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Timothy Greenfield-Sanders,
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
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: Not Rated
: Winsor
: Documentary, Music, Documentary, Music
: 75 min.
: English
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This documentary traces the life and career of singer-songwriter Lou Reed, from 1965, college, and the Velvet Underground, to 1975 solo performances, 1990s poetry readings, and theater collaborations. Concert footage is intercut with over two dozen interview subjects. With a transfer from video to 16mm, this film mixes black-and-white and color. Made for the American Masters (PBS) series, it was shown at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
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| "American Masters" does...Lou Reed!
by aardvark
December 15, 2003 - 1:07 PM PST
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3 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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It's nice to see PBS pay tribute to Lou Reed through this "American Masters" program treatment of the man and his work. At any rate, it's somehow less offensive than seeing him indicted, err, I mean, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
This documentary provides a nice overview of Reed's career, beginning with his early days as a songwriter for an assembly-line style song factory, progressing to the Velvet Underground days, and then on to his solo recordings up to 1998, when the film was produced. Unfortunately, as is too often the case with these types of retrospectives, far too much time is spent on Reed's most recent projects, with not enough time being devoted to what were arguably his peak years, of the early to mid-seventies. Also, considering the vast number of musicians influenced by Reed, the choice of interviewees seems strange at times; for example, the inclusion of Suzanne Vega is a bit of a puzzler.
Unfortunately the only real bonus feature is an extremely brief segment of vintage footage of the Velvet Underground performing "Venus in Furs". |
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