Quotes We Like Archive
I hoped it would be like those trippy movies you'd go to and then analyze with your friends; buy the record and play it over and over again and ponder its meaning.
~ Todd Haynes
~~~
It is a sign of our times that a man with a painted face and carefully adjusted lipstick should inspire admiration from an audience of girls aged between fourteen and twenty.
~ Said of David Bowie in the 1973 BBC documentary Nationwide
~~~
It seems to me that the real clue to your sex-orientation lies in your romantic feelings rather than in your sexual feelings. If you are really gay, you are able to fall in love with a man, not just enjoy having sex with him.
~ Christopher Isherwood
~~~
She's my main woman.
~ Todd Haynes on Christine Vachon, producer of Poison, Safe, and Velvet Goldmine.
~~~
We were very miffed that people who'd obviously never seen Metropolis or heard of Christopher Isherwood were actually becoming glam rockers.
~ David Bowie
~~~
I think I perform being a man every day of my life. It's a complete performance. All of those nuances.
~Todd Haynes
~~~
I truly believe that if you fashion a great work, it will – ultimately – be seen. I have to believe that, or I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing.
~Christine Vachon
~~~
The idea was to create a world in which reality, fantasy and memory each have equal weight. Because all are essential components in the way certain moments of pop culture can affect the imagination.
~ Todd Haynes
~~~
Criticising this film for failing to capture Glam's documentary truth is like slagging The Wizard of Oz for misrepresenting Kansas.
~Stephen Dalton in Uncut magazine
~~~
There would be something ultimately ludicrous, about trying to make an 'authentic' history of glam rock, because glam rock was so clearly aimed at destroying the whole idea of authenticity -- or at least taking it to task with a great deal of wit and flair.
~ Todd Haynes
~~~
So, perhaps, it's not surprising that when Miramax, Velvet Goldmine 's North American distributor, test-screened the film, it found that it scored highest with female audiences under 25. "I always knew," says Haynes, "that the perfect boy is a girl."
~Amy Taubin in the Village Voice
~~~
I'm old enough to remember the good old days when David Bowie was gay and Elton John was straight.
~Lux S. Pan
~~~
"It is truly romantic, this movie, isn' it?"
"Oh, completely!"
Todd Haynes and Christine Vachon on the Blu-ray commentary during the scene when Curt Wild describes to Arthur Stuart how Brian Slade gave him the emerald pin.
~~~
~ Todd Haynes
It is a sign of our times that a man with a painted face and carefully adjusted lipstick should inspire admiration from an audience of girls aged between fourteen and twenty.
~ Said of David Bowie in the 1973 BBC documentary Nationwide
It seems to me that the real clue to your sex-orientation lies in your romantic feelings rather than in your sexual feelings. If you are really gay, you are able to fall in love with a man, not just enjoy having sex with him.
~ Christopher Isherwood
She's my main woman.
~ Todd Haynes on Christine Vachon, producer of Poison, Safe, and Velvet Goldmine.
We were very miffed that people who'd obviously never seen Metropolis or heard of Christopher Isherwood were actually becoming glam rockers.
~ David Bowie
I think I perform being a man every day of my life. It's a complete performance. All of those nuances.
~Todd Haynes
I truly believe that if you fashion a great work, it will – ultimately – be seen. I have to believe that, or I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing.
~Christine Vachon
The idea was to create a world in which reality, fantasy and memory each have equal weight. Because all are essential components in the way certain moments of pop culture can affect the imagination.
~ Todd Haynes
Criticising this film for failing to capture Glam's documentary truth is like slagging The Wizard of Oz for misrepresenting Kansas.
~Stephen Dalton in Uncut magazine
There would be something ultimately ludicrous, about trying to make an 'authentic' history of glam rock, because glam rock was so clearly aimed at destroying the whole idea of authenticity -- or at least taking it to task with a great deal of wit and flair.
~ Todd Haynes
So, perhaps, it's not surprising that when Miramax, Velvet Goldmine 's North American distributor, test-screened the film, it found that it scored highest with female audiences under 25. "I always knew," says Haynes, "that the perfect boy is a girl."
~Amy Taubin in the Village Voice
I'm old enough to remember the good old days when David Bowie was gay and Elton John was straight.
~Lux S. Pan
"It is truly romantic, this movie, isn' it?"
"Oh, completely!"
Todd Haynes and Christine Vachon on the Blu-ray commentary during the scene when Curt Wild describes to Arthur Stuart how Brian Slade gave him the emerald pin.