Watch Douglas Gordon sings the best of Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground (For Bas Jan Ader) (1993) Online

In the present work, the artists appears lying on his back, his eyes mostly closed, dreamingly listening to a walkman that plays, a recording of 'The Best of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground'. The artist can hear the music through his earphones, but as viewers we are only privy to the sound of his voice that whispers the melody. As we listen to the hypnotic interpretion of the familiar songs - as emblematic for pop music history as 'Psycho' is for film - we are forced to mentally 'reconstruct' the remaining orchestration, instrumentation and vocals. We must attempt to reassemble something we already know to be a fact by negotiating the sticky mess of interpretation, meaning, and memory. Read More

Watch Douglas Gordon sings the best of Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground (For Bas Jan Ader) online. Featuring Douglas Gordon, Douglas Gordon sings the best of Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground (For Bas Jan Ader) is classified as Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 0. It is available for streaming online in the USA The movie was filmed in United Kingdom and was released on 1993. Douglas Gordon sings the best of Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground (For Bas Jan Ader) was directed by Douglas Gordon. Read Less