Let’s tip our glittery glam-rock hats to Killer Films and its mastermind, the legendary Christine Vachon, for 20 years of producing envelope-pushing queer independent cinema. To mark the occasion, we’re revisiting one of the sparklier titles in the Killer catalogue, VELVET GOLDMINE. Todd Haynes’s modern classic centers on bisexual, Bowie-like rock star Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), who fakes his own death onstage, promptly disappearing from public life, and journalist Arthur (Christi...
Let’s tip our glittery glam-rock hats to Killer Films and its mastermind, the legendary Christine Vachon, for 20 years of producing envelope-pushing queer independent cinema. To mark the occasion, we’re revisiting one of the sparklier titles in the Killer catalogue, VELVET GOLDMINE. Todd Haynes’s modern classic centers on bisexual, Bowie-like rock star Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), who fakes his own death onstage, promptly disappearing from public life, and journalist Arthur (Christian Bale) who tries to track him down for a “where are they now” article 10 years later. Interviews with Slade’s ex-wife (Toni Collette), former manager (Eddie Izzard), and rival rocker Curt Wild (Ewan McGregor) bring out Arthur’s inner fanboy and send him down the rabbit hole looking for answers. The film is a deliciously star-studded feast of make-up, fashion, drugs, sex and rock’n’roll. Please join us to toast Christine Vachon herself after the screening.
Dir. Todd Haynes | 1998, USA, 124 min.
Special thanks to UCLA Film & Television Archive and Park Circus.
Post-screening reception to follow.
Tickets on sale 6/15
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