Velvet Goldmine

[anotheranon]

More than one person has bugged me to see this film and tonight I finally did so. Two thumbs WAY up, if only for great acting all over the place: Ewan McGregor AND Christian Bale in the same movie is difficult to improve upon. Young androgynous nekkid men abound, which is also a nice highlight :)

Costume notes: they all look like wonderful glitter space aliens! I know very little about glam rock so I put it to those more conversant than I: Brian Slade = David Bowie, Kurt Wild = Iggy Pop?

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[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

I think you and H. have both mentioned it before - I was incredibly slack about getting to it, but had a pile of handsewing to do tonight so I figured, why not? I can't believe it was made in 1998 - why did I think it came out ~2002?

To me it seems like a fairly obvious slashing of Bowie/Pop combined with a coming of age/revisiting one's past story. Not that there's anything wrong with that ;)

Love the icon, btw!