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Kiss (1964 film)

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Kiss
Directed byAndy Warhol
Produced byAndy Warhol
StarringNaomi 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 byThe Factory
Release date
  • 1964 (1964)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languagesilent film

Kiss is a 1964 American underground film directed by Andy Warhol. It was one of the first experimental films Warhol made at The Factory in New York City.[1]

Plot

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The film runs 50 minutes and features various couples kissing for 3 and half 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.[2]

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

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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]

Release

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In July 1964, Kiss was shown with its predecessor Sleep at the Park Square Cinema in Boston.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ [1] Kiss Dubi
  2. ^ [2] Kiss by Ruairí McCann
  3. ^ Blake Gopnik, Warhol:  A Life as Art London: Allen Lane. March 5, 2020. ISBN 978-0-241-00338-1 p. 415
  4. ^ Kelly, Kevin (1964-07-30). "New American Film Makers To Be Shown". The Boston Globe. p. 29. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
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