13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests

13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests (2009)

MusicDocumentary

Between 1964 and 1966, Andy Warhol shot nearly 500 Screen Tests, beautiful and revealing portraits of hundreds of different individuals, from Warhol superstars and celebrities to friends or anyone he thought had "star potential". All visitors to his studio, the Factory. Subjects were captured in stark relief by a strong keylight, and filmed by Warhol with his stationary 16mm Bolex camera on silent, black and white, 100-foot rolls of film. The resulting two-and-a-half-minute film reels were then screened in slow motion, resulting in a fascinating collection of four-minute masterpieces that startle and entrance, mesmerizing in the purest sense of the word. Songwriters Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips, formerly of the band Luna and currently recording as Dean & Britta, incorporated original compositions as well as cover songs to create new soundtracks for the 13 films.

Director: Andy Warhol

Casts

	Paul America as Self
	Ann Buchanan as Self
	Fred Herko as Self
	Jane Holzer as Self
	Dennis Hopper as Self
	Billy Name as Self
	Nico as Self
	Richard Rheem as Self
	Lou Reed as Self
	Edie Sedgwick as Self
	Ingrid Superstar as Self
	Susan Bottomly as Self
	Mary Woronov as Self

Crew