WARHOL'S CINEMA   a Mirror for the Sixties - Keith Griffiths (1989)

 

This posting is meant only for those who have a strong interest in the development of modern filmmaking, and who are capable of maintaining a sustained level of interest (i.e., it's not for snarky-Farkers or dumbed-down Diggers). "Warhol’s Cinema" is a 64-minute 1989 documentary about a number of films made by Andy Warhol in the 1960s. During the five year span of his obsession with films, Warhol made more than 50 films between 1963-1968. He made many of the films in his mid-town studio, known as The Factory, where the young people in his offbeat cortège, alternately beautiful and bizarre, spent most of their time.

The original Factory was thought of as the Silver Factory by the people who came to derive a sense of attachment from being involved in the air of creative excitement that was evolving there. The shimmering silver was made from fractured mirrors and tin foil; it represented the decadence of the scene, as well as the “proto-glam” of the early sixties.

Includes a number of great vintage photographs, the full 64-minute version of the documentary and a stunning Slide Show.