Amber Neely
Apple has landed the rights to "The Velvet Underground," an upcoming documentary that explores how the band changed the world of music, set to air exclusively on Apple TV+
The documentary serves to show how The Velvet Underground became a cultural touchstone — one of rock 'n' roll's most revered bands — capable of embodying the band's creative ethos: "how to be elegant and how to be brutal."
"The Velvet Underground" will feature in-depth interviews with key players of the time and will include never-before-seen performances, Warhol films, recordings, and other experimental art.
Polygram Entertainment produces the film in association with Federal Films, a Motto Pictures and Killer Films production. Todd Haynes ("Carol," "I'm not there,") directs and serves as producer. The film is produced by Christine Vachon, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn, and David Blackman.
The new work joins a growing slate of Apple TV+ original documentaries which includes the upcoming "Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds", as well as "The Elephant Queen" and "Beastie Boys Story."
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I wonder how it will be filmed and how the audio will be formatted? Not one mention of Lou Reed??... Amazon Music and Tidal both have the HiRes catalogs of The Velvet Underground. Music - limited catalog and no HiRes :/. Was hoping Apple would make an announcement at one of the recent events announcing that they were making real and significant changes to Music to include the HiRes catalogs, instead of the typical Music announcement regarding another DJ/personality or adding another radio station...
Speaking of movies about alternative bands, will it be as good as 24 Hour Party People?
Would be a good extension of their brand to continue to do an extensive series of well-made musician and band documentaries.