NYFF 2021: The Velvet Underground & the New York Avant-Garde, ft. Todd Haynes, Amy Taubin, & others

Published: Oct. 5, 2021, 5:08 p.m.

b'Two films in this year\\u2019s NYFF lineup take us back to the \\u201860s heyday of the New York avant-garde: in the Main Slate, Todd Haynes\\u2019s The Velvet Underground offers a revelatory portrait of the milieu that gave rise to the eponymous band and its boundary-pushing music, while in Revivals, Ed Lachman\\u2019s Songs for Drella captures Lou Reed and John Cale in concert, paying tribute to the late Andy Warhol with riveting intimacy. \\n\\nOn Sunday, October 3, Film Comment editor Devika Girish and Clinton Krute joined Haynes, Lachman, critic Amy Taubin, and the editors of The Velvet Underground, Affonso Gon\\xe7alvez and Adam Kurnitz, for a roundtable talk. In our wide-ranging conversation on the stage of Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center. We touched on the making of the two films, as well as the enduring legacy of the historic moment of artistic innovation they so vividly evoke.\\n\\nStay tuned to filmcomment.com for more coverage of this year\\u2019s New York Film Festival, both on the podcast, and in the Film Comment Letter.'