Paul Morrissey, 86, Cult Director and Andy Warhol Collaborator

[Mig.Rhodes]

Paul Morrissey, a cult film director and early Andy Warhol collaborator,
died Monday. He was 86. Morrissey’s archivist Michael Chaiken told The
Hollywood Reporter the filmmaker died at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York
City after a bout with pneumonia. His most celebrated films as an auteur
included Flesh, Trash, Heat, Flesh for Frankenstein and the classic
B-picture Blood for Dracula, which starred Joe Dallesandro. Morrissey’s
films also included classics like Women in Revolt and the 1980s New York
City trilogy Forty Deuce, Mixed Blood and Spike of Bensonhurst. But it’s
Morrissey’s early association with pop artist Andy Warhol that helped
establish him as a director and kept his cult status alive throughout
his career.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/28/movies/paul-morrissey-dead.html

[Lenona]

I would have expected him to have an entry in Philip Core's
thin-but-elaborate encyclopedia "Camp: The Lie That Tells the Truth."

But...he didn't.

(Also, as it happens, the only two people from that book who were born
in the 1930s and are still with us are Giorgio Armani and David
Hockney.)

He DID, however, have an entry in "The Illustrated Who's Who of the
Cinema" (1983) by Lloyd, Fuller and Desser.

Btw, his star, Joe Dallesandro, is still around at 75.

I saw "Trash" and enjoyed it. I never saw "Flesh for Frankenstein." I
assumed it was terrible, so I was a bit surprised to see that at the
IMDb, it gets ALMOST six stars.

[Lenona]

And more than 20 years ago, I saw the 1972 "satire," "Women in Revolt."

I don't remember a thing, even after looking over the details at the
IMDb just now.

Except for the fact that since I didn't put a star next to it in my film
lists, that means I didn't consider it worth watching more than once.

(The IMDb has a 5.7 rating for it, but oddly, most of the six user
reviews are a good deal more complimentary.)

[Dave Garrett]

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Post by Lenona
I saw "Trash" and enjoyed it. I never saw "Flesh for Frankenstein." I
assumed it was terrible, so I was a bit surprised to see that at the
IMDb, it gets ALMOST six stars.

Whether you like "Frankenstein" or not probably depends on your affinity
(or lack thereof) for transgressive cult movies. Its original theatrical
release was in 3-D, all the better to showcase the copious gore on
display (a comprehensive box set containing both the 3-D and flat
versions on Blu-ray was released a couple of years ago).

It's probably most remembered for Udo Kier's immortal, oft-quoted line,
"To know death, Otto, you have to fuck life in the gallbladder!"