Vinyl (1965)

Warhol's strange interpretation of "A Clockwork Orange." Includes Gerard dancing to the Martha and the Vandellas classic "Nowhere to Run" and being tortured by professional sadists.

Director:

Andy Warhol

Writers:

Anthony Burgess (book), Ronald Tavel

Stars:

Tosh Carillo, Larry Latrae, Gerard Malanga

Cast

Credited cast:
Tosh Carillo	...	The Doctor
Larry Latrae
Gerard Malanga	...	Victor
J.D. McDermott	...	Cop
Ondine	...	Scum Baby
Jacques Potin	...	Extra
Edie Sedgwick

Storyline

Warhol's strange interpretation of "A Clockwork Orange." Includes Gerard dancing to the Martha and the Vandellas classic "Nowhere to Run" and being tortured by professional sadists.

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Plot Keywords:

dancing | long take | torture | dominatrix | avant garde | 

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 June 1965 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

70 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Factory Girl (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Nowhere to Run"
Written by Holland / Dozier / Holland
Performed by Martha & The Vandellas

User Reviews

Art to some, pointless drivel to most.

Man, that Andy Warhol must have really not wanted to spend any money on his movies. I can't even really call this a movie, since it follows no story, and no real directing and acting.

Watching this was an horrible experience and it actually felt like a torment. What this movie basically is are Andy Warhol's usual groupies sitting in a corner with a camera pointed at them, doing either weird stuff or absolutely nothing. Appearantly this was Andy Warhol's version and interpretation of Anthony Burgess' 'A Clockwork Orange' but the movie doesn't even follow its story. It's as if Warhol one day picked up a camera and said 'let's shoot something, I'm bored!'. I'm sure they all had good fun doing weird stuff in front of the camera but why bother us with it? The movie doesn't make a point about anything. It doesn't provoke and it's not even artistically a well shot movie.

The camera doesn't move at all, not even when the actors accidentally are out of frame. Also no cuts were made and I'm pretty sure they never rehearsed or prearranged anything. Everything was shot on the spot and things were made up as it moved along. As a result of this the movie just goes on and on, even when absolutely nothing is happening. I seriously had to fast-forward through most of this movie or else I would had most likely never been able to finish it. It was that pointless, annoying and just plain awful to watch.

Funny thing is that the 'actors' themselves also didn't had a clue what they were doing. You can constantly hear voices off cam whispering their lines and saying what they should do next. Besides, they are simply horrible at what they are doing. Edie Sedgwick constantly had a hard time not laughing or looking at the people behind the camera's. Highly annoying and distracting.

Completely unwatchable, even from an artistic viewpoint.

1/10

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