Velvet Goldmine (1998) is a fictionalized story based on David Bowie’s life during the glam rock era of the early 70s. This video compares the fictional story of Brian Slade and Curt Wild to that of their real counterparts Bowie and Iggy Pop (respectively) 5’12. I’ve used scenes from the movie, and more than 63 parts of documentaries, archive footage and interviews with both artists. By the end of the video I show how they influenced the punk era of the late ’70’s, and later the grunge music genre exemplified by the band Nirvana. Why did I extend this story to the ’90s? Because despite Ewan McGregor’s perfect portrayal of the young Iggy Pop, he looks a lot like Kurt Cobain (the character is called CURT Wild). After learning how much Iggy Pop influenced Cobain’s music, my first impression that Curt also represents Kurt was not so far-fetched. Regardless the statement of the director (Todd Hayes) saying that their resemblance is just a /”coincidence/

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