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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.

Table of Contents:

• disc one. [Feature film]
• disc two.

Contributors:

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 , on-screen participant

Cale, John , on-screen participant

Morrison, Sterling , on-screen participant

Tucker, Maureen , on-screen participant

Nico, 1938-1988 , on-screen participant

Yule, Doug, 1947- , on-screen participant

Flynt, Henry , on-screen participant

Young, La Monte , on-screen participant

Zazeela, Marian , on-screen participant

Gonçalves, Affonso , editor of moving image work

Kurnitz, Adam , editor of moving image work

Lachman, Edward, 1948- , director of photography

Marcus, Greil , writer of supplementary textual content

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Apple Original Films (Firm) , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

PolyGram Entertainment (Firm) , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Federal Films, Inc. , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Motto Pictures , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Killer Films , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

English dialogue.

Main Work:

Velvet Underground (Motion picture)

Included Works:

Venus in furs

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 1164

Subjects:

Velvet Underground (Musical group)

Rock groups — United States — Biography

Rock music — 1961-1970 — History and criticism

Rock music — 1971-1980 — History and criticism

Rock groups

Rock music

United States

1961-1980

Genres:

Motion pictures

Biographies

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Documentary films

Musical films

Nonfiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Feature films

System Details:

DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

Performers:

Cast: 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.

Production Credits:

Editors, Affonso Gonçalves, Adam Kurnitz ; cinematography, Edward Lachman.

General Notes:

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
Originally released as a motion picture in 2021.
Widescreen (1.77:1).
Special features: Alternate stereo soundtrack; 2022 audio commentary with director Todd Haynes and editors Affonso Gonçalves, 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.

Audience:

MPAA rating: R.

Physical Description:

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

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; surround; Dolby Digital 5.1; sound

Film Characteristics:

1.77:1; wide screen

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

ML421.V44 VEL 2021 DVD

ISBNs:

9781681439990
1681439999

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515279710
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3425D (case)
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3425DVD

OCLC Numbers:

1347765062