Flesh (1968)

Directed by

Paul Morrissey

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 52 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A day in the life of a male hustler in New York City as he drifts through encounters and everyday moments. The film follows him moving through the city with a casual, documentary-like eye.

rawintimateunpolishedobservationalsexually frankurbanunderstateddeadpan

What happens

Flesh, also known as Andy Warhol's Flesh, is a 1968 underground film directed by Paul Morrissey and produced by Andy Warhol. Shot on location in New York City, the film stars Warhol superstar Joe Dallesandro as a male hustler who drifts through a single day in Manhattan. Noted for its frank depiction of sexuality, nudity, and everyday urban life, Flesh marked Morrissey's emergence as the principal creative force behind Warhol's filmmaking. The film also marked the screen debuts of Warhol superstars Jackie Curtis and Candy Darling. Controversial upon its release but a commercial success, Flesh became one of Warhol's best-known films and established Dallesandro as an icon of queer and underground cinema. It was followed by Trash (1970) and Heat (1972), forming an informal trilogy directed by Morrissey and produced by Warhol that brought the aesthetics of New York's underground scene to a wider audience. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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