If the purpose of this film is to release all the passion mixed with rock, sex, and homosexual elements, then its most gorgeous costume lighting, hottest music and performances, flamboyant camera movements and editing have released the passion to the extreme. The stage performance itself is the most exciting audio-visual experience, which makes people feel the charm of the performers. The transformation of time and space leaves no traces of excessive editing. It does not rely on plot specials or emotional specials. It relies on visual stimulation to make all the fragments coherent.
But looking back, there were actually many moments of repression. Brian, who was a little timid at the beginning, Brian who was wearing a high hat and hid in the corner to watch Curt Wild's performance, Curt Wild who was in the same situation at the end, and Arthur, a reporter who laid out the whole line . These emotions are very moving, but these moments of great inner tension seem to be overshadowed by the interference of the audio-visual feast. The passion of transgender people released at that time was very great, but it would be even greater to see the release while feeling repressed. Reminds me of a trans actor I met on Tina's crew two weeks ago named Jacob. When we first met and greeted him, I thought he was shy and unremarkable. I thought it was a PA who came to help the crew, but only later did I realize that he was the starring role. He was a different person in Drag's garb, dazzling, but still shy. But when it comes to the main scene, he dances on the stage, all the movements and expressions are so natural, showing the passion released from the inside out. He is very excited and confident, not just acting, but a performance that really releases himself. His performance is definitely not as shocking as Ewan's, but because he has seen him shy, this performance is more powerful. His character's name is Silver, and after thinking about it, I think that the screenwriter really put his heart into it. He is not the most shining Goldmine, but a shining performer.
So I think if the purpose of the Velvet Gold Mine is not just to release the passion itself, but the process from repression to release, then it can do better. Arthur's line now seems a little wasteful, with good clips of Arthur watching Brian and Curt masturbating in the newspaper at home and being scolded by his father, but the whole thing is incoherent. Both of his interviews are very thin, and they do nothing but introduce a narrator, but they take up a lot of space. The ending is a great deal emotionally, keeping Arthur and Curt together. I love how they were together for the first time, after the performance in the theater, when Curt and Brian's wife were together and Arthur made eye contact, and everything after that was so unreal, it felt like it was in Arthur's heart desire. But the ending is too real. When Curt gave Arthur the emerald for no reason, he seemed to be a Taoist priest who fell from the sky. He should be a flesh and blood character. This magical ending may also have been the director's choice, but it ruined the Catharsis that it was meant to be.
If this movie is not Goldmine but Silvermine, if it is released and restrained at the same time, it will be deeper and more stamina, it may not be so amazing, it may be.
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