London, 1971 - Flower Power is on the wane and floundering hippie troubadour Brian Slade feels old-fashioned and out of step until he experiences the raw power of rock musician and exhibitionist Curt Wild at a live concert. Smitten and inspired, Slade rises from the ashes of fussy brocade, reincarnating as the ambiguous pop-rock God/dess of platinum dust and phoenix feathers, Maxwell Demon. His alluring androgynous imagery and the seductive sounds his 'glitter rock' seduce te... (Full plot summary below)
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London, 1971 - Flower Power is on the wane and floundering hippie troubadour Brian Slade feels old-fashioned and out of step until he experiences the raw power of rock musician and exhibitionist Curt Wild at a live concert. Smitten and inspired, Slade rises from the ashes of fussy brocade, reincarnating as the ambiguous pop-rock God/dess of platinum dust and phoenix feathers, Maxwell Demon. His alluring androgynous imagery and the seductive sounds his 'glitter rock' seduce teenagers across the world, offering refuge for the weird and unwanted with the promise of an everything-goes hedonism. At the height of his fame and cultural influence, he plots his sensational demise to escape, alienating his fans and falling into obscurity. On the 10th anniversary of the character assassination, journalist Arthur Stuart investigates Slade's disappearance, forcing him to revisit his own confusing teenage identity crisis and rebirth mirroring that of his idol Brian Slade.
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| Slant MagazineJeremiah KippRepeat viewings will allow one to piece together the fragmented montage as a melancholic ode to freedom, and those who fight for it through art. |
| Critics Inc./America OnlineBrandon JudellReminisce, if you can, over genderless fashions, boys in makeup and girls in even more makeup. And don't forget those platform shoes, drugs, and glitter, glitter everywhere. |
| The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThere are moments when Velvet Goldmine threatens to collapse under the weight of writer/director Todd Haynes' (Poison, Safe) ambition. But, sometimes amazingly, it doesn't, becoming in the process one of the year's freshest, most exciting films. |
| The New York TimesElvis MitchellBrilliantly reimagines the glam-rock 70's as a brave new world of electrifying theatricality and sexual possibility, to the point where identifying precise figures in this neo-psychedelic landscape is almost beside the point. |
| Austin ChronicleRussell SmithIn terms of sheer, unrelenting visual invention, Velvet Goldmine is a wonder. |
| Kansas City StarShawn BowersA bizarre thing, this trippy movie takes you on a whirlwind tour of Brit glam rock and doesn't let go. Graphic and unforgiving, but good. |
| Matinee MagazineJason ClarkThe greatest achievement by any filmmaker in 1998. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanVelvet Goldmine is no masterpiece, but, at its best, it's a ravishing rock dream. |
| TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghIt's a shimmering, thorny, and consummately self-aware valentine to a paradise, however illusory, lost. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversThe plot only slows a film that works best as a feast of sight and sound. |
