Velvet Goldmine is a 1998 film by Todd Haynes that explores the glam rock era of the 1970s through the fictional stories and relationships of musicians Brian Slade, Curt Wild and Arthur Stuart. It follows their rise to fame and changing public personas, as well as the decline of glam rock. The film examines themes of artistic expression, sexuality, fame and the fleeting nature of trends through its soundtrack, costumes, and exploration of the personal costs of celebrity. While glam rock was a colorful movement, the film depicts its end with a darker and dreary present day.

1. "It doesn't really matter what a man does with his life. What really matters is the legend that grows up around him" Goldmine

2. Velvet Goldmine "Rock and roll's a prostitute. It should be tarted up, performed. The music is the mask, while I in my chiffon and taffeta... Well, varda the message."

5. So Todd Haynes has got some cred…but let’s look at his film of 1998: Velvet Goldmine "Rock music has always been a reaction against accepted standards. And homosexuality has been going on for centuries. At the moment having a 'gay' image is the 'in' thing, just like a few years ago it was trendy to wear a long gray coat with a Led Zeppelin record under your arm."

10. "The first duty in life is to assume a pose. What the second duty is no one has yet found out." SOUNDTRACK "Today, there'd be fighting in the streets. But in 1972...it was more like dancing”

13. "I want to be a pop idol." "Meaning is not in things but in between them."

14. In the early 1970’s, performers and musicians began to wear outrageously flamboyant costumes, make-up and hairstyles coupled with an extensive use of theatrics. This movement towards sexual ambiguity and androgyny was known to history as Glam Rock and would be the main focus of the film.