Trash
d. Paul Morrissey, 1970
Not really sure what I can say about Paul Morrissey's Trash, so I'll just list out a bunch of things:
- Though more accesible than the films actually directed by Andy Warhol, this film is still not really what would appeal to mainstream audiences, which is fine by me.
- The people in the film can be particularly disturbing if one is not familiar with the work Warhol did in the 60s. Having seen his Vinyl and The Chelsea Girls, I can safely say that Trash is more explicit and thematically challenging than those works.
- It's hard to critique the "performances" in the film, for I don't really know how drug addicts behave. But the people in the film, particularly Joe Dallesandro in the lead and Holly Woodland's drag queen, are quite convincing in that they seem to either not be acting or to be so familiar with the stuff they are saying (some shots are rather long) that they take over the screen.
- Morrissey's framing (he also shot and wrote the film) is quite reminiscent of Warhol's films, particularly in the long takes and the obvious zooming in on the actors' faces.
- Enjoy.
