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Lou Reed is a Actor, Director, Producer and Sound American born on 2 march 1942 at New York City (USA)

Lou Reed

Lou Reed
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Birth name Lewis Allan Reed
Nationality USA
Birth 2 march 1942 at New York City (USA)
Death 27 october 2013 (at 71 years) at Southampton (USA)

Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed (March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. After serving as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of the Velvet Underground, his solo career spanned several decades. The Velvet Underground was a commercial failure in the late 1960s, but the group has gained a considerable cult following in the years since its demise and has gone on to become one of the most widely cited and influential bands of the era – hence Brian Eno's famous quote that while the Velvet Underground's debut album only sold 30,000 copies, "everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band."

After his departure from the group, Reed began a solo career in 1972. He had a hit the following year with "Walk on the Wild Side", but subsequently lacked the mainstream commercial success its chart status seemed to indicate. Reed was known for his distinctive deadpan voice, poetic lyrics and for pioneering and coining the term ostrich guitar tuning.

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Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders
(2 films)
Luc Besson
Luc Besson
(2 films)
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
(2 films)
Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop
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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Lou Reed (19 films)

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Actor

Heart of a Dog, 1h15
Directed by Laurie Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs
Actors Lou Reed, Julian Schnabel, Laurie Anderson
Roles Doctor
Rating69% 3.493663.493663.493663.493663.49366
Au fil d'une narration empruntant à la logique combinatoire des rêves, Laurie Anderson cherche les correspondances entre les hommes et la nature.
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds, 1h40
Directed by Luc Besson
Origin France
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Children's films
Actors Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow, Selena Gomez, Ron Crawford, Dashiell Eaves, Robert Stanton
Roles Maltazard (voice)
Rating55% 2.7682652.7682652.7682652.7682652.768265
Following the second film of the series, Maltazard has assumed human size, and left Arthur in miniature. Accompanied by Selenia and Betameche, Arthur attempts to retrieve an enlarging potion from his house, which Maltazard seizes to enlarge his followers, whereafter Arthur returns to human form using an Elixir of Life given by a queen bee. Archibald convinces Darkos, Maltazard's son, to change sides, and enlarges him with a second potion. Arthur and Darkos then confront Maltazard, until Selenia and Betameche shrink Maltazard back to his Minimoy size and Arthur captures him, while the U.S. Army overcome Maltazard's forces. Maltazard thereafter remains a prisoner of Arthur's family.
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard, 1h33
Directed by Luc Besson
Origin France
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Children's films
Actors Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow, Selena Gomez, Fergie, Ron Crawford, Jimmy Fallon
Roles Maltazard (voice)
Rating52% 2.6330552.6330552.6330552.6330552.633055
In 1963, protagonist Arthur stays with his grandparents for the holidays, during which the Bogo Matassalai (a fictitious African society) assign Arthur a series of tests including camouflage and environmental nonviolence. Having passed these tests, Arthur prepares to see the Minimoys to celebrate, until his father decides to take him and his mother back to the metropolis. When a spider gives Arthur a grain of rice containing a distress-call, which he believes has come from the Minimoys, he returns to his grandparents' house, where the Bogo Matassalai's attempt to give him Minimoy stature through a telescope fails, and they instead wrap him in vines of increasing tightness until he falls in a drop of sap into the Minimoy Max's bar. En route to investigate the Minimoys' condition, Arthur and Max rescue Betameche, who leads Arthur to the King. He then learns that Selenia is held by Maltazard, who is inspired to invade the human world by increasing his own size. Maltazard tricks the Minimoys into completing this design. The telescope itself is destroyed in the process, leaving Arthur trapped at his Minimoy size.
Palermo Shooting, 2h4
Directed by Wim Wenders
Origin German
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Dennis Hopper, Lou Reed, Milla Jovovich, Inga Busch, Jana Pallaske
Roles Self
Rating60% 3.049933.049933.049933.049933.04993
The film follows a German photographer (played by Campino, singer of German punk band Die Toten Hosen) who comes to Palermo because he needs to make a clean break from his past. In the city, he meets a young woman (Mezzogiorno) and a completely different way of life.
Shine a Light, 2h2
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Concert, Musical films
Actors Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Michael Gross, Christina Aguilera, Jack White, Bruce Willis
Rating70% 3.5474453.5474453.5474453.5474453.547445
Martin Scorsese réalise son rêve de toujours : filmer les Rolling Stones. De la préparation à la performance, entrecoupé d'images backstage et d'archives, 16 caméras et plusieurs grands chefs opérateurs captent l'énergie légendaire de Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts et Ron Wood lors de leurs concerts au Beacon Theatre à New York, les 29 octobre et 1er novembre 2006.
Lou Reed's Berlin, 1h21
Directed by Julian Schnabel
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Actors Lou Reed, Emmanuelle Seigner
Roles Self
Rating72% 3.635323.635323.635323.635323.63532
Le mythique album de Lou Reed Berlin sorti en 1973, qui racontait l'errance d'un couple de drogués, Caroline et Jim, a toujours été considéré comme son chef d'oeuvre. Berlin, 33 ans plus tard, est joué pour la première fois en concert à Brooklyn par Lou Reed et filmé par Julian Schnabel.
Prozac Nation, 1h35
Directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about psychiatry, Films about virginity
Actors Christina Ricci, Jessica Lange, Michelle Williams, Jason Biggs, Anne Heche, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Roles Lou Reed
Rating62% 3.1013953.1013953.1013953.1013953.101395
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Wurtzel is a 19-year-old girl accepted into Harvard with a scholarship in journalism. She has been raised by her divorced mother since she was two years old and hasn't seen her father at all in the last four years. Despite his lack of interest and involvement, Lizzie still misses her father, a contributing factor to her depression. Through a series of flashbacks, it is clear that there was a total communication breakdown between Lizzie's parents, which is soon reflected in Lizzie's own relationship with her mother.
Lulu on the Bridge, 1h43
Directed by Paul Auster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino, Willem Dafoe, Gina Gershon, Vanessa Redgrave, Mandy Patinkin
Roles Not Lou Reed
Rating61% 3.098733.098733.098733.098733.09873
Jazz saxophone player Izzy Maurer (Harvey Keitel) is shot in the chest during a performance at a jazz club by a deranged man. Izzy survives the seven-hour operation, but loses his left lung, ending his music career. A young aspiring actress named Celia Burns (Mira Sorvino) walks into the Chez Pierre restaurant in New York City where she works as a waitress. She and her boss talk about the shooting. Later she purchases Izzy's latest CD.
Blue in the Face, 1h23
Directed by Paul Auster, Wayne Wang
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Harvey Keitel, Victor Argo, Keith David, Giancarlo Esposito, Roseanne Barr, Lou Reed
Roles Man with Strange Glasses
Rating65% 3.298843.298843.298843.298843.29884
The film once again centers on the Brooklyn Cigar Store and manager Auggie (Harvey Keitel), although most of the other characters are different. The store owner's frustrated wife Dot (Roseanne) is one of them, and one of the plotlines follows her attempts to seduce Auggie. Madonna, Michael J. Fox, Lily Tomlin, and Lou Reed (as himself) also put in appearances. Blue In The Face was shot without a complete script and presents a unique combination of distinctive performances, oddball characters, improvisations, and raffish scenes.
Faraway, So Close!, 2h24
Directed by Wim Wenders
Origin German
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about angels
Actors Otto Sander, Bruno Ganz, Heinz Rühmann, Peter Falk, Nastassja Kinski, Willem Dafoe
Roles Lou Reed
Rating71% 3.595683.595683.595683.595683.59568
Cassiel and Raphaella, two angels, observe the busy life of reunited Berlin. Due to their divine origin, they can hear the thoughts of the people around them, and try to console a dying man. Cassiel has been following his friend Damiel (a former angel), who senses his presence and talks about his experiences as a human. He owns a pizza parlor named Casa dell'angelo (Angel's House) and has married Marion, a trapeze artist whom he met when an angel. She works in a local bar in West Berlin, and the two have a young daughter, Doria.
Permanent Record, 1h31
Directed by Marisa Silver
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about suicide
Actors Pamela Gidley, Michelle Meyrink, Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Rubin, Dakin Matthews, Kathy Baker
Roles Himself
Rating62% 3.1499753.1499753.1499753.1499753.149975
David (Alan Boyce) seems to have everything. He is smart, talented, funny, and popular. He is best friends with Chris (Keanu Reeves), a quirky outsider. He seems to have it all together, yet as his personal academic expectations and those of his parents become overwhelming, he seemingly is keeping emotional problems secret to himself.
Get Crazy
Get Crazy (1983)
, 1h32
Directed by Allan Arkush
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Malcolm McDowell, Allen Garfield, Daniel Stern, Gail June Edwards, Ed Begley Jr., Miles Chapin
Roles Auden
Rating65% 3.2969253.2969253.2969253.2969253.296925
It is December 31, 1982, and the Saturn Theater is preparing for its big New Year's Eve concert under the direction of owner and master showman Max Wolfe (Allen Garfield, credited as Allen Goorwitz), who has operated the Saturn since 1968. Assisting Max are stage manager Neil Allen (Daniel Stern), and visiting former stage manager Willy Loman (Gail Edwards). Also caught up in the wild activity is beleaguered stagehand Joey (Dan Frischman), temperamental lighting director Violetta (Mary Woronov), and Neil's younger sister Susie (Stacey Nelkin).