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The Velvet Underground and Nico (1966)
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8 February 1966 (USA) morePlot Keywords:
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(Credited cast)| Christian Aaron Boulogne | ... | Ari (as Ari) | |
| John Cale | ... | Himself | |
| Gerard Malanga | ... | Himself | |
| Sterling Morrison | ... | Himself | |
| Billy Name | ... | Himself | |
| Nico | ... | Herself | |
| Lou Reed | ... | Himself | |
| Stephen Shore | ... | Himself | |
| Maureen Tucker | ... | Herself | |
| Andy Warhol | ... | Himself | |
| Mary Woronov | ... | Dancer |
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Certainly not the best introduction to the Velvet Underground, this extended, monotonal jam filmed at Andy Warhol's Factory still has hints of the band's weird, fractured magic. It's difficult to watch(god, that "cinematography"!) but footage of the Velvets is so scarce that any true fan will gladly watch this film time and time again. After all, where else can you see Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Moe Tucker in their black leather and sunglasses? (They didn't look like this in the 1993 reunion film!) Aside from scraping one of Warhol's palette knives against the strings of Cale's bass, Nico doesn't really contribute much, but that's okay. The music sounds similar to the instrumental sections of 'Run Run Run' and 'European Son(To Delmore Schwartz)' on the band's first album. There are no vocals. Listen to the first two records by the Velvets--"The Velvet Underground and Nico" and "White Light/White Heat"--and you'll be able to appreciate the film much more keenly.