The Black Hole of the Camera
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The Black Hole of the Camera

The Films of Andy Warhol

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eBook - ePub

The Black Hole of the Camera

The Films of Andy Warhol

About this book

Andy Warhol, one of the twentieth century's major visual artists, was a prolific filmmaker who made hundreds of films, many of them— Sleep, Empire, Blow Job, The Chelsea Girls, and Blue Movie —seminal but misunderstood contributions to the history of American cinema. In the first comprehensive study of Warhol's films, J.J. Murphy provides a detailed survey and analysis. He discusses Warhol's early films, sound portraits, involvement with multimedia (including The Velvet Underground), and sexploitation films, as well as the more commercial works he produced for Paul Morrissey in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Murphy's close readings of the films illuminate Warhol's brilliant collaborations with writers, performers, other artists, and filmmakers. The book further demonstrates how Warhol's use of the camera transformed the events being filmed and how his own unique brand of psychodrama created dramatic tension within the works.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. The Early Films of Andy Warhol: Obeying the Machine
  10. 2. Scenarios by Ronald Tavel: We Have Your Number
  11. 3. Films Made with Chuck Wein: Mind Games
  12. 4. The Sound Portraits: Doing Ourselves
  13. 5. Expanded Cinema: Come Blow Your Mind
  14. 6. The Sexploitation Films: Enticing the Raincoat Crowd
  15. 7. Paul Morrissey Films: Confidential Stories
  16. Conclusion: The Factory of the Future
  17. Notes
  18. Selected Filmography
  19. Bibliography
  20. Index
  21. Plates