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Movie Journal: The Rise of the New American Cinema, 1959-1971

Jonas Mekas, Peter Bogdanovich and Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker

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In his Village Voice "Movie Journal" columns, Jonas Mekas captured the makings of an exciting...

Adam Ant recommended Transformer by Lou Reed in Music (curated)

Transformer by Lou Reed

1972 | Rock

9.0

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"It’s one of the most perfectly produced albums ever. The songs are great. It’s definitely Lou Reed at his best. I listened to it thousands of times when I was growing up. It was the must have record when I was at college. Everybody that got into punk had it in their collection at some point. It was a celebration of New York City – a writer writing about their hometown. It was quite a dangerous record. Visually he looked OK, but the music was far more subtle than all the glam stuff that was really in your face, like T-Rex and early Bowie. I was also a big Andy Warhol fan. I’d listened to the Velvets a lot, but it was quite a jump from that to the quality of this record."

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Transformer: The Complete Lou Reed Story

Victor Bockris

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'A triumph' - Time Out Transformer is the only complete and comprehensive telling of the Lou Reed...

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Warlock: Balulalow (with Choir Of King's College / Cambridge / Sir David Willcocks, Cambridge, David Sir Willcocks, The Choir Of King's College) by King's College Choir of Cambridge / David Willcocks

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Paige (428 KP) rated Basquiat (1996) in Movies

Jul 28, 2017

Basquiat (1996)

1996 | Drama

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great cast, wonderful visuals, David Bowie plays Andy Warhol! (0 more)

I think it was a little short, but other than that, perfect. (0 more)

A little known must-see.

Biopic about the graffiti artist turned art superstar Jean-Michel Basquiat, and directed by his real life friend and fellow artist Julian Schnabel.

Basquiat was sort of an artist's artist- if you talk to anyone in fine arts they generally love his work- but not so well loved by those outside this world. That said, his life story is amazing for even those who don't actually like the work.

This movie is star-studded, especially for an indie film- and even the lesser known actors (at the time...some have gotten really famous after this movie) are really powerful.

The visuals are wonderful, as befits a painter-turned -director. (And Mr.Schnabel is a real renaissance man, anyway)

Superfantastic!