Kiss
1963, USA, 50' (34’ at 24 fps in the extant selection of 13 “kisses”; the length of each “kiss” is 100 feet = approx. 3 minutes), black and white
Digitally restored and remastered
The “kisses of Naomi Levine” were presented for the first time at the Gramercy Arts Theater in September 1963, under the title Andy Warhol Serial. A clip of 14’ (Kiss Excerpt, cited in catalogue no. 4 of the Filmmaker’s Coop) was shown at the New York Film Festival in 1964. Catalogue no. 3 cites, between Eat and Blow Job, a Naomi and Rufus Kiss (30’).
In 1966 Warhol made two serigraphs on plexiglas from Kiss (56 x 30.5 cm.), the first in 6 copies, the second in 75 copies. In 1963, Warhol also made a serigraph on paper, “The Kiss”, from a frame of Tod Browning’s Dracula, 1931, starring Bela Lugosi and Helen Chandler.
Blow Job
Digitally restored and remastered
Shot in the Winter 1963-64. First shown by the Film-makers’ Coop. at the Washington Square Art Gallery, 16 March 1964.
Empire
Digitally restored and remastered
Shot on the night of 25 June 1964 from the 41st floor of the Time-Life Building.
Production coordinator: Henry Romney; co-director: John Palmer; photography: Jonas Mekas (he
was familiar with the Auricon camera – this is the first film Warhol made with the Auricon);
premiere: organised by the Filmmakers’ Coop. at the City Hall Cinema, New York, 6 March 1965.
Mario Banana (colour)
Digitally restored and remastered
Premiere: Los Angeles Filmmakers’ Festival of 1965 (where it was awarded).
Different versions of this film were shot, including one in colour.
Mario Banana (black and white)
Digitally restored and remastered
- Import DVD
- PAL All Region
- Introductions by Adriano Aprà and Bruno Di Marino with removable English subtitles
- Director’s Biography and Filmography
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