songs for drella: c/d

Is “Trouble with Classicists” based on some stuff Andy actually said?

I can’t believe you never listened to this, James!

Lou called me a rat and I fired him.

But Billy said
Both those nerds are dead

https://mubi.com/films/songs-for-drella

Ah brilliant!

The story behind the restoration:

https://filmmakermagazine.com/112486-a-haunting-symbiosis-on-ed-lachmans-newly-restored-lou-reed-john-cale-concert-film-songs-for-drella/

I was pretty cool towards the album, but I found the movie on YouTube (a LaserDisc rip) and surprisingly it made a huge difference for me. Something about it made the whole project much more affecting - everything from the projected backdrops to just seeing John and Lou's faces. Probably helps that Lachmann is one of the great cinematographers and that comes through too in the lighting and composition.

Scanning from the original long-lost negatives makes a huge difference. Glad it's streamable but definitely see it projected if you can. I hope this gets a Blu-ray release as well.

Enjoy, MUBI UK and Ireland subscribers!

John channelling the dreaming Andy is incredible.

xp Can we license the UCAN rights for ILX TV?

Could be. Have to get back to you.

God. Haven't watched the restored live show but like a fool I decided I'd listen to the album while I did some work this afternoon, now I have a great ball of grief welled up in my chest, what a fantastic record and so emotionally complex.

Criterion Channel's got the remastered concert film streaming now.

Cale hair in classic form.

I love this line from Dave Connolly’s AMG review of words for the dying:

Perhaps Cale's own unusual hairstyle (which resembles a book of carpet samples more than anything) led him to re-evaluate the impact of an actress who could dance with ten pounds of fruit on her head.

might be my favourite reed, favourite cale

i had no idea it was considered "lost", i had on (terribly recorded) videotape for years

"but I have some resentments that can never be unmade"

vmic

Loved this v much.

All the more moving for Lou’s unwillingness to emote. But “A Dream” just kills me every time.

This is an interview with Lachmsn btw.

https://theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/apr/14/they-didnt-go-round-the-corner-for-beer-lou-reed-and-john-cales-songs-for-drella

*Lachman

lol @ at that url

https://i.imgur.com/NbbJuZB.jpg

It's like one guy has hair where the other needs it, and vice-versa

My Songs For Drella statement has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my Songs For Drella statement. pic.twitter.com/qZkO5LXhIW

— Andrew Male (@Andr6wMale) November 6, 2022

classic drella tbh, coaxing two highly stormy ppl into the same art space to see what trasnpires

the factory was a drama factory, it's all good fun until some loses a lung

Now reminded somehow of The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again) and thinking they should have worked that into Patriot somehow. #onethread