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TRICK OR TREAT: CELLULOID'S METAL NIGHTMARE

Back after he’d just finished filming Paul Simon’s One Trick Pony, Lou Reed told me that “making a movie isn’t much fun because you spend most of your time just sitting around doing nothing. That’s the pleasure of playing in a rock ’n’ roll band. It’s immediate gratification.

November 1, 1986
Bill Holdship

TRICK OR TREAT: CELLULOID'S METAL NIGHTMARE

Bill Holdship

Back after he’d just finished filming Paul Simon’s One Trick Pony, Lou Reed told me that “making a movie isn’t much fun because you spend most of your time just sitting around doing nothing. That’s the pleasure of playing in a rock ’n’ roll band. It’s immediate gratification. You go out and you play and it’s right there. But with a film, you’re just sitting around.”

And Lou was right. People do spend a lot of time sitting or standing around doing nothing and looking bored on a movie set.

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