Susanna Nicchiarelli
Former Velvet Underground singer Nico is the subject of a new warts-and-all biopic. We spoke with the movie’s director and star about the challenges of putting a notoriously difficult woman’s life on screen.
Nico, 1988 from director Susanna Nicchiarelli respectfully marks the 30th anniversary of the late singer’s death while attempting to restore a little of her legacy.
This year’s Tribeca Film Festival featured two biopics of artists who thrived in the 1960s and 1970s before dying much too soon in the 1980s: Mapplethorpe and Nico, 1988.
NICO, 1988 is a biopic following one of Andy Warhol’s muses who sang with The Velvet Underground in the 1970s.