Velvet Goldmine

+ intro by Professor Sarah Street, University of Bristol, and Co-investigator of the Film Costumes in Action project

In Todd Haynes’ homage to glam, Christian Bale’s journalist navigates the fine line between truth and myth to unravel the story behind a Bowie-esque pop star.

  • Director

    Todd Haynes

  • With

    Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ewan McGregor, Toni Collette

  • UK 1998. 119min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    15

Singer Brian Slade enters into a sexual and musical flirtation with American punk Curt Wild. Multi-award-winning designer Sandy Powell conjures up the pleasures and decadence of the 70s glam rock world, while director Haynes captures the era evocatively, employing songs by Brian Eno, Lou Reed and Steve Harley alongside glam-inspired tracks by Pulp and Placebo.

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