name | Velvet Goldmine |
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director | Todd Haynes |
producer | Christine VachonMichael StipeBob WeinsteinHarvey Weinstein |
writer | Todd HaynesJames K. Lyons |
narrator | Janet McTeer |
starring | Jonathan Rhys MeyersEwan McGregor |
music | Carter BurwellShudder to Think |
cinematography | Maryse Alberti |
editing | James Lyons |
studio | Newmarket Capital GroupChannel Four Films |
distributor | CiBy Sales ()Miramax Films |
released | November 6, 1998 |
runtime | 124 minutes |
country | United KingdomUnited States |
language | English |
budget | $9 million |
gross | $1,053,788 }} |
Sandy Powell received another Academy Award for Best Costume Design nomination for the film. However, Powell did win the award for another film, Shakespeare in Love.
The tale strongly parallels Bowie's relationships with Reed and Pop in the 1970s and 1980s. Brian Slade's gradually overwhelming on-stage persona of "Maxwell Demon" and his backing band, "Venus in Furs", likewise bear a resemblance to Bowie's similar persona and backing band, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. And like the relationship of Slade and Wild, Bowie produced records with both Iggy Pop and Lou Reed.
Haynes has said that the story is also about the love affair between America and Britain, New York and London, in the way each music scene feeds off and influences each other. Little Richard is shown as an early influence on Brian Slade. In real life Little Richard inspired the Beatles and Bowie, who in turn inspired many bands to come after. Little Richard has also been cited by Haynes as the inspiration for Jack Fairy.
The film is strongly influenced by the ideas and life of Oscar Wilde (seen in the film as a progenitor of glam rock), and refers to events in his life and quotes his work on dozens of occasions. The work of Jean Genet (the subject of Haynes' previous film, Poison) is referred to in imagery and also quoted in dialogue.
The narrative structure of the film is modeled on that of Orson Welles' Citizen Kane, in that reporter Stuart tries to solve a mystery about Slade, traveling around to interview Slade's lovers and colleagues, whose recollections are shown in 1950s, 1960s and 1970s flashback sequences.
The finished soundtrack includes songs by glam rock and glam-influenced bands, past and present.
The English musicians who played under the name The Venus in Furs on the soundtrack were Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, David Gray, Suede's Bernard Butler, and Roxy Music's Andy Mackay. The American musicians who played as Curt Wild's Wylde Ratttz on the soundtrack were The Stooges' Ron Asheton, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Steve Shelley, Minutemen's Mike Watt, Gumball's Don Fleming, and Mark Arm of Mudhoney.
The soundtrack features new songs written for the film by Pulp, Shudder to Think and Grant Lee Buffalo, as well as many early glam rock compositions, both covers and original versions. The Venus in Furs covers several Roxy Music songs with Thom Yorke channeling Bryan Ferry on vocals, Placebo covers T. Rex's "20th Century Boy," Wylde Ratttz and Ewan McGregor cover The Stooges' "T.V. Eye" and "Gimme Danger", and Teenage Fanclub and Donna Matthews cover The New York Dolls' "Personality Crisis." Lou Reed, Brian Eno, T. Rex, and Steve Harley songs from the period are also included. The album is rounded out by a piece of Carter Burwell's film score.
All three members of the band Placebo also appeared in the film, with Brian Molko and Steve Hewitt playing members of the Flaming Creatures (Malcolm and Billy respectively) and Stefan Olsdal playing Polly Small's bassist.
name | Velvet Goldmine |
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type | soundtrack |
artist | various artists |
cover | Velvet goldmine soundtrack.jpg |
released | 3 November 1998 |
genre | Glam Rock, Soundtrack |
length | 1:12:09 |
label | Fontana Records London |
producer | Randall Poster, Todd Haynes, Michael Stipe |
reviews | *Allmusic [ link] }} |
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