The Velvet Underground

Haynes, Todd, (film director,, film producer.). Vachon, Christine, (film producer.). Goldman, Julie, (film producer.). Clements, Christopher (Producer), (film producer.). Hepburn, Carolyn, (film producer.). Reed, Lou, (musician.). Cale, John, (musician.). Morrison, Sterling, (musician.). Tucker, Maureen, (musician.). Nico, 1938-1988 (on-screen participant.). Yule, Doug, 1947- (on-screen participant.). Reed Weiner, Merrill, (on-screen participant.). Hyman, Allan, (on-screen participant.). Flynt, Henry, (on-screen participant.). Young, La Monte, (on-screen participant.). Zazeela, Marian, (on-screen participant.). Mishkin, Richard, (on-screen participant.). Lachman, Edward, 1948- (director of photography.). Gon©ʻcalves, Affonso, (editor of moving image work.). Kurnitz, Adam, (editor of moving image work.). Marcus, Greil, (writer of supplementary textual content.). Poster, Randall, (contributor.). Apple Original Films (Firm), (presenter.). PolyGram Entertainment (Firm), (presenter.). Federal Films, Inc., (production company.). Motto Pictures, (production company.). Killer Films, (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker, Nico, Doug Yule, Merrill Reed-Weiner, Allan Hyman, Henry Flynt, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Richard Mishkin and others. (Cast).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 1681439999
ISBN: 9781681439990
Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sound, color, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations, some color ; 19 cm).
videodisc
Edition: Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2022]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Widescreen (1.77:1). Originally released as a motion picture in 2021. Accompanied by booklet containing essay by critic Greil Marcus. Special features: Alternate stereo soundtrack; 2022 audio commentary with director Todd Haynes and editors Affonso Gon©ʻcalves, Adam Kurnitz; Interview outtakes with Jonas Mekas, Mary Woronov and Jonathan Richman; Todd Hayes, John Cale, Maureen Woronov in conversation with Jenn Pelly; Complete versions of some of the avant-garde films excerpted in the movie (Award presentation to Andy Warhol / Jonathan Mekas, 1964; Venus in furs / Piero Heliczer, 1965; Walden: diaries, notes and sketches / Jonas Mekas, 1964-69); teaser; essay by critic Greil Marcus.
Formatted Contents Note:	disc one. [Feature film] -- disc two. [Special features]
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Editors, Affonso Gon©ʻcalves, Adam Kurnitz ; cinematography, Ed Lachman ; music supervision, Randall Poster.
Participant or Performer Note:	Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker, Nico, Doug Yule, Merrill Reed-Weiner, Allan Hyman, Henry Flynt, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Richard Mishkin and others.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: R.
System Details Note:	DVD; region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; Dolby digital 2.0 stereo (not listed on container).
Language Note:	English dialogue.