- Format: Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Language English
- Subtitles: None
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: Exempt
- Studio: Silver & Gold
- DVD Release Date: 1 Mar 2010
- Run Time: 85 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00369K18S
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 57,582 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Forged in the white light, white heat of the New York avant-garde scene in the mid 1960s, The Velvet Underground blazed a trail so far ahead of their contemporaries they often appear to have dropped fully formed into the history of popular music. Aside from the image and iconography, so perfectly designed by maverick manager Andy Warhol, the experiments with form and sound that worked in tandem with crucial melodies and outrageous lyrics, moved infamous music writer Lester Bangs to declare that the Velvets started modern music . The Velvet Underground Vanishing Point is the finest documentary film about the group yet to emerge and features a wealth of material, including: rare musical performances; rarely seen promo films; material from Andy Warhol s private film collection; obscure interviews with and footage of Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, Sterling Morrison and John Cale; interviews made exclusively for this film with Moe Tucker, Doug Yule and Billy Name; review, comment and criticism from such luminaries as ex- Village Voice music editor Robert Christgau, author of From The Velvets To The Voidoids, Clinton Heylin, Total Rock DJ, author and journalist, Malcolm Dome, Luna mainman Dean Wareham and many others. DVD extras include extended interviews, special feature Velvet Reflections, interactive Velvets quiz and full contributor biographies, making this film a must-have for all fans of the Velvet Underground and curious music-lovers alike.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
This is just the UNDER REVIEW repackaged with a different name. Exactly the same, even the extras are identical. Both films are 85 minutes (not 45 as the product info says). If you bought Under Review, DONT BUY THIS!
If you dont have Under Review, then this is currently a slightly cheaper version. But renaming it to try and make out it's a "new" film is a SCAM.
If you dont have Under Review, then this is currently a slightly cheaper version. But renaming it to try and make out it's a "new" film is a SCAM.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I recently purchased Vanishing Point and watched it last night. It's also known as 'Under Review'. As an aficionado of the VU I was riveted to it, it's an excellent document of one of the most influential bands of the late 20th century, and a must for VU fans.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Although this 90 minute film of the career of the Velvet Underground leaps in when Lou Reed met John Cale - as if nothing of consequence had happened in each of their lives prior to that - what follows is an interesting (if much canvassed) film about a band which changed the face of contemporary music.
This chronological account is described as "a film by Tom Barber" and that seems fair because the music comes with interesting b'n'w footage of New York which is evocative and artistic, and the period footage is excellent. The talking heads here are intelligent and articulate.
Neither Reed nor Cale (nor the late Sterling Morrison or Andy Warhol) are interviewed, but drummer Maureen Tucker (looking like your old and lovable aunty) speaks well of the period and the music, and Doug Yule (who replaced Cale) is also thoroughly engaging and very self-effacing.
Of the other contributors there is Billy Name (a Warhol Factory regular who did the first three VU album covers), critics Robert Christgau and Clinton Heylin (who has written on the VU and Dylan), various club owners and fellow travelers, and Dean Wareham (of Velvets-influenced Luna, and Dean and Britta).
All of these people persuasively make the case for the Velvet's influence, but better than that identify specific songs - and not always the well known ones - which illustrated some aspect of the band and how different it was.
The film also raises various questions: What might they have been like without the influence of Warhol? Would Reed - given his background as a jobbing pop songwriter with a love of doo-wop - have been more commercial earlier if it hadn't been for Cale's avant-garde influence? Why wasn't the crucial contribution of Morrison and Tucker acknowledged earlier?
Another in the Chrome Dream series of unauthorised biographies - this one is well worth catching up with. And if it starts and ends abruptly (scant mention of their reunion) at least it puts a firm focus on the music making and those first three exceptional albums which changed the parameters and map of what was possible in rock culture.
This chronological account is described as "a film by Tom Barber" and that seems fair because the music comes with interesting b'n'w footage of New York which is evocative and artistic, and the period footage is excellent. The talking heads here are intelligent and articulate.
Neither Reed nor Cale (nor the late Sterling Morrison or Andy Warhol) are interviewed, but drummer Maureen Tucker (looking like your old and lovable aunty) speaks well of the period and the music, and Doug Yule (who replaced Cale) is also thoroughly engaging and very self-effacing.
Of the other contributors there is Billy Name (a Warhol Factory regular who did the first three VU album covers), critics Robert Christgau and Clinton Heylin (who has written on the VU and Dylan), various club owners and fellow travelers, and Dean Wareham (of Velvets-influenced Luna, and Dean and Britta).
All of these people persuasively make the case for the Velvet's influence, but better than that identify specific songs - and not always the well known ones - which illustrated some aspect of the band and how different it was.
The film also raises various questions: What might they have been like without the influence of Warhol? Would Reed - given his background as a jobbing pop songwriter with a love of doo-wop - have been more commercial earlier if it hadn't been for Cale's avant-garde influence? Why wasn't the crucial contribution of Morrison and Tucker acknowledged earlier?
Another in the Chrome Dream series of unauthorised biographies - this one is well worth catching up with. And if it starts and ends abruptly (scant mention of their reunion) at least it puts a firm focus on the music making and those first three exceptional albums which changed the parameters and map of what was possible in rock culture.
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