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Lacking a formal narrative, Warhol's art house classic follows various residents of the Chelsea Hotel in 1966 New York City, presented in a split screen with a single audio track in conjunction with one side of screen. | add synopsis
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Director Morrissey Hit By Truck
(From WENN. 23 June 2009, 12:00 PM, PDT)
Satanic Scribe's Eerie Death
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(From WENN. 23 June 2009, 12:00 PM, PDT)
Satanic Scribe's Eerie Death
(From New York Post. 1 April 2009, 10:11 PM, PDT)
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It's a intolerable to watch! It's experimental avant garde!--It's both!
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Brigid Berlin | ... | Herself - The Duchess (as Brigid Polk) | |
| Randy Borscheidt | ... | Himself | |
| Christian Aaron Boulogne | ... | Himself (as Ari) | |
| Angelina 'Pepper' Davis | ... | Herself | |
| Dorothy Dean | ... | Herself | |
| Eric Emerson | ... | Himself | |
| Patrick Flemming | ... | Himself | |
| Ed Hood | ... | Himself | |
| Arthur Loeb | ... | Himself | |
| Donald Lyons | ... | Himself | |
| Gerard Malanga | ... | Son | |
| Marie Menken | ... | Mother | |
| Mario Montez | ... | Transvestite | |
| Nico | ... | Herself | |
| Ondine | ... | Himself - Pope |
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Mary Woronov's mother, on seeing the film, sued Andy Warhol, as she had not signed a release allowing Warhol to use footage of her in the film. Warhol then paid the actors $1000 each for their releases.
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Who wants to be an angel?
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Featured in Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story (2000)
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You know when you let your mind drift--especially when under the influence of drugs or alcohol--and you think up some idea that sounds like it would be great? A typical non-genius would consider an idea like that later and think, "well, this sounded like a good idea then but it's just stupid now?" Thankfully, Warhol said to himself, "no, I'm a genius and therefore that was a good idea."
And what was this brilliant idea?
Film a bunch of drug users and couples in various rooms of a hotel then project two films at a time side-by-side, shifting the audio to switch focus.
Doesn't that sound amazingly fresh and cool?
Don't answer yet! You also get:
- randomly twitchy camera work
- quasi-purposeful film speed changes
- having the camera's point-of-interest fail to follow the viewer's desires
- racking the zoom
- sluggish response to bad focus after changing camera positions
- over- and under-exposure
Now how much would you pay?
With your average film you'd get three or four reels, but with this, you get _12 reels!_ Plus, you get sketchy instructions on when to do transitions and change projectors, putting _you in the driver seat!_
Operators are standing by.