Lou Reed and John Cale: Songs for Drella (1990)

Lou Reed and John Cale: Songs for Drella

1990

Music Documentary

Synopsis

Songs for Drella is a concept album by Lou Reed and John Cale, both formerly of The Velvet Underground, and is dedicated to the memory of Andy Warhol, their mentor, who had died unexpectedly in 1987. Drella was a nickname for Warhol coined by Warhol Superstar Ondine, a contraction of Dracula and Cinderella, used by Warhol's crowd. The song cycle focuses on Warhol's interpersonal relations and experiences, with songs falling roughly into three categories: Warhol's first-person perspective (which makes up the vast majority of the album), third-person narratives chronicling events and affairs, and first-person commentaries on Warhol by Reed and Cale themselves. The songs on the album are, to some extent, in chronological order.

Credits

Director

Edward Lachman

Cast

John Cale as Self

Lou Reed as Self

Crew

Matthew T. Weiner (Assistant Director)

Francis Kenny (Camera Operator)

Igor Sunara (Camera Operator)

Paul Cameron (Camera Operator)

Sandi Sissel (Camera Operator)