to see Ewan McGregor naked in case you didnt catch him in The Pillow Book as the Iggy Pop-like Curt Wild, Slades loverprotégé.