The Evolution of Christian Bale

Velvet Goldmine, 1998
In this feature directed by Todd Haynes, Bale plays a journalist in a Citizen Kane–like attempt to chronicle the mysterious disappearance of a fictitious glam-rock star, Brian Slade. Though it did poorly at the box office, the film was nominated for a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

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