I'm just watching it for the first time.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 08:28 (thirteen years ago) link
It was neither as good as made out to be in this thread nor as bad. I appreciate what Haynes put into it, though. And yes, it was dark. I had no idea going in that it was going to be so serious. I thought it was going to be sarcastic, and am kind of relieved that it wasn't.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 09:21 (thirteen years ago) link
you didn't find any sarcasm inherent in the use of barbie dolls to represent all the characters in the film?
― sarahel, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 09:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought it would be that way going in, but the dolls were actually treated with an odd reverence.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 09:35 (thirteen years ago) link
sure - there was ambivalence, it was a bit challenging
― sarahel, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 09:43 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rACJWPd3VnI
― turds (Hungry4Ass), Sunday, 20 January 2013 10:56 (eleven years ago) link
Apparently a program of Todd Haynes "rarities" at UCLA this weekend included 4K restorations (with Sundance and UCLA support) of Superstar and Dottie Gets Spanked. (Haynes' pandemic project?) Did anyone here see this program?
There are also rumblings of a Criterion edition of Velvet Goldmine. While Superstar would make a pretty sweet bonus/easter egg, the consensus is that this could NOT be done legally in the US.
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 18:04 (one year ago) link
Superstar exists better as a cult object/circulated tape tbrr
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 18:30 (one year ago) link