Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Harlot


Andy Warhol: Harlot (US 1964). IMDb summary: "Jean Harlow look-alike Harlot (Mario Montez), Gerard Malanga, Philip Fagan, and Carol Koshinskie (with a cat) sit in a room eating bananas as the off-screen voices of Billy Name, Ronald Tavel, and Harry Fainlight discuss various topics."

US 1964. D: Andy Warhol. SC: Ronald Tavel. With: Mario Montez, Gerard Malanga, Philip Fagan, Carol Koshinskie. 16 mm, bw, sound, 67 min. Print from MoMA. Cinema Orion, Helsinki, 26 March 2008. A single shot by an immobile camera on two couch potatoes (Montez, Koshinskie) and two men behind the sofa (Malanga, Fagan). The action: Montez eats bananas, Koshinskie holds a white pussycat, Malanga smokes cigarettes and provides Montez with bananas. Fagan stares at the camera, and Koshinskie also looks in the distance. Ronald Tavel, Billy Name and Harry Fainlight comment on the action and anything on the voiceover track.

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