I am watching Velvet Goldmine right now...

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AND I AM SO CONFUSED.

Is this the feeling people get when first watching anime?

Well, and it also reminds me of the distinctly confused feeling mixed with mild boredness born of excessive wtf-ness that I'd also felt in my avant-garde film class.

I mean, I read the wiki and I'm STILL confused. o.0 thank god there's pretty people who frequently get naked.

[edit] ::ponders:: this might also be because my musical background is more 'classical' than 'rock', I know that glam rock in general goes whoooosh over my head.

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[andmydog.livejournal.com]

I'm confused as to how you're confused.

[permetaform]

it...looks like they're trying to do...I dunno, SOMETHING and I kinda just feel like I'm scratching my head.

[andmydog.livejournal.com]

...Nope, still confused! Here, here's my version of what's going on, how's that?

So. When Todd Haynes (the director) was a little bitty Haines, he had a raging hardon for Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and the whole eyeliner-wearing, hair-lacquering lot of 'em. He grew up to make movies (including Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, which everyone should see), and for one of his movies, he decided to write a homage to Davie Bowie and Iggy Pop.

Neither David Bowie nor Iggy Pop were particularly thrilled with this idea, seeing as how the premise had them snogging on a regular basis. Bowie even went so far as to refuse Haynes rights to any of his fifty billion songs for the movie.

So, Haynes did what any fanboy would do: he took the story to just this side of satire, renamed the main characters, and ended up with a pretty pretty fairy-tale-esque version of what the glam scene was like, from the very beginning, all the way through it's death at the hands of Reaganomics. And, like a good fanboy, he even included a self-insert. Hi, Mr. Bale!

[ninepointfivemm.livejournal.com]

And oh, was he a pretty, pretty self-insert. ;)

[andmydog.livejournal.com]

He waaaas... although, watching Christian Bale jerk off like a teenager? Not so much.

[text-isle.livejournal.com]

Uncomfortable scene, yeah, definitely not pretty. But I thought Bale's acting in that scene was great.

[andmydog.livejournal.com]

Completely fantastic, I totally agree.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Any idea where to see "Superstar"? SINCE YOU'RE HERE.

[andmydog.livejournal.com]

WHY YES, AKTUALLIE! (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=622130510713940545)

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Oh internets. I luv you.