Q&A w/Lou Reed in NYC

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[b]LOU REED WILL DO A Q&A AT THE FILM FORUM FOLLOWING THE MONDAY, JULY 28, 8:15 SHOW OF BERLIN![/b]

Film Forum is located at 209 West Houston Street, between 6th Ave and Varick (7th Ave).

[i]Lou Reed's BERLIN, directed by Julian Schnabel, captures the first-ever performance of Reed's legendary rock opera, filmed at Brooklyn's St. Ann's Warehouse. A Brechtian tale of junkies in love, Berlin was a commercial failure when it was first released in 1973; Reed did not perform it again for 33 years. Here he is backed up by a 35-piece ensemble that includes guitarist Steve Hunter, who performed on the original album, and vocalist Antony, front man for Antony and the Johnsons, who sings a sublime version of "Candy Says," one of three non-Berlin songs in the film.

Schnabel calls Berlin Reed's "masterwork about love's dark sisters: jealousy, rage and loss." The acclaimed painter-filmmaker sets this live performance against stage sets of his own design and complements Reed's romantic, doom-laden lyrics with dreamy, evocative filmed visuals by his daughter Lola Schnabel, starring French actress Emmanuelle Seigner as the songs' heroine, Caroline. Veteran cinematographer Ellen Kuras gives the film a gritty, intimate look that matches Reed's in-your-face persona and hard-as-nails voice. Lou Reed, seen here performing in a T-shirt the color of clotted blood, is a familiar presence to anyone who has followed the New York rock scene since the ‘60s when he became famous as the leader of Andy Warhol's Velvet Underground.[/i]