Lou Reed Movies

  • 2005
    Lou Reed: Walk on the Wild Side

    Lou Reed: Walk on the Wild Side

    Lou Reed: Walk on the Wild Side

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    Written 30 years earlier, Lou Reed’s hymn celebrates five flamboyant characters, each one a fragile icon from Andy Warhol’s Factory:...

    Lou Reed: Walk on the Wild Side
  • 1977
    How the Ladies Pay (Lou Reed)

    How the Ladies Pay (Lou Reed)

    How the Ladies Pay (Lou Reed)

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    Unusual interview on the occasion of Lou Reed's concert in Vienna . Highly personal, funny and rambling.

    How the Ladies Pay (Lou Reed)
  • 1983
    The Making of Rock & Rule

    The Making of Rock & Rule

    The Making of Rock & Rule

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    Documentary on the making of the cult classic Nelvana animated film, "Rock & Rule." Featuring interviews with Lou Reed, Debbie Harry, Chris Stein,...

    The Making of Rock & Rule
  • 1967
    The Velvet Underground in Boston

    The Velvet Underground in Boston

    The Velvet Underground in Boston

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    This newly unearthed film, which Warhol shot during a concert at the Boston Tea Party, features a variety of filmmaking techniques. Sudden in-and-out...

    The Velvet Underground in Boston
  • 1966
    Screen Test [ST271]: Lou Reed (Hershey)

    Screen Test [ST271]: Lou Reed (Hershey)

    Screen Test [ST271]: Lou Reed (Hershey)

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    A second Hershey Lou Reed screen test.

    Screen Test [ST271]: Lou Reed (Hershey)
  • 1966
    Screen Test [ST268]: Lou Reed (Apple)

    Screen Test [ST268]: Lou Reed (Apple)

    Screen Test [ST268]: Lou Reed (Apple)

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    Lou Reed, posed in profile wearing dark glasses, slowly eats an apple, chewing carefully between bites; there is no camera movement.

    Screen Test [ST268]: Lou Reed (Apple)
  • 1997
    David Bowie: An Earthling at 50

    David Bowie: An Earthling at 50

    David Bowie: An Earthling at 50

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    Interview with David Bowie, in an original format of non-linear edition, cut-and-paste style.

    David Bowie: An Earthling at 50
  • 1995
    An Introduction to Harmolodics

    An Introduction to Harmolodics

    An Introduction to Harmolodics

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    Ornette Coleman is always asked, “what is Harmolodics?” Harmolodics is the term he coined to describe his music and his philosophy of...

    An Introduction to Harmolodics
  • 1966
    Screen Test [ST265]: Lou Reed (Eye)

    Screen Test [ST265]: Lou Reed (Eye)

    Screen Test [ST265]: Lou Reed (Eye)

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    Begins with a close-up of Lou Reed’s eye; the camera then zooms out to a slightly broader view of his face. Toward the end he glances briefly...

    Screen Test [ST265]: Lou Reed (Eye)
  • 2010
    Red Shirley

    Red Shirley

    Red Shirley

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    Lou Reed interviews his cousin, Shirley Novick (Shulamit Rabinowitz), on the eve of her 100th birthday. Shirley recalls growing up in a small village...

    Red Shirley
  • 1972
    The Velvet Underground at Bataclan '72

    The Velvet Underground at Bataclan '72

    The Velvet Underground at Bataclan '72

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    Recorded on French TV, the concert marked the first time since the breakup of The Velvet Underground that Reed, Cale and Nico were on stage together.

    The Velvet Underground at Bataclan '72
  • 1980
    Rock 'n' Roll Man - Lou Reed in concerto 1980

    Rock 'n' Roll Man - Lou Reed in concerto 1980

    Rock 'n' Roll Man - Lou Reed in concerto 1980

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    Rock 'n' Roll Man - Lou Reed in concerto 1980
  • 1986
    The South Bank Show: Velvet Underground

    The South Bank Show: Velvet Underground

    The South Bank Show: Velvet Underground

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    Season 9 episode 23 of The South Bank Show, highlighing the velvet underground

    The South Bank Show: Velvet Underground
  • 1970
    Whips

    Whips

    Whips

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    Whips was one of the films mentioned in a half page ad in the April 7, 1966 issue of the Village Voice, advertising The Exploding Plastic Inevitable...

    Whips
  • 1989
    Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties

    Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties

    Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties

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    Documentary on Andy Warhol's cinema of the sixties, made for Channel 4 in association with The Factory, MOMA and the Whitney Museum of Art and in...

    Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties
  • 1997
    David Bowie & Friends: A Very Special Birthday Celebration

    David Bowie & Friends: A Very Special Birthday Celebration

    David Bowie & Friends: A Very Special Birthday Celebration

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    TV Special live at Madison Square Garden on January 9, 1997 in celebration of David Bowie's 50th birthday.

    David Bowie & Friends: A Very Special Birthday Celebration
  • 2005
    Lou Reed: Transformer & Live at Montreux 2000

    Lou Reed: Transformer & Live at Montreux 2000

    Lou Reed: Transformer & Live at Montreux 2000

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    Live at Montreux 2000 is a concert DVD by Lou Reed, released in 2005 by Eagle Vision. It was recorded at the 2000 Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux,...

    Lou Reed: Transformer & Live at Montreux 2000
  • 1988
    Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair

    Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair

    Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair

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    Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair is the third feature-length documentary produced by the Empowerment Project. The shadow government of...

    Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair
  • 2001
    The Plastic People of the Universe

    The Plastic People of the Universe

    The Plastic People of the Universe

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    Meet The Plastic People of the Universe, the avant-garde, jazz-rock, Sun Ra meets Velvet Underground, Czech revolutionaries. A tribute to the band...

    The Plastic People of the Universe
  • 1966
    Venus in Furs

    Venus in Furs

    Venus in Furs

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    Where a nun and a nurse go to hell because of their sinful life in St. Vincent's Hospital.

    Venus in Furs