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I saw this film when I was working in a cinema - I had been reading alot about the making of it due to the Glam Rock subject matter and the fact that it is named after an unreleased Bowie song - Uncut magazine did a very good issue on it - and that it was produced by Michael Stipe. I was ... Read review

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Velvet Goldmine - Original Soundtrack

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Director Todd Haynes's celebration of the sex, drugs, and rock & roll of the British glam ... more

era of the early 1970s, Velvet Goldmine, would be
nothing without the music that inspired it. A few
unusual absentees (no Bowie, Iggy Pop, or New York
Dolls?), but folks such as Brian Eno, Roxy Music,
Lou Reed, and T-Rex are represented. Several
covers from the glam era are performed without
much deviation by two supergroups: the Venus in
Furs, featuring members of England's
elite--Bernard Butler, and Thom Yorke of
Radiohead; and Wylde Ratz, featuring Mark Arm of
Mudhoney, Ron Asheton of the original Stooges, and
Thurston Moore and Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth.
Strongest are the originals submitted to the film:
Shudder to Think tame their own experimental
excesses to put forth two glam-worthy originals
with "Hot One" and "Ballad of Maxwell Demon", and
Pulp deliver "We Are the Boys", which runs amuck
with the dramatic stage power of the finest glam.
--Rob O'Connor


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Velvet Goldmine

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1971. Glam Rock explodes on to the world scene in a blaze of glitter and guitars. At its ... more

centre, the flamboyant Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys
Meyers). Together with the outrageous American
rocker Curt Wild (Ewan McGregor) they challenge
conformity and take on the world!1974. Suddenly,
at the height of his career, Slade decides to fake
his own death on stage. The stunt backfires and he
is never seen again.1984. It's the 10th
anniversary of Slade's disappearance and
journalist Arthur Stuart (Christian Bale) is sent
out to expose the truth behind the myth.
Controversial and explicit, Velvet Goldmine takes
you on a journey into Rock 'n' Roll excess. Back
to the Stardust 70's. Back to the sights and
sounds of the Glam era. Back to a time where
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Velvet Goldmine OST - CD

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Needle In The Camel's Eye (Brian Eno) Hot Ones (Shudder To Think) 20th Century Boy ... more

(Placebo) 2hb (The Venus In Furs) T.V.Eye (Wylde
Ratttz) Ballad Of Maxell Demon (Shudder To Think)
The Whole Shebang (Grant Lee Buffalo) Ladytron
(The Venus In Furs) We Are The Boy (Pulp) Virginia
Plain (Roxy Music) Personality Crisis (Teenage
Fanclub & Donna Matthews) Satellite Of Love
(Lou Reed) Diamond Meadows (T-Rex) Bitter's End
(Paul Kimble & Andy Mackay) Baby's On Fire
(The Venus In Furs) Bitter-Sweet (The Venus In
Furs) Velvet Spacetime (Carter Burwell) Tumbling
Down (The Venus In Furs) Make Me Smile (Steve
Harley)


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1-4 of 4 reviews of Velvet Goldmine (DVD)

lost gem

Advantages: glam rock extravaganza
Disadvantages: bowie not involved

I saw this film when I was working in a cinema - I had been reading alot about the making of it due to the Glam Rock subject matter and the fact that it is named after an unreleased Bowie song - Uncut magazine did a very good issue on it - and that it was produced by Michael Stipe.

I was not dissapointed although it seems everyone else was as it received some of the worst reviews in recent years. Most of these reviews attacked the ...
...it did the period justice and was better than I imagined.

The film centres around a Bowie-alike singer called Brian Slade (played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers) who, after failing to ignite his career as a singer-songwriter, reinvents himself as a Glam Rock God who turns Britain on its head. Like Bowie he admits to being Bisexual and causes hordes of youngsters to experiment with their sexuality and image. He becomes a superstar and then ... more

tilly77 13.01.2005
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Looks like it was filmed on a camcorder by my 4 year old niece

Advantages: Great Music, Great Stars, Visually Nice, Good Premise
Disadvantages: Just plain bad direction - the guy also directed the Karen Carpenter Story!

The idea of watching a film about Glam Rock starring Ewan McGregor and Placebo is one that really tickles me in the right places. I had really high hopes for this film, with Ewan McGregor as an Iggy Pop-style glam rocker and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers as a David Bowie-style spider from Mars who get it on both on stage and off. It's glitzy and full of tres cool music. It's got some great stars, including Christian Bale as a reporter whos flashback to his ...
...Rhys-Meyers wife. It's even got Placebo as "Flaming Creatures". It's got a great plot and the premise of the whole film is fantastic. So what went so wrong? Well, the camera work is shakey at best. You start watching what could turn into an interesting scene, and the camera starts wobbling round and cutting this way and that. You are left feeling very unfufilled, like bad sex with the bloke you've fancied for years. It's a film unsure whether it's ...

PinkuZoZo 04.08.2000 · Read full review
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hellraising antics!!

Advantages: good acting and storyline.
Disadvantages: Ewan's dodgy accent.

I have just seen Velvet Golmine, and I must say it is a really really good film. I've wanted to see it for ages, but I never even knew that Placebo were in it (that was an added added bonus!!) V.G is about the glam rock period (ie David Bowie stylee) and all the fun and frolics that came with it. A reporter is assigned to find out about the mysterious 'death' of a famous musician, and uncovers a whole lot more... The rest is about what it should ...

katti 26.09.2000 · Read full review
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Missed opportunities

Advantages: great style, flashy, lead Myers
Disadvantages: everything else

Seductive, stunningly stylised, exiting, ambitious, but disappointing ode to popular Glamrock era has journalist Bale investigate the vanishing of bisexual rock star Rhys-Myers by talking to former lovers and friends of him in a CITIZEN KANE-like plot, which is sadly confused and muddled. Myers is sensationally effective in the lead and steals the screen from his more prominent co-actors McGregor and Collette in some sizzling musical clips. A well-produced, ...

marselluswallace 07.08.2000 · Read full review
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Awesome display of all Placebo's work (to date)

Advantages: Easy to use menu, very different to previous artists' DVD, good quality picture
Disadvantages: Less exciting documentary compared to previous artists' DVD,

'Twenty Years'. The interview also featured on this dvd gives an insight into the experience. Placebo have released 6 albums entitled 'Placebo', 'Without You I'm Nothing', 'Black Market Music', Sleeping With Ghosts', 'Meds' and an album version of this dvd called 'Once More With Feeling: Singles 1996-2004', featuring the same tracks. They released their first dvd 'Soulmates Never Die, Live in Paris 2003' which features a live performance at Bercy in paris before 16,000 fans, taken from their 2003 tour. Placebo have also made a cameo appearance in British glam rock film 'Velvet Goldmine' in which they play a band called 'The Flaming Creatures', covering T.Rex's '20th Century Boy'. DVD FEATURES: The DVD's main features is a compilation of the bands video releases from 1996 to 2004 which can also be watched with additional ...

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