Check out our interview with director Todd Haynes! When you're young your tastes can become, at times, almost rigid. You will brook no criticism of that book, film, album, band, burrito, tree, or shoe that you have formed a bond with; anything short of total allegiance and worship could be grounds for permanent dismissal. This was the nature of my love and respect for the Velvet Underground when I was a teen. When you listened to them, you became the songs and the words. You could feel them, physically. Because my feelings haven’t changed, I was overjoyed to watch Todd Haynes’ new documentary about the band, The Velvet Underground, which is a sincere, direct, knowledgeable exploration of work by artists he loves. Many of the shots of the musicians themselves are hypnotically straightforward, just faces, staring at you, saying nothing; mixed with this approach is dizzying artistic footage, the cultural meat of their times, from Warhol, Brakhage, Anger, Mekas, and from the actual air in the streets—you can almost smell it, this is such an immersive experience. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 18 October, 2021