Lou Reed recorded the album Berlin in 1973. It was a commercial failure. Over the next 33 years, he never performed the album live. For five nights in December 2006 at St. Ann's Warehouse Brooklyn, Lou Reed performed his masterwork about love's dark sisters; jealousy, rage and loss. He was accompanied by around 30 musicians and voices including the original guitarist on the LP, Steve Hunter, and guests like the singer, Antony. Having staged the concerts, Julian Schnabel filmed the event, which has continued throughout the summer in the shape of a European tour.
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| Julian Schnabel |
| Brooklyn (New York), 1951. His paintings and sculptures have been exhibited in the most important museums and galleries in the world, including several retrospectives. In 1996, he wrote and directed his first feature, Basquiat, followed by Before Night Falls (2000), winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Venice Festival and an Oscar nomination as Best Actor for Javier Bardem. An exhibition of his work can be seen at the Tabacalera during the San Sebastian Festival, at which the film with which Schnabel won the Award for Best Director at Cannes, Le scaphandre et le papillon, will be screened in the Zabaltegi-Pearls section. |
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