"The Velvet Underground" premieres on Apple TV+ on October 15, 2021, and joins several other documentaries that Apple has picked up such as Werner Herzog's "Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds," "Boys State," "Beastie Boys Story," "Dads," and "The Elephant Queen. Todd Haynes made it through the quarantine by hunkering down in Los Angeles and putting the finishing. Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, and Moe Tucker from. Very loud, profane, and impossible to explain. Todd Haynes’s documentary about the Velvet Underground spotlights how sound can challengeand changesociety. The drone of the Velvets music was not unlike the hypnotic effect of watching Warhol’s movies.
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Todd Haynes, "The Velvet Underground" shows just how the group became a cultural touchstone representing a range of contradictions: the band is both of their time, yet timeless literary yet realistic rooted in high art and street culture. In one scene, poet Gerard Malanga and actress Mary Woronov dance with whips as The Velvet Underground plays with Warhol films and a dizzying light show behind them. The Velvet Underground created a new sound that changed the world of music, cementing its place as one of rock 'n' roll's most revered bands.
Running at around two hours, "The Velvet Underground" will feature never before seen performances and recordings, Warhol films, experimental art, and in-depth interviews with key players of that time.
Headlined by Lou Reed and once managed by artist Andy Warhol, The Velvet Underground was known as the "house band" at the Factory, which was Warhol's studio that served as a hangout for artists and a venue for legendary parties. They were the downtown NYC group that doubled as the missing link between John.