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| Rock and roll icon Lou Reed looks at us with a curious intelligence in B/W on this poster for Timothy Greenfield-Sanders' Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart |
The wild New-Yorker with the deep lyrics, the characteristic voice, the unforgettable melodies and the searing personality burns through in this mostly talking heads portrait documentary.
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart is directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (Thinking XXX (2004, TV documentary)) as part of the American Masters (1985-) TV documentary series.
The focus is partly on the 'Factory period' of Reed's evolution as an artist, and it works terrifically as a treasure-opener for new devotees. For those already old fans of Reed it may not give so much new insight, besides confirming that he was one of the greatest rock artists ever, along with eloquent observations about him from a series of friends and collaborators as well as from Reed himself.
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart is missing some more full live performances and deeper discerning of several topics, and it ends with unnatural laughs from several of the interviewed. But Lou Reed is here, and that is a gift.
Watch 18 minutes of outtakes of David Bowie's interview for the film here
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[Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart premiered in January (Sundance Film Festival) and runs 73 minutes. It won a Grammy. Greenfield-Sanders returned with Thinking XXX (2004, TV documentary). 309 IMDb users have given Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart a 7.4/10 average rating.]
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