Kiss (1963 film)
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| Directed by | Andy Warhol |
| Produced by | Andy Warhol |
| Starring | Naomi Levine Gerard Malanga Rufus Collins Johnny Dodd Mark Lancaster Ed Sanders Fred Herko Baby Jane Holzer Marisol Pierre Restany |
Production company | Andy Warhol Films |
| Distributed by | The Factory |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | silent film |
Kiss is a 1963 silent American experimental film directed by Andy Warhol, which runs 50 minutes and features various couples kissing for 3½ minutes each. The film features Naomi Levine, Barbara Rubin, Gerard Malanga, Rufus Collins, Johnny Dodd, Ed Sanders, Mark Lancaster, Fred Herko, Baby Jane Holzer, Robert Indiana, Andrew Meyer, John Palmer, Pierre Restany, Harold Stevenson, Philip van Rensselaer, Charlotte Gilbertson, Marisol, Stephen Holden, Bela Lugosi and unidentified others.[1] It was one of the first films Warhol made at The Factory in New York City.[2]
Plot
[edit]Kissing couples, both straight and gay, are filmed at various times. The silent film is an assembly of these shots into a larger ‘serial’ work within the minimal art tradition.
Soundtrack
[edit]In 1964, La Monte Young provided a loud minimalist drone soundtrack to Kiss when shown as small TV-sized projections at the entrance lobby to the third New York Film Festival held at Lincoln Center.[3]
Legacy
[edit]Kiss was followed by the Warhol films Eat (1963), Sleep (1964), Blow Job (1963) and Blue Movie (1969) which were all similar to Kiss in their minimal formal rigor.
See also
[edit]- Andy Warhol filmography
- Blue Movie (1969)
- Eat (1964)
- Sleep (1963)
References
[edit]- ^ [1] Kiss by Ruairí McCann
- ^ [2] Kiss Dubi
- ^ Blake Gopnik, Warhol: A Life as Art London: Allen Lane. March 5, 2020. ISBN 978-0-241-00338-1 p. 415
External links
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