Histories, like ancient ruins, are the fictions of empires. While everything forgotten hangs in dark dreams of the past, ever threatening to return.

Velvet Goldmine (1998), dir. Todd Haynes

joanna’s top 5 films 4/5 ✰ velvet goldmine (1998) 

Everyone’s into this scene because it’s supposedly the thing to do right now. But you just can’t fake being gay. You know, if you’re gonna claim that you’re gay you’re gonna have to make love in gay style, and most of these kids just aren’t going to make it. That line, ‘Everybody’s bisexual’, that’s a very popular thing to say right now. Personally, I think it’s meaningless.

Velvet Goldmine (1998)

Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Brian Slade and Ewan McGregor as Curt Wild in Velvet Goldmine

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person… Give him a mask and he’ll tell you the truth. 

Velvet Goldmine (1998) dir. Todd Haynes

Velvet Goldmine (1998)

Velvet Goldmine (1998; Todd Haynes) 

Velvet Goldmine dir. Todd Haynes 

Velvet Goldmine (1998), dir. Todd Haynes

“The world has changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.”

Velvet Goldmine (1998)