Henry Geldzahler (1964)

Directed by

Andy Warhol

Country

United States

How it feels

Andy Warhol's 97-minute underground film shows art curator Henry Geldzahler smoking a cigar. He grows more uncomfortable as the camera holds on him in silent black and white.

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What happens

Henry Geldzahler (1964) is a feature-length underground film directed by Andy Warhol, featuring art curator Henry Geldzahler smoking a cigar and becoming increasingly uncomfortable for 97 minutes. The film was shot silent and in black-and-white in the first week of July 1964, using unused film left from the filming of Empire. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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