A good movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it was directed by Julian Schnabel, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, first of all, even though I do have two Velvet Underground CDs, I have to admit that I don’t know much about Lou Reed after all so it was pretty cool to see him in a concert like this one. Apparently, when it was released, the ‘Berlin’ album had been a huge flop but I thought it did sound pretty good (some of these song did become some Reed’s classics). Indeed, there were around 20 people on stage so, even if the venue did seem to be rather small, the whole thing was actually quite ambitious. I was also rather impressed by the complex compositions and the really full sound they delivered. Eventually, even if Lou Reed was never really commercially successful, he was actually a great musician and its influence was huge (I guess a little bit like Iggy Pop and it is no wonder that both men did work with David Bowie at some point). Concerning the movie itself, well, it was a fairly decent concert film but, to be honest, it wasn’t really much more than that and, as result, it is probably the least remarkable movie delivered by Julian Schnabel so far. They even did include some bits and scenes played by Emmanuelle Seigner but I would be rather hard-pressed to tell what it was all about and I failed to see what was exactly the added value. Anyway, to conclude, I have to admit that I still didn’t become a huge fan of Lou Reed’s work but it was still a solid concert movie and it is worth a look, especially if you are into this kind of music.