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Andy Warhol Screen Tests: The Films of Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonne, Volume One
Published in association with the Whitney Museum of American Art
In the mid-1960s, at the height of his creative powers, Andy Warhol produced hundreds of three-minute cinematic portraits, called "Screen Tests." Although rarely screened now, these short films captured a virtual who's who of the avant-garde, including such cultural icons as Edie Sedgwick, Bob Dylan, Salvador Dali, and Susan Sontag. At last, in the initial volume of the authorized catalogue raisonné of Warhol's films, Warhol authority Callie Angell examines all 189 people captured by Warhol's lens. Stills from many of the films appear here for the first time. Drawing on 13 years of original research into the Screen Test subjects and their relationships to Warhol, Angell provides an unprecedented look at the pop art master's working method, and a unique record of his colorful social and professional life.
In the mid-1960s, at the height of his creative powers, Andy Warhol produced hundreds of three-minute cinematic portraits, called "Screen Tests." Although rarely screened now, these short films captured a virtual who's who of the avant-garde, including such cultural icons as Edie Sedgwick, Bob Dylan, Salvador Dali, and Susan Sontag. At last, in the initial volume of the authorized catalogue raisonné of Warhol's films, Warhol authority Callie Angell examines all 189 people captured by Warhol's lens. Stills from many of the films appear here for the first time. Drawing on 13 years of original research into the Screen Test subjects and their relationships to Warhol, Angell provides an unprecedented look at the pop art master's working method, and a unique record of his colorful social and professional life.
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320 pages, Hardcover
First published April 1, 2006
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October 23, 2007
it is what it is. an annotated reference guide to all the screen tests warhol produced. an invaluable resource. if you live in ny, strand has a stack of remainders for $25 right now, go grab one!
April 9, 2019
As a huge Andy Warhol fan, and as a person who loves the dvd that came out a few years ago pairing the music of Dean and Britta with some of these short Warhol "screen tests", I was really excited by the potential of this book. I am sad to say that reading it cover to cover is rather tedious and joyless.
As a "catalogue raisonne" of the films, author Callie Angell has clinically set about describing every little nuance and movement in the 472 short films. While it IS scholarly and thorough, it makes for rather excruciating reading if you approach it as a whole.
My recommendation is to skip around in the book, landing on the images that you find arresting and delve into the background stories of who those people were, and how they entered into the Factory years and the Warhol world.
Don't delve into running times, projection speeds, splices, lighting notes, compilations, etc. etc. unless you are a film preservationist or a Warhol completist (like I THOUGHT I was before this book fried my brain).
On a positive note, the pages that deal with Edie Sedgwick are fantastic. There's a reason they used her image on the front and the back of this book.
Oh... and the book promotes "Volume Two" soon to be released! No thanks.
As a "catalogue raisonne" of the films, author Callie Angell has clinically set about describing every little nuance and movement in the 472 short films. While it IS scholarly and thorough, it makes for rather excruciating reading if you approach it as a whole.
My recommendation is to skip around in the book, landing on the images that you find arresting and delve into the background stories of who those people were, and how they entered into the Factory years and the Warhol world.
Don't delve into running times, projection speeds, splices, lighting notes, compilations, etc. etc. unless you are a film preservationist or a Warhol completist (like I THOUGHT I was before this book fried my brain).
On a positive note, the pages that deal with Edie Sedgwick are fantastic. There's a reason they used her image on the front and the back of this book.
Oh... and the book promotes "Volume Two" soon to be released! No thanks.
November 25, 2007
Did anyone looked bad during this time? The screen tests by Warhol are one of the great documents of our time. Beautiful looking people preserved like jam in a jar. The ultimate fetish object, and this book is really really great.
September 29, 2023
Has this ever made me an Andy Warhol fan? No. Has this made me a Callie Angell fan? Yes, her documentation of this project is amazing.
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