The main characters of the film all emerge in the ever-changing fantasy world, the core of which is Brian Slade, the "copy Bowie" played by Xiao Qiao. He is beautiful, insolent, provocative and mysterious. His image has the strongest direct visual stimulation, but at the same time. Also surrounded by puzzles about art and spirit, authenticity and candor, passion and repression, the nude wrapped in red velvet on the record cover perfectly interprets his image – seductive and untouchable, as Mandy says , "You live in terror of not being misunderstood." Brian's love and hate are intertwined in Curt Wild, played by Ivan, and the film's veiled "biographical nature" makes it impossible not to equate Curt with a hybrid of Iggy Pop and Lou Reed, the charismatic, capricious prodigal son Earlier shock therapy for "fry the fairy clean out of him" made him go into ecstasy every time he heard the electric guitar, and he felt the Dionysian call on stage like Jim Morrison and Iggy Pop. Bell's Arthur Stuart, a journalist who writes about Brian, retraces his history of seducing and humiliating him, and his connection to Curt is one of the most evocative clues in the entire film (not just sexual, the scumbag). people), Curt handed the brooch to Arthur after saying "we made a pact to change the world, but only ourselves", when 2HB rang in the bar (though I don't like Jack Ferry's version, far Not as good as Roxy Music and The Venus In Furs), I believe everyone has a strong feeling that they are part of rock and have no power to change anything.
If you compare Todd Hines' 1997's "Safe and Sound" with the following year's "Velvet Goldmine", you will find the director's amazing - the two films are completely from two planets (Not much to say specifically). In Velvet Goldmine, Hines recreates the seventies from a glam rock perspective as a brave new world of drama and possibility where the only certainty is the uncertainty ruled by psychedelics . The whole film burns with exquisite and abstract enthusiasm, and at the same time there are many eye-catching flash points. Although the structure of "Citizen Kane" is repeated as a whole, "Velvet Goldmine" is more in this stable narrative method. Decorated with glam-rock romantic rosebuds. Wilde's brooch witnessed his birth under the flying saucer and his declaration in school (I want to be a pop idol), and a century later, witnessed the splendid revival of Wilde's "gorgeous spirit" and the birth of pansexual utopia , and David Bowie is undoubtedly the spiritual leader of this utopia. In addition, the movie soundtrack is also "shudder", with works by Roxy Music, T. Rex, Brian Eno, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop intertwined in the film, as well as performances by bands such as The Venus In Furs , it's all perfect! As producer Christine Vachon said, "'People have certain memories that they hold very dear, so you want to remain true to them", the only regret is that the original David Bowie was not used in the film (although Maxwell Demon has no There is a shadow of Ziggy Stardust), every time I think of this, I can't help roaring: "Bao Xiaowei, why are you so arrogant!!!"
This is my favorite movie besides all kinds of dramas. Watched clips:
Brian with long hair played and sang 2HB at the bar (27:50);
Curt's open-air performance, people who don't know Ewan might really think this is really a performance video, Ewan's voice is really good! (32:15);
Maxwell Demon's MV, although Xiao Qiao's singing is really unpleasant, be sure to listen to the original sound after watching it (36:30);
Baby's on Fire (definitely not Xiao Qiao's own singing) plus the previous kissing part (66:20) );
Arthur and Curt "go through the high wall into each other's lives", after the filming of the scene Bell is terrified by Ivan (100:20);
Arthur and Curt talk in the bar until the end of the film.
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