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What the hell—now I needed to know too.

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What the hell—now I needed to know too.

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Apr 28, 2023
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You know Warhol did a Batman film in 1964? So this was it. Batman/Dracula, filmed on rooftops near the Factory with underground film-maker Jack Smith in the lead. Unfinished. What of it?

WARHOL/WAYNE/WEST BY ZYG FURMANIUK 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 109

The dame sauntered into my office with the fluid grace of a ballerina, wearing enough designer clothing to be wealthy enough to engage me. Her bishoujo legs didn’t hurt either.

We started with the usual small talk. Her call. She told me of her admiration of Andy Warhol’s Empire. Six hours. Morphing film into sculpture.

I take your point but I haven’t been able to sit through it myself.

What have you seen?

Chelsea Girls. It’s got that razor edge of creativity. Forcing you to watch one screen or the other. It’s a literal dialectic on drama itself—which story will I follow? And what is my role—consumer or participant? And I’ve always wanted to do a double bill of that and Rock ’n’ Roll High School or Eating Raoul.

Mary Woronov fan?

She’s got an …

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