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The Devil and Daniel Johnston
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A formally adventurous music documentary that turns rare archives and intimate testimony into a vivid portrait of an uncompromising cult artist and his creative world.
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The Velvet Underground created a new sound that changed the world of music, cementing its place as one of rock and roll’s most revered bands. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd Haynes, this kaleidoscopic oral history combines exclusive interviews with dazzling archival footage.
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