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Rock and Roll Heart
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9781572522947
Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 1572522941
Label: Winstar
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Winstar
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Winstar
Release Date: August 11, 1998
Running Time: 75 minutes
Studio: Winstar
Theatrical Release Date: August 11, 1998
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Editorial Review:
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.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Lou Reed
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.
Rating:  - Split the Veins and Rip thru the Blood
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 ... Read More
Rating: - Lou the Artist
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.
Rating:  - should have concentrated on his early career
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, ... Read More
Rating: - The Icon In Context
The strong use of vintage footage, and interviews of contemporaries places Lou Reed in his proper cultural context.
Iconic Isolation
Lou Reed's lack of need to fit himself into a readily commercially exploitable groove, and stay there for more than a minute, his keeping away from a recognizable group aside from the Velvet Underground places him in niche by himself. The information provided about Reed, his music and the influences on him removes him from that isolation.
Interesting On Many ... Read More
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