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DVD

The Velvet Underground

Call Number

  • DVD 782.42166 V446VE (CEN)

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Edition

Director-approved two-DVD special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Lou Reed, John Cale, Moe Tucker, Sterling Morrison, Nico.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2022]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (120 minutes) : sound, color, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm)

Audience

MPA rating: R; for language, sexual content, nudity and some drug material.

Summary

"Emerging from the primordial soup of glamour, gutter sleaze, and feverish creativity that was New Yorks 1960s underground culture, the Velvet Underground redefined music with its at once raw and exalted blend of experimentation and art-damaged rock and roll. In his kaleidoscopic documentary The Velvet Underground, Todd Haynes vividly evokes the band's incandescent world: the creative origins of the twin visionaries Lou Reed and John Cale, Andy Warhol's fabled Factory, and the explosive tension between pop and the avant-garde that propelled the group and ultimately consumed it. Never-before-seen performances, interviews, rare recordings, and mind-blowing transmissions from the era's avant-garde cinema scene come together in an ecstatic swirl of sound and image that is to the traditional music documentary what the Velvets were to rock: utterly revolutionary."--Container.

Notes

"A Todd Haynes documentary"--Container.

Originally released as a documentary in 2021.

Special features: 4K digital master, approved by director Todd Haynes and cinematographer Ed Lachman ; alternate stereo soundtrack ; audio commentary featuring Haynes and editors Affonso Goncalves and Adam Kurnitz ; outtakes of interviews show for the film with musician Jonathan Richman, filmmaker Jonas Mekas, and actor Mary Woronov ; Haynes and musicians John Cale and Maureen Tucker in conversation with writer Jenn Pelly in 2021 ; complete versions of some of the avant-garde films excerpted in the movie ; teaser.

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