When I was in France in the 90s, their news magazines would regularly do a "The State of America" annual-ish issue. And they'd always interview Lou Reed. Even back then he was past his sell-by date, but they loved them some Lou Reed
I have found Billboard hits rarely more indicative than that of snapshot in time of the purchasing (or downloading) habits of fairly small slice of the public.
If I marketed a Lou Reed movie to people by playing a bunch of Lou Reed songs in a trailer as if they were Queen megahits I would, in fact, be a bozo, yes.
I would pick Waiting for the Man, Sweet Jane, Walk on the Wild Side and maybe Heroin and market it as a gritty NYC street culture/music time capsule about an important music icon (don't forget Velvet Underground too!) who battled his own inner demons. I would also show clips of Warhol, Nico, Iggy Pop etc as part of the previews. It would probably do as well as Queer did (similar target audience), depending if it gets cast as well as that one did). I would definitely see it. But then I also saw the Velvet Underground documentary and loved the Jim Carroll movie Basketball Diaries with Leo.
Or do it more highbrow and use the song Perfect Days and include clips of the 'Unholy Trinity' of him, Iggy and David Bowie and still throw in clips of Nico and add Patti Smith.
Actually- it shouldn't be a movie. A mini series would be more interesting and be able to capture more of his life, music, collaborations and artwork.
Ok, I wish I had the money to make that.
I went to see Better Man cause I have a movie pass and it got good reviews and I was curious about Robbie Williams. It was better than I thought it would be and the surreal aspect worked. And I enjoyed the ending at Royal Albert Hall (?) and that he loved his dad no matter what and sang with him. That was emotional.
If I were hired to direct or do the soundtrack of a Lou Reed biopic, you know I gotta think I would likely use some Lou Reed songs. Which songs would depend on pairing them with the images/plot on film
"a movie about a one-hit wonder"
You bozo.
She was, objectively, a one-hit wonder in the United States. To *U.S. Audiences* she was a one-hit wonder.
Objectively, Jimi Hendrix and Lou Reed are one-hit wonders. But you'd be a bozo to refer to them as such.
When I was in France in the 90s, their news magazines would regularly do a "The State of America" annual-ish issue. And they'd always interview Lou Reed. Even back then he was past his sell-by date, but they loved them some Lou Reed
This sounds about right, yeah.
ShouldnтАЩt the argument center around the quality of the movie not whether or not the artist was/wasnтАЩt a one-hit wonder???
I have found it is rarely useful to use quality as an explanation as to why a movie does well with audiences on opening weekend.
I have found Billboard hits rarely more indicative than that of snapshot in time of the purchasing (or downloading) habits of fairly small slice of the public.
If I marketed a Lou Reed movie to people by playing a bunch of Lou Reed songs in a trailer as if they were Queen megahits I would, in fact, be a bozo, yes.
Whose songs would you play in the trailer of this hypothetical Lou Reed movie?
I wouldnтАЩt play any because I wouldnтАЩt use my money to make one. Which would YOU pick.
I would pick Waiting for the Man, Sweet Jane, Walk on the Wild Side and maybe Heroin and market it as a gritty NYC street culture/music time capsule about an important music icon (don't forget Velvet Underground too!) who battled his own inner demons. I would also show clips of Warhol, Nico, Iggy Pop etc as part of the previews. It would probably do as well as Queer did (similar target audience), depending if it gets cast as well as that one did). I would definitely see it. But then I also saw the Velvet Underground documentary and loved the Jim Carroll movie Basketball Diaries with Leo.
Or do it more highbrow and use the song Perfect Days and include clips of the 'Unholy Trinity' of him, Iggy and David Bowie and still throw in clips of Nico and add Patti Smith.
Actually- it shouldn't be a movie. A mini series would be more interesting and be able to capture more of his life, music, collaborations and artwork.
Ok, I wish I had the money to make that.
I went to see Better Man cause I have a movie pass and it got good reviews and I was curious about Robbie Williams. It was better than I thought it would be and the surreal aspect worked. And I enjoyed the ending at Royal Albert Hall (?) and that he loved his dad no matter what and sang with him. That was emotional.
If I were hired to direct or do the soundtrack of a Lou Reed biopic, you know I gotta think I would likely use some Lou Reed songs. Which songs would depend on pairing them with the images/plot on film