Lou Reed’s Berlin

Sunday 28th September 2008 | Double bill with CSNY Déjà Vu book tickets

1hr 21. USA 2008. Directed by Julian Schnabel.

A searing song cycle about two lovers going to pieces in the shadow of the Berlin Wall, LOU REED’S BERLIN was greeted by a chorus of rebuke upon its release in 1973. Crushed, Reed and his producer, Bob Ezrin, left the record to gather dust in the archives. But it was recently rediscovered and anointed a misunderstood masterpiece. And in 2006, artist and filmmaker Schnabel (THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY) took to the stage at St Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, to introduce a concert 33 years in the making: Lou Reed's Berlin, played live for the first time. Filmed over the course of Reed's five-night stand at St Ann's, LOU REED'S BERLIN revels in the hypnotic majesty of these dark, orchestral songs, which include classics such as 'How Do You Think it Feels' and 'The Kids'.

click here to watch the trailer