Review of Velvet Goldmine (1998) by Kevin B — 24 Aug 2008
1: winner, Special Jury Prize for Artistic Contribution at Cannes.
2: references glam-relevant films like "Performance" and "The Man Who Fell to Earth" (1976); while, like the '60s work of Alan Resnais, uses memory and desire to advance a complex narrative.
3: characters are little distillations of real-life people and the stories they wove around themselves in their personas; biographies of David Bowie and Oscar Wilde blended together.
4: What is (American Independent) Cinema? homage to Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)--structurally.
This review of Velvet Goldmine (1998) was written by Kevin B on 24 Aug 2008.
Velvet Goldmine has generally received positive reviews.
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