Velvet Goldmine
Retrospective
Feature | United States | 118 MINUTES | EnglishDrama, LGBTQIA+, Music
Journalist Arthur Stuart (Christian Bale) investigates the rise and fall of glam rock star Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys Myers), who has disappeared from public life following a death hoax ten years before. This BAFTA Award-winning musical drama was written and directed by Todd Haynes, and also starred Ewan McGregor, Toni Collette, Micko Westmoreland, and Eddie Izzard.
After the Screening: A conversation with director Todd Haynes, producer Christine Vachon, Ewan McGregor, , and Eddie Izzard.
Cast & Credits
Director
Todd Haynes
Producer
Christine Vachon
Executive Producer (Main Credit)
Scott Meek, Sandy Stern, Michael Stipe, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein
Additional Executive Producers
Chris J. Ball, William Tyrer
Screenwriter
James Lyons, Todd Haynes
Cinematographer
Maryse Alberti
Composer
Carter Burwell, Craig Wedren
Co-Producer
Olivia Stewart
Cast
Ewan McGregor, Christian Bale,Toni Collette, Eddie Izzard, Emily Woof, Michael Feast, Janet McTeer
Panelists
Christine Vachon
Christine Vachon (born in New York on November 21, 1962) is a film and television producer known for her work in independent cinema. As a producer, Vachon was nominated twice at the Golden Globes for Mrs. Harris (2007), Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture, and Mildred Pierce (2012), in the same category. Vachon began her career as a producer in the late 1980s. In 1995, she co-founded the production company Killer Films with Pamela Koffler. The company has since produced many acclaimed independent films, including Mary Harron’s I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), Kimberly Peirce’s Boys Don’t Cry, and Todd Haynes’ Velvet Goldmine (1998), Far From Heaven (2002) and Carol (2015). Vachon’s collaboration throughout the years with Haynes made her vastly influential as a producer. She also produced Haynes’ I’m Not Here (2007), with different actors (Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale and Heath Ledger, among them) freely embodying Bob Dylan. Vachon is known for championing LGBTQ+ stories and filmmakers, as her producing of John Cameron Mitchell’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) attests.
Ewan McGregor
Ewan McGregor is one of today’s finest actors, with a diverse line-up of roles across a multitude of genres. His career has been highlighted by a continuous string of bold performances, including receiving an Emmy for his performance as Roy Halston in the Netflix limited series Halston, Golden Globe and a Critic’s Choice Awards for his dual role as brothers Emmit and Ray Stussy in FX’s Emmy-winning Fargo and a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. Soon McGregor will be seen reprising his acclaimed role of Obi-Wan in the special event series for Disney+, Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Todd Haynes
Passionate about the visual arts since childhood, Todd Haynes studied art and semiotics at Brown University. In 1987, he created the medium-length film Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story with Barbie dolls. Since then, he has tirelessly continued to address questions of gender and identity. His first feature film Poison, inspired by Jean Genet, was released in 1991 and won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. After Safe (1995), which revealed Julianne Moore, he conjured David Bowie during the Ziggy Stardust period in Velvet Goldmine (1998), then paid homage to Douglas Sirk in Far from Heaven (2002). In 2006, he had six actors play Bob Dylan in I’m Not There then directed the mini series Mildred Pierce (2011) before returning to film in 2015 with Carol, then his Cannes selected film Wonderstruck (2017), followed by Dark Waters (2019), his newest release. Todd’s current project is a Velvet Underground documentary.
Micko Westmoreland
Micko Westmoreland is a musician, composer and actor. Most widely known for the performance as ‘Jack Fairy’ in Todd Haynes’ Velvet Goldmine. Westmoreland signed to Trent Reznor’s Nothing records (interscope) in 1999, releasing electronic music as ‘The Bowling Green’. Post millennium credits include working extensively with his brother; acclaimed director Wash Westmoreland (Still Alice/Colette) scoring The Fluffer (2001) and Quinceanera (Sundance Grand Jury prize winner 2005). Westmoreland writes, sings and performs in Micko & The Mellotronics and records with members of The Specials/The Damned/The Banshees and Madness in the charity super group The Spammed, produced by such luminaries as Tony Visconti, Nick Lowe and Chris Kimsey (Rolling Stones). Westmoreland resides in London, UK.
James Kleinmann
Founder and Editor of The Queer Review, James Kleinmann has had over twenty years experience as a film critic and interviewer. A Brit now based in New York, he was a regular broadcaster on the UK's most listened to radio station, BBC Radio 2 and has contributed to shows on BBC Scotland, BBC Manchester and Gaydio. He's written for Europe's best selling LGBTQ+ publication, Attitude Magazine and is a member of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.
Eddie Izzard
As a dramatic actor, Eddie picked up a Tony nomination for best actor in 2003 for her performance in A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg on Broadway. She was seen recently acting alongside Dame Judi Dench, playing Edward VII to Judi’s Queen Victoria, in Stephen Frears’ Victoria & Abdul and again last year in Six Minutes To Midnight.Eddie is also one of the most original and respected comedians of her generation, having picked up two Emmys in 1999 and is now performing standup in four languages and has to date performed in forty-five countries. In 2010 the documentary Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story received an Emmy Award nomination. Her autobiography Believe Me entered the top ten in the New York Times and Sunday Times Best-seller lists. Other highlights from Izzard’s film career include Valkyrie, Ocean’s Twelve and Ocean’s Thirteen, Across the Universe, Mystery Men and The Cat’s Meow.
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