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"Rare, unseen footage of the band performing live" at the Warhol?
Posted: 20 May 2023 19:28
by hkmartin
I was reading the description of the Scepter sessions exhibit at the Warhol Museum and I noticed that, almost in passing, they say "also on view will be rare, unseen footage of the band performing live...". What do we think? Is this likely to be the VU in Boston film or something else well known to us? Or might they have something that is
really "unseen".
https://www.warhol.org/exhibition/the-v ... -sessions/
Re: "Rare, unseen footage of the band performing live" at the Warhol?
Posted: 21 May 2023 16:44
by rnranimal
The exhibit room has two large screens showing a loop of film footage (one screen is a wide split screen and the other is a 4:3 single screen)- mostly screen tests and some Gerard and Mary dancing with the whip (maybe this is the EPI background film comp mentioned on Oliver's film page). All B&W. Outside the room in the hall by the elevators they have a TV looping an Uptight film. It had a few brief up-close shots of the VU onstage. B&W, silent and blownout picture. I thought I had taken a pic of the card next to the TV but I can't find it. You can see a still from the film at the bottom of this page (link below). Click through the film stills until you reach the one with the VU onstage.
The museum is screening VU related films each day at 2pm. I caught the full "Whips" (Moe tied up) film of which I'd only ever seen reel 2. In June and August they are screening a comp of the Up-Tight films, including the VU one playing outside the exhibit room. The link below is the schedule for the other films (as well as having the VU film pic at the bottom). I've not seen most of them and some, I don't even know what they are.
https://www.warhol.org/events/theater-screenings/
Re: "Rare, unseen footage of the band performing live" at the Warhol?
Posted: 21 May 2023 17:10
by rnranimal
This page answers some of my questions:
https://www.warhol.org/events/you-want- ... dy-warhol/
Seems the "Velvet Underground" & "Gerard Begins" films are the EPI background reels and what I'd seen in the exhibit room on the very large screens.
Re: "Rare, unseen footage of the band performing live" at the Warhol?
Posted: 21 May 2023 19:14
by hkmartin
rnranimal wrote: ↑21 May 2023 16:44
The exhibit room has two large screens showing a loop of film footage (one screen is a wide split screen and the other is a 4:3 single screen)- mostly screen tests and some Gerard and Mary dancing with the whip (maybe this is the EPI background film comp mentioned on Oliver's film page). All B&W. Outside the room in the hall by the elevators they have a TV looping an Uptight film. It had a few brief up-close shots of the VU onstage. B&W, silent and blownout picture. I thought I had taken a pic of the card next to the TV but I can't find it. You can see a still from the film at the bottom of this page (link below). Click through the film stills until you reach the one with the VU onstage.
The museum is screening VU related films each day at 2pm. I caught the full "Whips" (Moe tied up) film of which I'd only ever seen reel 2. In June and August they are screening a comp of the Up-Tight films, including the VU one playing outside the exhibit room. The link below is the schedule for the other films (as well as having the VU film pic at the bottom). I've not seen most of them and some, I don't even know what they are.
https://www.warhol.org/events/theater-screenings/
Thanks for the info! What were the Scepter tapes itself like? How different from what we've already heard?
Re: "Rare, unseen footage of the band performing live" at the Warhol?
Posted: 21 May 2023 19:22
by rnranimal
Thanks for the info! What were the Scepter tapes itself like? How different from what we've already heard?
I didn't hear anything different from the acetate, but of course sounded better than the acetate. I timed "European Son" the same as the acetate and didn't hear anything I didn't recognize despite the 10:20 timing on the box.