Lee Ranaldo Movies

  • 2014
    Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio

    Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio

    Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio

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    For over 30 years, Martin Bisi has been recording music from his studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn. He has worked with many influential musicians,...

    Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio
  • 2004
    (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale

    (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale

    (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale

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    While planning the eventual DVD release for "1991: The Year Punk Broke", Dave Markey cut a 40-minute film out of unused footage to create a companion...

    (This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
  • 1970
    Sonic Youth: From The Basement

    Sonic Youth: From The Basement

    Sonic Youth: From The Basement

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    Track listing: 01:26 - The Sprawl 10:45 - Incinerate 16:15 - Hey Joni 20:42 - Jams Run Free 24:34 - Pink Steam Recorded August 2007 at Maida...

    Sonic Youth: From The Basement
  • 2003
    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage

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    Quintessential alternative rockers, Sonic Youth, celebrate free-form experimentalism while reinforcing their performance-art driven tradition in this...

    Sonic Youth: Live at Soundstage
  • 2018
    Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

    Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

    Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground

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    The 29-minute experimental film Christmas on Earth caused a sensation when it first screened in New York City in 1964. Its orgy scenes, double...

    Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground
  • 2003
    Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)

    Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)

    Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)

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    Filmed April 12, 2003 at a benefit concert held at and for The Anthology Film Archives, the international center for the preservation, study, and...

    Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)
  • 2019
    We Still Have the Deep Black Night

    We Still Have the Deep Black Night

    We Still Have the Deep Black Night

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    Karen sings and plays the trumpet in a vigorous rock band in Brasilia, but no one there is interested in it. At 27, she has lost hope in the city her...

    We Still Have the Deep Black Night
  • 1997
    Don't Bring A Dog

    Don't Bring A Dog

    Don't Bring A Dog

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    Don't Bring A Dog shows a part of the New York underground music scene - rooted in the early eighties - existing apart from MTV and billboard charts....

    Don't Bring A Dog
  • 1995
    Blood on the Beach

    Blood on the Beach

    Blood on the Beach

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    Sonic Youth's Blood on the Beach is comprised of two shows and interview clips recorded in November 1985 in Brighton, UK.

    Blood on the Beach
  • 2019
    The Taxidermist

    The Taxidermist

    The Taxidermist

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    A taxidermist has been living alone on an island for more than forty years, after the loss of his love. A visit from the doctor confirms his biggest...

    The Taxidermist
  • 1970
    Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond

    Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond

    Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond

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    As a fixture of the New York music scene for 30 years, Sonic Youth performed in New York City innumerable times, and served as ersatz cultural...

    Sonic Youth: NYC and Beyond
  • 2023
    Velvet Suite

    Velvet Suite

    Velvet Suite

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    Lee Renaldo, Pascal Comelade and Ramon Prats perform a legacy-inspired suite on the Velvet Undergroud. Manuel Huerga captured the dress rehearsal and...

    Velvet Suite
  • 1988
    Put More Blood Into the Music

    Put More Blood Into the Music

    Put More Blood Into the Music

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    PBS produced documentary in two parts: the first is dedicated to saxophonist and composer John Zorn; the second is about Sonic Youth at the height of...

    Put More Blood Into the Music
  • 2005
    DRIFT

    DRIFT

    DRIFT

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    DRIFT is a collaboration started in 1991 between visual artist Leah Singer and musician and poet Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth. DRIFT is an immersive...

    DRIFT
  • 2009
    From The Basement

    From The Basement

    From The Basement

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    First DVD release from this refreshingly basic UK music programme puts the music in the foreground with an impressive role call of acts. With sparse...

    From The Basement
  • 2016
    Omega

    Omega

    Omega

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    Documentary about the revolutionary flamenco-rock album "Omega", composed by maestro Enrique Morente and the Granada group Lagartija Nick in 1996. A...

    Omega
  • 1986
    Death Valley '69

    Death Valley '69

    Death Valley '69

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    Death Valley '69 was the first music video by Sonic Youth. The video features the majority of the band in various states of bloody dismemberment...

    Death Valley '69
  • 1970
    Vinyl: An Unlikely History

    Vinyl: An Unlikely History

    Vinyl: An Unlikely History

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    A documentary about the recent resurgence in sales of vinyl records and its impact on the industry.

    Vinyl: An Unlikely History
  • 2017
    Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim

    Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim

    Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim

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    Filmed during dozens of recording sessions, Hello Hello Hello is a story of the creative process - Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) collaborating with...

    Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim
  • 2000
    Silver Rockets/Kool Things: 20 Years of Sonic Youth

    Silver Rockets/Kool Things: 20 Years of Sonic Youth

    Silver Rockets/Kool Things: 20 Years of Sonic Youth

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    This portrait of the New York band Sonic Youth marking the band’s 20th anniversary covers its history from the beginnings to today. Numerous...

    Silver Rockets/Kool Things: 20 Years of Sonic Youth