Andy Warhol
LUPE
1966, 72 minutes, 16mm. With Edie Sedgwick and Billy Name.
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José Rodriguez-Soltero
LUPE
1966, 50 minutes, 16mm. Preserved by Anthology with support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. With Mario Montez, Charles Ludlam, and Lola Pashalinski.
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Andy Warhol
LUPE
1966, 72 minutes, 16mm. With Edie Sedgwick and Billy Name.
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José Rodriguez-Soltero
LUPE
1966, 50 minutes, 16mm. Preserved by Anthology with support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. With Mario Montez, Charles Ludlam, and Lola Pashalinski.
The ultimate underground biopic double-feature: a pair of essential films investigating (and transfiguring) the life and persona of Mexican Hollywood star Lupe Velez, and featuring performances by two of the legends of the 60s underground. Warhol’s two-reel version, designed to be shown as either a single- or double-screen work, is a showcase for Edie Sedgwick, who interacts with Billy Name and then dines alone in an elegant apartment, drinking herself into a toilet-bowl grave. Rather than focusing on Velez’s decline, Rodriguez-Soltero’s version is a sumptuous film that celebrates both Velez and actor Mario Montez. Drawing on the collaboration of Theater of the Ridiculous stars Lola Pashalinski and Charles Ludlam, LUPE is one of the finest films from the New York underground, offering an ecstatic explosion of color, costume, music, camp performance, and complex superimpositions.
