"Vinyl" (Andy Warhol, 1965) is a film very meaningful within the experimental cinema of the sixties; it is known as a symbol of the New York Factory and a kind of pop parable. Loosely inspired on the novel "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess, in the adaptation of Ronald Tavel, lives in the interpretations of Gerard Malanga, JD McDermott, Tosh Carillo and a small group of extras (including Edie Sedgwick, Pope Ondine and Larry Latraille), which "read" a scene of torture and sadomasochism. The film features a minimalist staging, through a mainly static camera, positioned en plongée in front of the bare set. Much less famous than the cult movie "A Clockwork Orange" by Stanley Kubrick, who read Burgess towards an anti-mimetic rewriting of the visible, in a universe declined between intermediality, post-human and ultraviolence, Warhol's "Vinyl" is presented instead as a research on carnality, in a direction that will mark strongly throughout the following experimental cinema.
"Vinyl" (Andy Warhol, 1965) è un film estremamente significativo nel panorama del cinema sperimentale degli anni Sessanta; è noto come emblema della Factory newyorchese e parabola pop. Il romanzo "A Clockwork Orange" di Antony Burgess, a cui "Vinyl" è liberamente ispirato tramite l’adattamento di Ronald Tavel, rivive nelle interpretazioni di Gerard Malanga, J.D. McDermott, Tosh Carillo e di un piccolo gruppo di extra (compresi Edie Sedgwick, Pope Ondine e Larry Latraille), che “recitano” una scena di sadomasochismo e torture. Il film presenta una messa in scena minimale, attraverso una cinepresa prevalentemente ferma, posizionata en plongée di fronte al set spoglio. Molto meno famoso del cult movie "A Clockwork Orange" di Stanley Kubrick, che interpretava Burgess in direzione di una riscrittura del visibile anti-mimetica, in un universo declinato tra intermedialità, post-umano e ultraviolenza, Vinyl di Warhol si presenta invece come una ricerca sulla carnalità, in una direzione che segnerà fortemente tutto il cinema sperimentale successivo.
Warhol: corpi e vinile / Catanese, Rossella. - In: LA FURIA UMANA. - ISSN 2037-0431. - STAMPA. - 6:(2014), pp. 298-306.
Warhol: corpi e vinile
CATANESE, ROSSELLA
2014
Abstract
"Vinyl" (Andy Warhol, 1965) is a film very meaningful within the experimental cinema of the sixties; it is known as a symbol of the New York Factory and a kind of pop parable. Loosely inspired on the novel "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess, in the adaptation of Ronald Tavel, lives in the interpretations of Gerard Malanga, JD McDermott, Tosh Carillo and a small group of extras (including Edie Sedgwick, Pope Ondine and Larry Latraille), which "read" a scene of torture and sadomasochism. The film features a minimalist staging, through a mainly static camera, positioned en plongée in front of the bare set. Much less famous than the cult movie "A Clockwork Orange" by Stanley Kubrick, who read Burgess towards an anti-mimetic rewriting of the visible, in a universe declined between intermediality, post-human and ultraviolence, Warhol's "Vinyl" is presented instead as a research on carnality, in a direction that will mark strongly throughout the following experimental cinema.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.