The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, by Patti Smith. 19 on its list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time”. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the band No. Their 1967 debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico (which featured German singer Nico, with whom the band collaborated), was named the 13th Greatest Album of All Time, and the “most prophetic rock album ever made” by Rolling Stone in 2003. The provocative lyrics of some of the band’s songs gave a nihilistic outlook to some of their music. ![]() In a 1982 interview Brian Eno made the often repeated statement that while the first Velvet Underground album may have sold only 30,000 copies in its early years, “everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band.”Īndy Warhol managed the Velvet Underground and it was the house band at his studio, the Factory, and his Exploding Plastic Inevitable events. Although experiencing little commercial success while together, the band is often cited by many critics as one of the most important and influential groups of the 1960s. First active from 1964 to 1973, its best-known members were Lou Reed and John Cale, who both went on to find success as solo artists. Nico’s life was the subject of a 1996 documentary directed by Susan Ofteringer titled “Nico-Icon.” “Nico, 1988” will be the first feature film to tackle this topic.The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City. With their glowering expressions and slim, all-black outfits, the Velvets stood in. ![]() This avant-garde type of rock was a huge influence on the punk and alternative rock movements of the 60s and 70s, where their impact can be seen in a range of artists, including David Bowie, Joy Division, REM. The Velvet Underground finally ventures outside the New York bubble when the band visits Los Angeles in 1966. The shoot will start in Italy, then move to Belgium and Germany. Originating in 1960s New York City, the Velvet Underground was known for using unusual and experimental sounds paired with rock guitar. “Nico, 1988” is being co-produced by Italy’s Vivo Film and Belgium’s Tarantula, with financing from Rai Cinema, Belgian fund Wallimage and Italy’s new Lazio International Fund. The film will also use flashbacks and dreamlike sequences.ĭyrholm, who besides being an actress is also a singer-songwriter, will perform Nico’s original songs from that period. “It will tell us more than any other dialogue or situation in the film.” There's a brief moment in Todd Haynes' new documentary The Velvet Underground where a handheld 16mm camera swings woozily around a downtown New York hangout of the mid-1960s. “The entire film is constructed following the inspiration of Nico’s music: her performances and the lyrics of her songs,” Nicchiarelli’s statement says. Nicchiarelli’s screenplay draws on interviews with Ari and with Alan Wise, Nico’s manager in those days. Nico died in 1988 while on vacation with Ari on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. She is with her son Ari, who she claimed was conceived with Alain Delon, though Delon denied paternity. Nicchiarelli will seek to shed light on what actually happened once the glamorous times were over for this enigmatic figure, whose career was launched by her appearance in Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita.” The biopic will start in 1987 with Nico, aged 48, strung out on heroin but going on tour in Europe as a soloist with a new manager and getting off drugs as the tour progresses. ![]() “Most people think, as Andy Warhol once said, that after her experience with Velvet Underground and the Factory -and after having had sex with most of the rock stars of those years - Nico simply ‘became a fat junkie’ and disappeared,” said Nicchiarelli in her statement for the film being pitched to international buyers at the Rome Film Festival’s Mia market.
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