Andy Warhol Screen Tests
The films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects were captured in stark relief by a strong key light, and filmed by Warhol with his stationary 16mm Bolex camera on silent, black and white, 100-foot rolls of film at 24 frames per second. The resulting two-and-a-half-minute film reels were then screened in 'slow motion' at 16 frames per second.
Andy Warhol
Casts & Crew
Eric Andersen
Paul America
Marisa Berenson
DeVeren Bookwalter
Ann Buchanan
John Cale
Lucinda Childs
Rufus Collins
Salvador Dalí
Donovan
Marcel Duchamp
Bob Dylan
Cass Elliot
Nancy Fish
Charles Henri Ford
Henry Geldzahler
Allen Ginsberg
John Giorno
Beverly Grant
Bibbe Hansen
Brooke Hayward
Piero Heliczer
Fred Herko
Jane Holzer
Ed Hood
Dennis Hopper
Sally Kirkland
Willard Maas
Gerard Malanga
Taylor Mead
Jonas Mekas
Marie Menken
Mario Montez
Sterling Morrison
Paul Morrissey
Billy Name
Ivy Nicholson
Nico
Ondine
Yōko Ono
Peter Orlovsky
Gino Piserchio
Lou Reed
Richard Rheem
Rene Ricard
James Rosenquist
Barbara Rubin
Niki de Saint Phalle
Edie Sedgwick
Harry Smith
Jack Smith
Susan Sontag
Ingrid Superstar
Amy Taubin
Ronald Tavel
Maureen Tucker
International Velvet
Ultra Violet
Chuck Wein
Mary Woronov
Marian Zazeela
Also Directed by Andy Warhol
Between 1964 and 1966, Andy Warhol shot nearly 500 Screen Tests, beautiful and revealing portraits of hundreds of different individuals, from Warhol superstars and celebrities to friends or anyone he thought had "star potential". All visitors to his studio, the Factory. Subjects were captured in stark relief by a strong keylight, and filmed by Warhol with his stationary 16mm Bolex camera on silent, black and white, 100-foot rolls of film. The resulting two-and-a-half-minute film reels were then screened in slow motion, resulting in a fascinating collection of four-minute masterpieces that startle and entrance, mesmerizing in the purest sense of the word. Songwriters Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips, formerly of the band Luna and currently recording as Dean & Britta, incorporated original compositions as well as cover songs to create new soundtracks for the 13 films.
One of two(?) 1964 screen tests of Childs. Runs 4 minutes, 24 seconds in length.
Andy Warhol directs a single 35-minute shot of a man's face to capture his facial expressions as he receives the sexual act depicted in the title.
Andy Warhol’s screen adaptation of Burgess's "A Clockwork Orange”.
Screen Test: Helmut, by Andy Warhol, is a five minute silent black and white continuous close-up of a young man’s face. The face remains deathly still other than the occasional blink or involuntary bat of his eyelash. The film is slowed down to about 24-frames per-second to capture these slight movements a bit better, but other than this and the choppy fade-in’s and out’s at the beginning and end respectively, nothing changes throughout the film.
Jean Harlow-lookalike Harlot (Mario Montez), Gerard Malanga, Philip Fagan, and Carol Koshinskie (with a cat) sit in a room eating bananas as the off-screen voices of Billy Name, Ronald Tavel, and Harry Fainlight discuss various topics.
Part of Andy Warhol's Screen Tests series. Filmmaker and performance artist Jack Smith.
A short documenting Andy Warhol’s exhibition of silk-screened Elvis paintings at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles. As Warhol spins around with his camera, multiple Elvises seem to march across the screen.
Warhol offers his own version of the notorious 1958 Johnny Stompanato murder case.