Kiss (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Kiss |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1963 |
| length | 50 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Andy Warhol |
| production | Andy Warhol |
| occupation | |
Kiss is a Underground - experimental film by Andy Warhol . It was shot in 16mm format in Warhol's studio The Factory in August and November / December 1963 . The premiere of the first film roles took place in September 1963 at the Gramercy Arts Theater (138 West 27th Street, Manhattan ). A four-minute excerpt (along with abstracts of Haircut , Eat and Sleep ) of a composition by La Monte Young was shown at the New York Film Festival in September 1964.
action
The black and white - silent film into a length of 50 minutes to several couples who kiss. Actors include Naomi Levine , Ed Sanders , Gerard Malanga , Baby Jane Holzer , Freddie Herko , Robert Indiana and Marisol . They are shown from different distances and in alternating pairings. The sex or sexual orientation ( heterosexual or homosexual ) of the kissing party does not matter.
background
The historical significance of the film consists, on the one hand, of its aesthetic appeal, to watch the "plot" through close-ups, close-ups, in hard black and white contrasts and in different grains . With his portrayal of men kissing, it is an early document of Warhol's sexual liberality and at the same time an emancipatory parody of the commercial Hollywood films of that time, the climax of which, as is well known, was the final happy ending documented by the deep kiss .
literature
- Enno Patalas (ed.): Andy Warhol and his films: A documentary. Munich: Heyne 1971
- Stephen Koch: Stargazer. The Life, World and Films of Andy Warhol. London 1974
- Bernard Blistène (Ed.): Andy Warhol, Cinema: à l'occasion de l'Exposition Andy Warhol Rétrospective (21 juin - 10 septembre 1990) organized à Paris par le Musée National d'Art Moderne au Center Georges Pompidou. Paris: Éd. du Center Georges Pompidou 1990
- Billy Name and Debra Miller: Stills from the Warhol Films Munich 1994
- Astrid Johanna Ofner (Ed.): Andy Warhol - Filmmaker. A retrospective of the Viennale and the Austrian Film Museum October 1 to 31, 2005. Vienna 2005
Web links
- Kiss in the Internet Movie Database (English)