Director Todd Haynes excavates ‘The Velvet Underground’ in new Apple TV+ documentary – AppleTV 4 Jailbreak (appletv4jailbreak.com)
Director Todd Haynes still remembers the impact of hearing the debut album by the Velvet Underground for the first time more than four decades ago.
“It was a world that it brought you into,” Haynes says of 1967’s “The Velvet Underground & Nico.” “It felt like a very specific place that was like no other place that I’d been in.
“I wanted to inhabit that place,” he says. “I think it made me, as I think it’s true for other artists as well, feel inspired to make stuff. To do something creative in response.”
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Lou Reed from archival photography from “The Velvet Underground,” premiering globally on Apple TV+ on October 15, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Apple TV+)
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Director Todd Haynes says the iconic ’60s rock band the Velvet Underground made him want to create things when he first heard their music in 1980. Now he’s made his first-ever documentary with “The Velvet Underground,” which premieres on Apple TV+ on Friday, Oct. 15. (Photo courtesy of Samir Hussein – Wire Image)
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Moe Tucker, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Lou Reed from archival photography from “The Velvet Underground,” premiering globally on Apple TV+ on October 15, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Apple TV+)
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John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Lou Reed from archival photography from “The Velvet Underground,” premiering globally on Apple TV+ on October 15, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Apple TV+)
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Archival split-screen frames from “The Velvet Underground,” premiering globally on Apple TV+ on October 15, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Apple TV+)
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A reverse image of the poster for “The Velvet Underground,” a new documentary by director-producer Todd Haynes. (Photo courtesy of Apple TV+)
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Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol, Lou Reed and Moe Tucker from archival photography in a split-screen frame from “The Velvet Underground,” premiering globally on Apple TV+ on October 15, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Apple TV+)
Haynes, whose career as a filmmaker includes such acclaimed dramas as “Carol” and “Far From Heaven,” has also made a handful of music-themed movies. “Velvet Goldmine” includes characters inspired by artists such as David Bowie, Iggy Pop and The Velvet Underground’s Lou Reed while “I’m Not There” is an unconventional biopic about Bob Dylan. Haynes also famously made “Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story,” a documentary-style film about the late singer that used Barbie dolls instead of actors; the film was pulled from circulation after the singer’s brother Richard Carpenter sued over unlicensed use of the group’s music.
With his new film, “The Velvet Underground,” which arrives on Apple TV+ on Oct. 15, Haynes takes a deep dive into that world that captured his imagination and inspired his creativity as a college student in 1980.
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