Production Details - Cannes pt. VII
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vardathemessageMiramax head Harvey Weinstein added to the promotional buzz by being quoted in Variety that Velvet Goldmine "makes Boogie Nights look like Mary Poppins." [tsk tsk, we know better...] Miramax's involvement with the picture raised expectations. From indywire:
With Miramax already behind the film, the Cannes competition is the perfect launch pad. Harvey must be proud. Deeply entrenched in the 70's glam rock days of taffeta and platform shoes, Haynes swims in the times, incorporating awkward 70's zooms, early MTV-like sequences, feathers, flowers and all the accoutrements of the era to investigate the rise and disappearance of a fictional superstar named Brian Slade. ... The film combines memory, fantasy, past and a mid-1980's present in some hallucinatory moments and a fluid feel which might just be a hit with the kids.
Miramax was supportive despite rumors to the contrary. In a later indywire article: "Answering claims that Miramax's reputed homophobia got in the way of the production, Christine Vachon said at a New York Film Festival press conference, "Miramax got involved very early on and I have to say, never at any point, whatever horror stories we've heard aside, we were never pressured whatsoever by Miramax to make cuts in the film around its gay content, to cut out anything specifically because it was gay. We never experienced that homophobia."
With Miramax already behind the film, the Cannes competition is the perfect launch pad. Harvey must be proud. Deeply entrenched in the 70's glam rock days of taffeta and platform shoes, Haynes swims in the times, incorporating awkward 70's zooms, early MTV-like sequences, feathers, flowers and all the accoutrements of the era to investigate the rise and disappearance of a fictional superstar named Brian Slade. ... The film combines memory, fantasy, past and a mid-1980's present in some hallucinatory moments and a fluid feel which might just be a hit with the kids.
Miramax was supportive despite rumors to the contrary. In a later indywire article: "Answering claims that Miramax's reputed homophobia got in the way of the production, Christine Vachon said at a New York Film Festival press conference, "Miramax got involved very early on and I have to say, never at any point, whatever horror stories we've heard aside, we were never pressured whatsoever by Miramax to make cuts in the film around its gay content, to cut out anything specifically because it was gay. We never experienced that homophobia."
