Lou Reed's BERLIN

Waterboy & Jon Kilik present
A Grandview Pictures/LM Media GMbH Production
a film by Julian Schnabel

LOU REED'S BERLIN


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.
-Julian Schnabel


Staging Berlin has been discussed for over 30 years and in December of 2006 it became a reality. Berlin was said to be one of the most depressing albums ever made and as it was brought to life it was far from dismal. Using the divided city of Berlin as its backdrop the story of Caroline and her lovers is told through the emotive and provocative words of Lou Reed.

With performers like Fernando Saunders, Antony, Steve Hunter, Rob Wassermann, Rupert Christie and Sharon Jones, a seven piece orchestra and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus all working to create a captivating and enveloping world, Lou Reed is able to take the audience with him as he bares witness to Caroline’s self-destruction. Julian’s set design create the backdrop of a hotel with greenish walls and with Lola Schnabel’s films displaying the beauty and tragedy of the narrator’s leading lady (played by Emmanuelle Seigner) the experience is devastating and beautiful.

Director Julian Schnabel's films include Basquiat which he wrote and directed, Before Night Falls which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival 2000 and most recently, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, which earned him the award for Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival 2007 and was nominated for 4 Oscars in 2008.

For more information and to view a trailer of BERLIN, please visit:
www.berlinthefilm.com