The Velvet Underground movie

[Laurent Bigot]

Saw it last night in a theater and if it is shown in one near you, go see it on the Big Screen, it's really made for it. Fab work even if you know a lot about them.

 

[Rythmn Boy]

Review here:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10...dium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_web

 

[soundog III]

Some good material for sure, love the early 60's stock NYC street / background film, though the split screen format becomes a bit headache inducing after a while.

Best bits to my mind being the Cale commentary, Jonathan Richmans observations and essentially any observation by Mo, Martha , Mary W. and Merrill (Lou's sister).

Quite astonishing, really, that for a combo surrounded by cameras during their prime there is effectively no watchable Cale era concert footage. The Factory rehearsal is priceless, of course, but the paucity of Cale era audio /video is a tragedy of sorts. A significant one...

 

[Laurent Bigot]

The split screen was fab at the theater, I can understand that it's not as cool on a TV screen.

 

[Dave Baldwin]

Just for kicks, it would have been fun for fans if Todd Haynes had thrown in a scene of the VU at The Factory with the Warhol
crew in the style of his earlier music biopic Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story...acting out the scene using Barbie dolls! (lol)