Interview With "The Velvet Underground" Cinematographer, Edward Lachman

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Edward Lachman has been working with director Todd Haynes for decades. Their collaboration has given us many terrific films over the years but never a documentary. That has now changed with the release of "The Velvet Underground," now streaming on Apple TV+. Ed Lachman was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about his work on the film, his relationship with Todd Haynes, growing up during the era in which the documentary covers, and more! Take a listen down below and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Daniel Howitt's interview with
0:04.7	the cinematographer for The Velvet Underground, Edward Lockman.
0:08.4	We have all come here together, over there, and the Warhol.
0:13.8	We have this chance to combine music and art and films all together.
0:19.9	We're sponsoring the new band.
0:21.6	It's called The Velvet Underground.
0:23.6	And me, I'm in a rock and roll band.
0:26.6	That was my first time in New York, and I was appalled.
0:33.6	This place is filthy.
0:36.6	Cinema, money, parties.
0:41.3	It was outrageous.
0:43.3	People came because the cameras were running.
0:46.3	They thought they could become famous.
0:49.3	At the center of it is the exploding art world.
0:53.3	It opened your eyes to a lot of possibilities.
0:59.0	We started getting a following,
1:01.0	but a lot of radio stations wouldn't play our stuff.
1:04.0	The sound, not only was it new, but it was radically different.
1:08.0	We were studying natural harmonics. Shiny, shiny.
1:12.6	His music was very heavy.
1:14.6	Everything he does in a crackly voice of his resonated.
1:18.6	That weirdness, you shouldn't have existed in this space.
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