The Velvet Underground (2021)★ 6.7/10
- Documentary
- Music
Directed by: Todd Haynes
Written by: Todd Haynes
"The Velvet Underground" is a documentary that explores the journey of the influential rock band from their formation to their lasting impact on the music industry. Through interviews, archival footage, and performances, the film chronicles their artistic evolution, the challenges they faced, and the legacy they left behind.
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The Velvet UndergroundThemselves (archiveFootage)
John CaleSelf - Songwriter, Musician & Producer
Lou ReedSelf - Songwriter, Musician & Author (archiveFootage)
Henry FlyntSelf - Composer, Musician, Philosopher & Writer
La Monte YoungSelf - Composer, Musician, Writer & Founder of Theatre of Eternal Music & the Dream Syndicate
Marian ZazeelaSelf - Artist, Musician & of Theatre of Eternal Music & the Dream Syndicate
Allan HymanSelf - High School & College FriendMerrill Reed WeinerSelf - Sister of Lou ReedRichard MishkinSelf - College Friend & Bandmate of Lou ReedShelly CorwinSelf - Lou Reed's College Girlfriend
Danny FieldsSelf - Music Manager & Publicist
Jonas MekasSelf - Filmmaker, Artist & Founder of Anthology Film Archives
Amy TaubinSelf - Actress & Visitor to the Factory
Terry PhillipsSelf - Musician & Executive at Pickwick Records
Sterling MorrisonSelf - Musician (archiveFootage)Martha MorrisonSelf - Wife of Sterling Morrison
Maureen TuckerSelf - Songwriter & Musician
Mary WoronovSelf - Warhol Superstar, Actress & Author
NicoSelf - Songwriter & Musician (archiveFootage)
Jackson BrowneSelf - Songwriter & Musician
Jonathan RichmanSelf - Songwriter, Musician & Founder of the Modern Lovers
David BowieSelf - Songwriter, Musician, Actor & Producer (archiveSound)
John WatersSelf - Filmmaker, Writer, Actor & ArtistDoug YuleSelf - MusicianJoseph FreemanSelf - Teenage Assistant to Warhol at the Factory
Murray the 'K'Self - Radio DJ (archiveFootage)
John CageSelf - Avant Garde Composer & Music Theorist (archiveFootage)Tony ConradSelf - Experimental Filmmaker (archiveFootage)
Bo DiddleySelf - Musician (archiveFootage)
Bob DylanSelf - Songwriter & Musician (archiveFootage)
Anita EkbergSelf - Actress, La dolce vita (archiveFootage)Frank Zappa and the Mothers of InventionThemselves (archiveFootage)
Allen GinsbergSelf - Poet (archiveFootage)
Bill GrahamSelf - Concert Promoter (archiveFootage)Kate HeliczerSelf - Filmmaker (archiveFootage)Piero HeliczerSelf - Filmmaker (archiveFootage)
Olga KoussevitzkySelf - Widow of Serge Koussevitzky (archiveFootage)
Harry J. KrautSelf - Director of the Tanglewood Summer Program (archiveFootage)Angus MacLiseSelf - Percussionist & Composer (archiveFootage)Gerard MalangaSelf - Poet & Artist (archiveFootage)
The Mamas and the PapasThemselves (archiveFootage)
Garry MooreSelf - Host, I've Got a Secret (archiveFootage)
Paul MorrisseySelf - Filmmaker, Publicist at the Factory (archiveFootage)Billy NameSelf - Warhol Collaborator, Photographer and Chief Caretaker at the Factory (archiveFootage)
Peter OrlovskySelf - Poet & Actor (archiveFootage)Barbara RubinSelf - Filmmaker (archiveFootage)
Ed SandersSelf - Musician, The Fugs (archiveFootage)
Delmore SchwartzSelf - Writer, Poet & Professor of Creative Writing at Syracuse University (archiveFootage)
Jack SmithSelf - Filmmaker (archiveFootage)
Susan SontagSelf - Author & Critic (archiveFootage)
Barbara WaltersSelf - Journalist (archiveFootage)
Andy WarholSelf - Artist (archiveFootage)
Tom WilsonSelf - Record Producer (archiveFootage)
Frank ZappaSelf - Songwriter & Musician (archiveFootage)