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Cinematic Details
Jul. 29th, 2004 02:32 amscript:
Arthur stands opposite with a notepad.
...Once upon a time.
With that Cecil pivots around in his wheelchair and takes off down the narrow corridor of the decrepit city hospital.
This shot suggests a similar scene from Citizen Kane in which a reporter interviews Kane's ex-business partner at a hospital – he is wearing a robe, and while not in a wheelchair, he is seated in a rattan type chair in a solarium near an elevator.
Velvet Goldmine loosely copies the structure of the cinematic masterpiece Citizen Kane, more of a play on its conventions than a shot for shot copy. Like VG, Citizen Kane is a roman à clef, (a novel with a key), the thinly fictionalized story of a newspaper giant based on publishing titan William Randolph Hearst. Hearst liked the film even less than Bowie liked Velvet Goldmine and the story of how he tried to stop the film's release is told a 1996 PBS documentary.
A list of similarities behind the cut ( Read more... )
Arthur stands opposite with a notepad.
...Once upon a time.
With that Cecil pivots around in his wheelchair and takes off down the narrow corridor of the decrepit city hospital.
This shot suggests a similar scene from Citizen Kane in which a reporter interviews Kane's ex-business partner at a hospital – he is wearing a robe, and while not in a wheelchair, he is seated in a rattan type chair in a solarium near an elevator.
Velvet Goldmine loosely copies the structure of the cinematic masterpiece Citizen Kane, more of a play on its conventions than a shot for shot copy. Like VG, Citizen Kane is a roman à clef, (a novel with a key), the thinly fictionalized story of a newspaper giant based on publishing titan William Randolph Hearst. Hearst liked the film even less than Bowie liked Velvet Goldmine and the story of how he tried to stop the film's release is told a 1996 PBS documentary.
A list of similarities behind the cut ( Read more... )
