Rock and Roll Heart [VHS]
by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
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Actor: David Bowie, David Byrne, Joe Dallesandro, John Cale, Lou ReedDirector: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Cinematographer: Cees Samson
Cinematographer: Frank G. DeMarco
Cinematographer: John Chimples
Producer: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Producer: Karen Bernstein
Producer: Susan Lacy
Producer: Tamar Hacker
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 73 minutes
Release Date: 1998-08-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Winstar
Studio: Winstar
VHS Movie Reviews of Rock and Roll Heart [VHS]
Movie Review: Enjoyable but missing key components
Summary: 4 Stars
For the fact that there is no other 'biography' or documentary about Reed, this is a must-see for Velvet Underground and Reed aficionados. The highlights are seeing interview footage with Reed, which I believe is a fairly big deal as he generally avoids such things, the old concert footage, and two of the people who "Walk on the Wild Side" were about. It was also nice to see his peers and followers espouse on his greatness and influence. I'm with the reviewer who would've liked more focus on his early career and I was severely disappointed that the early 80s period that he spent with Robert Quine was only quickly highlighted by concert clips of "New Sensations" (a masterpiece of a performance as Reed and Quine's guitar interplay SLAYS the record version, can be seen in full on the "Live in Jersey" VHS) and "Kill Your Sons" (seen in full on the DVD "A Night with Lou Reed"). Quine himself did not even get an acknowledgment which is sad as he was the person to get Reed to pick up the guitar again and get him to release the best album, "Blue Mask", that he had done since "Transformer". I know that their split was not amicable but it would have made for a greater story about Reed overcoming drug and alcohol abuse and making brilliant music, albeit for a short time, once again. Movie Review: Lou Reed
Summary: 4 Stars
I really enjoyed this DVD, I have always liked Lou Reed's music but did not have much of an understanding of his history. This is a good documentary style DVD that gives you a feel for the man, the times and what influenced his music. Interviews with friends, colleagues and other artists give you a good feel for what he is about. If you like his music and want to know more about the most difficult person to ever interview this is well worth while.
Movie Review: Split the Veins and Rip thru the Blood
Summary: 5 Stars
Lou Reed's Rock n' roll Heart documentary is a sensitive and revealing look into the prince of darkness.
We get incredible live footage of Lou doing "Kicks" and a sample of Lou and his rock n' roll animal band tearing thru "Sweet Jane" with Lou dressed all in black with collar entering the stage as someone screams out "play Heroin" and he screams back "shut the f##k up".
We also get to hear an acoustic take of "Heroin" live from Italy which is pretty terrific and a hard edged rendition of "dirty blvd" is included as well, so from a performance standpoint this program delivers.
The basis of the program covers how Lou got started in music from his first guitar lessons to his high school bands to his songwriting job for a company that catered to whatever fads were happening at the time.
Lou also discusses his joy of meeting one of his mentors by the name of Delmore Schwartz in college and how his poetic genius helped shape Lou's art.
The program then goes into the beginnings of the Velvet Underground which obviously follows the band's acceptance into the Andy Warhol factory.
Here we get to see that whole wild scene where art,dancing,film, and music all came together thru Andy Warhol's artistic eye with revealing interviews from people who worked in the factory and performance footage.
One of the best bits of the program is where 2 of the original characters who make up the "Walk on the Wild Side" classic discuss the song then sing the song with such touching adoration and nostalgia.
A segment about Lou's insane "Metal machine Music" project follows then they touch lightly on a few other ventures then discuss in length the "New York" album and so on.
Interviews from Patti Smith,Thurston Moore,David Bowie,David Byrne, and Jim Carroll are all entertaining and informative as they tell us what part of Lou Reed influenced and touched their life.
The video ends in a most special way as the camera focuses on each individual who participated in the program.
The individual has to stare at the camera without moving just like Andy Warhol used to do in his screen tests and it's a hoot to see people like Jim Carroll and David Bowie just crack up in the middle of their pose.
There's other goodies that make up the program but i don't want to give it all away because it's truly a wonderful and heartwarming documentary.
I've seen it many times and it's always fresh and sincerely moving so if you love Lou then you will love his rock n' roll heart.
As Lou said "My life was saved by Rock n' roll!!! Rock n'Roll!!!" and i hope your life can also find the salvation...
Oscar F.
Movie Review: Lou the Artist
Summary: 4 Stars
This PBS video makes the case that Lou Reed is not just a guy who makes thrilling rock music. He is an Artist (with a capitol A) in the great modernist tradition who experiments with his life in order to test the limits. This sounds forbidding, but this documentary is fun and unpretentious and exhilarating.Movie Review: should have concentrated on his early career
Summary: 3 Stars
Lou Reed, like many artists, peaked early. He put out a few interesting solo albums, but by the mid seventies, his creativity had dried up. It would have been better to have spent more time on the early Velvet years, and skimmed over the years following 1975. It's amazing, though, to see that the film makers could line people up to heap praise on Reed's arid, barren pieces of his later period. Just shows how bogus the art and music world is. The filmmakers should have sought out impartial commentators, at least that would have rung true.
Summary of Rock and Roll Heart [VHS]
An incredible retracing of the evolution of Reed's remarkable career over three decades. Filled with interviews with Reed, his friends and some of the major artists influenced by Reed including David Bowie, David Byrne, Patti Smith, Suzanne Vega, Dave Stewart, Philip Glass and more.Alternative Rock Music CDs
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