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Summary:

Emerging from the primordial soup of glamour, gutter sleaze, and feverish creativity that was New York's 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.

Author/Creator:

Velvet Underground (Motion picture)

Contributors:

Haynes, Todd , film director, film producer

Vachon, Christine , film producer

Goldman, Julie , film producer

Clements, Christopher (Producer) , film producer

Hepburn, Carolyn , film producer

Blackman, David (Producer) , film producer

Reed, Lou , on-screen participant

Cale, John , on-screen participant

Morrison, Sterling , on-screen participant

Tucker, Maureen , 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

Gonçalves, Affonso , editor of moving image work

Kurnitz, Adam , editor of moving image work

Lachman, Edward, 1948- , director of photography

Poster, Randall , contributor

Marcus, Greil , writer of supplementary textual content

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

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

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

English dialogue.

Main Work:

The Velvet Underground [by 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

Documentary films

Nonfiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Feature films

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

System Details:

Blu-ray; Region A; Dolby Atmos 7.1 surround and Dolby digital 2.0 stereo.

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 ; music supervision, Randall Poster.

General Notes:

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
Accompanied by booklet containing essay by critic Greil Marcus.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2021.
Wide screen (1.77:1)
Special features: 4K digital master, approved by director Todd Haynes and cinematographer Ed Lachman, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack; alternate stereo soundtrack; audio commentary featuring Haynes and editors Affonso Gonçalves and Adam Kurnitz; outtakes of interviews shot 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 (Award presentation to Andy Warhol / Jonathan Mekas, 1964; Venus in furs / Piero Heliczer, 1965); teaser; optional annotations identifying the avant-garde films seen in the movie; PLUS: a 2021 essay by critic Greil Marcus.

Audience:

MPAA rating: R.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color, black & white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations, some color ; 17 cm).

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo; surround; Dolby Digital 2.0; Dolby Atmos 7.1; sound

Film Characteristics:

1.77:1; wide screen

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

ML421.V44 VEL 2021 BLU

ISBNs:

9781681439983
1681439980

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515279611
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC3424BD

OCLC Numbers:

1348885778