Don't know what to make of it

Rating: Null/10 (27 April 2002)

First off, Rhyes-Meyers and McGregor's performances are great. Having only seen the dubbed version of this movie I don't know if McGregor's faked accent is really as awful as some have claimed. However, to me he really got as close to Iggy Pop as one can get! Same goes for Rhyes-Meyers and Bowie. Another big plus for this movie is the Soundtrack, that mixes classic stuff like Lou Reed's "Satellite Of Love" with new glam-like songs, such as "The Ballad of Maxwell Demon" by Shudder To Think. What the true intention of this movie is, however, I don't know. The Oscar Wilde comparisons and quotes are nice, but what is the story meant to tell us? As a big fan of films and legends about rockstars the question I asked myself the most was who exactly were the main characters supposed to be? One recognizes David Bowie (Brian Slade), his guitarist Mick Ronson (in the guitar-solo-blowjob-scene during "Baby's on Fire") and Iggy Pop (Curt Wilde). McGregors character mixes even more personlities, some of which confuse me in this context. There's a little Lou Reed, a little Oscar Wilde (the surname) and also Kurt Cobain (the first name and the looks). What the heck has Cobain got to do with glam??? Can anyone tell me what the meaning of the green jewel was? And what kind of relationship did Curt and Arthur have? A lot of questions that maybe aren't even worth being answered.