Sterling Morrison
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Holmes Sterling Morrison, Jr. was an American guitarist, best known as one of the founding members of the rock group the Velvet Underground, usually playing electric guitar, occasionally bass guitar, and singing backing vocals.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: East Meadow, Long Island, New York, USA
Birthday: August 29, 1942
Deathday: August 30, 1995
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Gender: Male
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The Velvet Underground in Boston
Overview: This newly unearthed film, which Warhol shot during a concert at the Boston Tea Party, features a variety of filmmaking techniques. Sudden in-and-out zooms, sweeping panning shots, in-camera edits that create single frame images and bursts of light like paparazzi flash bulbs going off mirror the kinesthetic experience of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable, with its strobe lights, whip dancers, colorful slide shows, multi-screen projections, liberal use of amphetamines, and overpowering sound. It is a significant find indeed for fans of the Velvets, being one of only two known films with synchronous sound of the band performing live, and this the only one in color.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-02-15
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Whips
Overview: Whips was one of the films mentioned in a half page ad in the April 7, 1966 issue of the Village Voice, advertising The Exploding Plastic Inevitable show at the Dom.
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Original Language: en
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The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound
Overview: The film depicts a rehearsal of The Velvet Underground including Nico, and is essentially one long loose improvisation.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-02-08
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Velvet Underground: Under Review
Overview: Velvet Underground Under Review is a 75 minute film reviewing the music and career of one of rock musics most influential collectives; a band which esteemed music journalist Lester Bangs claims started modern music. It features rare musical performances never available before as well as obscure footage, rare interviews and private photographs of and with Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, Sterling Morrison and John Cale. The film also features; rarely seen promo films; material from Andy Warhols private film collection; interviews with colleagues, producers, musicians and friends; TV clips; location shots and a host of other features.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-04-25
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Curious: The Velvet Underground in Europe
Overview: Spotlights the Velvet Underground's 1993 reunion tour of Europe, interspersing footage of the band's Paris concert and interviews with the members of the group. Concerts in Prague and Berlin included.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-01
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Exploding Plastic Inevitable
Overview: Exploding Plastic Inevitable was a series of multimedia events organised by Andy Warhol between 1966 and 1967, featuring musical performances by The Velvet Underground and Nico, screenings of Warhol's films, and dancing and performances by regulars of Warhol's Factory. It is also the title of a 18-minute film by Ronald Nameth filmed during one week of the show in Chicago, Illinois in 1966.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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The Velvet Underground Rehearses
Overview: A film of the Velvet Underground performing only discovered in recent years directed by Danny Williams shortly before his dissapearance.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Moe Gets Tied Up
Overview: Or "Moe in Bondage" - The "Moe" of the title is the Velvet Underground's drummer, Maureen Tucker, whose band-mates have tied her to a chair and are now hanging around nibbling on sandwiches and pieces of fruit.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-08-01
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The Velvet Underground Tarot Cards
Overview: Documents each member of The Velvet Underground having their cards read at a big apartment party. The tarot reader is continually interrupted in her readings by the chaos created by the characters around her.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-08-01
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The Velvet Underground: Psychiatrist's Convention, NYC, 1966
Overview: The Velvet Underground's first public appearance, filmed in Super 8 at a Psychiatrist's Convention, at the Delmonico Hotel, New York, January 14, 1966. Andy Warhol was invited to speak at the annual banquet of the New York Society for Clinical Psychiatry. He brought along the Velvets and other factory regulars.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-14
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Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Overview: The films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects were captured in stark relief by a strong key light, and filmed by Warhol with his stationary 16mm Bolex camera on silent, black and white, 100-foot rolls of film at 24 frames per second. The resulting two-and-a-half-minute film reels were then screened in 'slow motion' at 16 frames per second.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-28
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Salvador Dalí
Overview: Salvador Dalí is a 35-minute film directed by Andy Warhol. The film features surrealist artist Salvador Dalí visiting The Factory and meeting the rock band The Velvet Underground.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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The Velvet Underground - Velvet Redux Live MCMXCIII
Overview: Seminal experimental rock band The Velvet Underground, who initially disbanded in 1970, perform a set at L'Olympia in Paris, France in June 1993, during their brief reunion tour. The set features original founding members Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker performing 15 songs, including a new, previously unreleased track, "Coyote."
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-10
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The Velvet Underground
Overview: Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd Haynes, this kaleidoscopic oral history combines exclusive interviews with dazzling archival footage.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-15
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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Overview: An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-23
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Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
Overview: This intimate portrait of Andy Warhol pulls together a unique library of material shot by New York film legend Jonas Mekas. Spanning from 1963 to 1990, the film features a cast of counterculture icons including Allen Ginsberg, George Maciunas, John Lennon, and Yoko Ono, as well as John and Caroline Kennedy, and Lee Radziwill (Jackie Kennedy Onassis's sister and Warhol muse)—to whom Mekas dedicates the film. The film features footage from the Velvet Underground's first public performance. A portrait of the remarkable life of arguable the twentieth century's most famous artist and leading iconographer.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-06-01
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The Velvet Underground: Loaded
Overview: Classic Album Expanded as a 6-Disc Set w/ Stereo, Mono and Surround Mixes, Rarities, & Live Recordings including Unreleased 1970 Club Performance!
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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The South Bank Show: Velvet Underground
Overview: Season 9 episode 23 of The South Bank Show, highlighing the velvet underground
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-25
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