Fabulous twisting turning tale of past glory

Rating: 10/10 (23 June 1999)

Velvet Goldmine is a story of glitter and darkness, of painful memories overturned and investigated. Glam Rock Star Brian Slade(Jonathan Rhys Meyers) has faked his own assassination and it is up to reporter Arthur Stuart(Christian Bale) to find what happened to him. His investigations lead him on a twisting journey down the path of Brian Slade's life. he meets Mandy Slade(Toni Collette), Brian's wife, and intermingles with some of Brian's closest confidante's- fellow rock star Curt Wild(Ewan McGregor) and Brian's old Manager, Cecil(Michael Feast). an intriguing distortion of reality and fantasy, complete with a fabulous cast and captivating plot, will lead me to say that Velvet Goldmine is undoubtedly the best movie I have ever seen in all my 25 years. i encourage you all to see it!!!