THE BLACK HOLE OF THE CAMERA

J.J. Murphys new book, The Black Hole of the Camera: The Films of Andy Warhol, is a significant contribution to the literature on t he artists film work, offering, at least to my mind, the most detailed and accurate readings of his classic films of the 1960s, up to and including such later works as Blue Movie. As the books press release notes, Andy Warhol, one of the twentieth centurys maj or visual artists, was a prolific filmmaker who made hundreds of films, many of themSleep, Empire, Blow Job, The Chelsea Girls, and Blue Moviesemi...[Read more]