Visions of Warhol

Synopsis: Scenes from the life of Andy Warhol, as seen by three pioneer avant-garde filmmakers and close friends. The DVD features four films.

'Award Presentation to Andy Warhol’ (Jonas Mekas), documents Mekas giving Warhol the Film Culture Independent Film Award

'Anthropological Sketches : Friendships and Intersections, Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol’ (Jonas Mekas) chronicles not only Andy Warhol, but also the social and cultural scene that surrounded him, accompanied by music from the Velvet Underground.

The other films, ‘Andy Warhol’s Silver Flotations’ (Willard Maas) and ‘Andy Warhol’ (Marie Menken) are characterised by a lyrical lightness and a love for jolting visual rhythms.
Language: English
Country: United States
Year of release: 2008
Subjects: Art; Film studies
Keywords: artists - American; avant-garde film & video; Pop Art; Warhol, Andy (1928-1987)

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