O.S.T. -The Velvet Underground: A Documentary

Arguably the most important and influential American rock band of the second half of the 1960s, the Velvet Underground weren't much like any other group of their time, and neither was the story of how they came together. Their genesis had more to do with beat poetry, outlaw literature, experimental composition, avant-garde art, and the rise of multimedia installations than the usual formula of folks getting together to drink beer and play "Louie Louie" (not to say the latter isn't a noble pursuit). Filmmaker Todd Haynes has done a superb job of charting the course of how they came together and what informed their work in his 2021 documentary The Velvet Underground. The film is not only a fine biography of the band, it's a great crash course in the intersections of various creative media that were a vital part of the New York art community in the early to mid-'60s. The Velvet Underground: A Documentary Film by Todd Haynes is the soundtrack album to the movie, and it reflects the traject