WOMEN IN REVOLT

40^ Lovers Film Festival
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WOMEN IN REVOLT

by Paul Morrissey
Country: USA
Year: 1971
Duration: 98'


In the New York City of the early 1970s, where glamour and the underground scene intersect and mix, feisty Jackie and Holly form a feminist collective. Candy, a wealthy heiress who has an incestuous relationship with her brother, shows an interest in their cause... The absolute peak of Warhol’s Factory cinema (in leading roles superstars Jackie Curtis, Holly Woodlawn and Candy Darling, here dubbed by Vladimir Luxuria), in which master director Paul Morrissey, who passed away last October, recounts, with a detached view, an era and a world, giving us an accurate, caustic portrayal.

Biography

film director

Paul Morrissey

Paul Morrissey (New York, 1939 - 2024) was one of the most important underground filmmakers, a concept he helped create. As Andy Warhol’s right-hand man, he produced his controversial Chelsea Girls (1966). Films he directed include Flesh (1968), Trash (1970), Women in Revolt (1972), Heat (1972), L'amour (1973), Blood for Dracula (1974), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978), Mixed Blood (1984), and Veruschka: A Life for the Camera (2005).

Cast

& Credits

Sceneggiatura/Screenplay Paul Morrissey
Montaggio/Editing Paul Morrissey
Fotografia/Photography Jed Johnson, Andy Warhol
Musica/Music John Cale
Interpreti/Cast Candy Darling, Jackie Curtis, Holly Woodlawn
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