Now when the request was made I had no idea the contents of the movie. After I had watched it for about 10 minutes I realized that I had seen it before. Never a good sign. If you've never heard of a movie and then come to find out that you have seen the entire movie before the movie without a doubt sucks and your consciousness has been doing everything it can to keep you from acknowledging its existence.
Goldmine is about Arthur Stuart, a reporter for the Herald who is told to do a story about a glam rock pop star, named Brian Slade, who ten years ago faked his own death for a publicity stunt. Immediately there after his popularity plummeted into obscurity. The story is very personal to Stuart as he was a huge fan of Slade and often fantasized about him.
The format of the movie is just like Citizen Kane in that Stuart finds out things about Slade by going and talking to people who knew him and then they tell their story. There isn't any striking dialogue, the cinematography is plain, and the music is at best on par for glam rock music.
To sum it all up I'm only giving this movie five short paragraphs of my time because the only people who would or should be interested in it are hard core glam rock fans and people who like shitty movies. If you are one of these people you probably agree with me and have seen it already.
Here's your quote of the day:
- I like minimalism, but only in small doses.
Who said it? T.J.
