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Fast, Young..But Forget The ‘Beautiful Corpse’ Thing

February 4, 2009 in Warhol Marginalia

jumperThe specter of death was a recurrent theme in Warhol’s art, either as subtext (Marilyn, Liz) or explicitly (Death & Disaster series).

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  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/saythatscool/ saythatscool

    Wow, I had no idea that he was such a speed freak. Crazy.

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/hydroceph/ Hydroceph

    Interesting and disturbing at the same time, particularly given my own posting and that my shrink has taken to spiking my antidepressants with low doses of dexedrine. (for the record: i’m NOT suicidal)

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/bigleggedwoman/ BigLeggedWoman

    This makes me want to learn more about that scene.

    I read about Edie Sedgwick and her speed use; calling the injections ‘vitamins’ at first…

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/saythatscool/ saythatscool

    Hey baroness, what is Rollerskate (Dance Movie)? I know all the others but I don’t remember ever hearing or more importantly, seeing that one.

  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/baroness/ Baroness

    Hey Say; here’s a link for more about Freddie, Rollerskate (and a lot more about his speed use)- he really was a fascinating character.

    http://www.warholstars.org/warholfilm/warholfilm3.html

    Andy Warhol:
    “I filmed Freddy three times. The first time was just a short dance thing on a roof… The second was a segment for The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys where Freddy sat nervously in a chair for three minutes, smoking a cigarette. And the third was called Rollerskate, and Freddy was the star of it. He put a skate on one foot and we filmed him rolling on it all over town and over in Brooklyn Heights, day and night, gliding in dance attitudes and looking as perfect as the ornament on the hood of a car. We filmed glide after glide of him, keeping the camera going. When it came time to take the skate off, his foot was bleeding, but he’d been smiling the whole while and he was still smiling, wearing a WMCA Good Guys sweatshirt.” (POP84)

    “Although in many Warhol biographies the film, Rollerskate, is often referred to as Dance Movie, Warhol’s own comments indicate that Rollerskate and Dance Movie may be two separate films.
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  • http://wordsmoker.com/help/members-3/fictionsinmotion/ Vaquero

    Thanks, Baroness, this was a pleasure to read and now my mind is all a goggle.

  • BookishLookish

    Totally cool. Thank you, Baroness! Cannot wait for Andrea F.