Movie
1998
Velvet Goldmine is a 1998 musical drama film written and directed by Todd Haynes from a story by Haynes and James Lyons. It is set in Britain during the glam rock days of the early 1970s, and tells the story of fictional bisexual pop star Brian Slade, who faked his own death. The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and won the award for the Best Artistic Contribution. Sandy Powell…
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1970s nostalgia, phenomenon responsible for the series of usually forgettable Hollywood products in 1990s, affected even some film-makers who are usually associated with art house cinema. One of them was Todd Haynes, who had reached fame with few unconventional and controversial films in 1990s. *Velvet Goldmine*, his movie dealing with glam rock, 1970s style of British rock music and subculture created around it, wa…More
