Velvet Goldmine (1998)

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Wikidata Q1481540, film, IMDb tt0120879, TMDB 1808: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 2 more episodes agree.

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The Big Picture

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Led to

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Connected to

24 Hour Party People: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (scene-film companion): 24 Hour Party People → Velvet Goldmine. Velvet Goldmine is a B-side or A-side to 24 Hour Party People, looking at a music scene through its history.
    “it's like a B side or a, an A side to 24 hour party people where it's like looking at the scene through that musical history”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 1:12:26 · Adam Nayman (0.85 sure it was them)

Far from Heaven: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (artifice as method): Far from Heaven → Velvet Goldmine. Haynes uses artificial languages for real stories (Dylan, Velvet Goldmine); Far from Heaven is fiction in an artificial melodrama mode, yet the emotions are real.
    “Far from heaven is not a, based on a true story and the mode is highly artificial in the melodramatic domestic dramas that are inspired by the 1950s.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 2:17:52 · Todd Haynes (0.90 sure it was them)

Todd Haynes: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Todd Haynes → Velvet Goldmine. Haynes gets weird films financed on small budgets.
    “He made velvet gold mine.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:44:26 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

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career (1)

  1. career (career): Todd Haynes → Velvet Goldmine. Haynes gets weird films financed on small budgets.
    “He made velvet gold mine.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:44:26 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (scene-film companion): 24 Hour Party People → Velvet Goldmine. Velvet Goldmine is a B-side or A-side to 24 Hour Party People, looking at a music scene through its history.
    “it's like a B side or a, an A side to 24 hour party people where it's like looking at the scene through that musical history”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 1:12:26 · Adam Nayman (0.85 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (artifice as method): Far from Heaven → Velvet Goldmine. Haynes uses artificial languages for real stories (Dylan, Velvet Goldmine); Far from Heaven is fiction in an artificial melodrama mode, yet the emotions are real.
    “Far from heaven is not a, based on a true story and the mode is highly artificial in the melodramatic domestic dramas that are inspired by the 1950s.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 2:17:52 · Todd Haynes (0.90 sure it was them)

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