Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted April 21, 2005 Okay, I watched it for the first time last night on IFC...and I have no idea what the hell I was watching...Ewan McGregor has been steadily climbing my list of favorite actors so I thought I would check it out... Can someone explain what exactly this movie is about? I got a weird "A Clockwork Orange" or "Tommy" vibe from it, the way the movie kept jumping around from weirdness to weirdness...I get the feeling this is one of those movies you need to watch about 5 times to figure anything out... What exactly is Christian Bale's role? Oh and did anyone else who watched this think that McGregor looked almost like a dead ringer for Kurt Cobain? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted April 21, 2005 Oh and did anyone else who watched this think that McGregor looked almost like a dead ringer for Kurt Cobain? I watched this on Tivo last night and thought the exact same thing. Ewan with the long blonde hair looked nearly identical to Cobain with the same hair. Bale was a reporter telling the story about Brian Slade. He's also been obsessed with Slade ever since seeing him on TV as a teen. The movie had to been inspired by the stories about Bowie and Jagger having a bi-sexual relationship. Ewan was the dirty wildman Jagger type and the other guy was clearly Bowie. The way I saw the movie is that it's a mix of Citizen Kane, Tommy and The Wall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted April 21, 2005 I see...well it didn't help that I came into this movie about 45 minutes in, but even still I don't think I would have been able to follow it...hopefully it comes on again soon... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kinetic 0 Report post Posted April 28, 2005 This movie is more or less based on the relationship between David Bowie and Iggy Pop in the 70s. I don't remember that much about it. David Bowie said that the most interesting parts of the movie were the gay sex scenes, and I would be inclined to agree. Were I david Bowie, which I am not. The scene at the end where the one character is reinvented as an "industy tool/entertainer" is based either on Bowie's own Let's Dance period or David Johansenn's reinvention as Buster Poindexter. Draw your own conclusions. Either way, it's a pretty mediocre attempt at documenting the glam rock period of the early 70s, but with a pretty amazing soundtrack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
