Lou Reed stares into your soul for 4 minutes. That's it. That's cinema.
Direction
Warhol's static camera forces you to become the active watcher.
Acting
Reed's unblinking swagger invents cool without moving a muscle.
Director
Andy Warhol
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Warhol's hundreds of Screen Tests (1964-66), these silent portraits launched the 'famous for 15 minutes' era by making underground celebrities into art objects.
Reed reportedly hated these sessions—he showed up high, barely cooperated, and Warhol loved every second of the tension.
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