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From: barth@tellab1.UUCP (Barth Richards)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: More on Totally Bad Movies
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Date: Tue, 22-Oct-85 18:35:45 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 22 18:35:45 1985
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In article <3081@hplabsb.UUCP> bl@hplabsb.UUCP writes:

>I'll make some nominations of my own.
>The other is Andy Warhaul's (SP?)
>movie which I believe was titled "Western".  This film was so bad that it
>became an instant cult flick.  I was rolling in the isle with laughter
>while watching it due to the total lack of plot, no acting, and Andy's
>personal anti-editing job which left pops, clicks and flashes between
>scenes.

If you were rolling in the aisle with laughter, you obviously enjoyed it.
As a matter of fact, knowing the kind of things Andy Warhol does, the film
probably achieved exactly the effect he was aiming for. He wanted you to
think that the film was so bad, that it was good.

However, if you want to pick on Andy Warhol, there are much better films of his
to use as targets, for instance, EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. To make this film,
M. Warhol set a camera up on the sidewalk in front of the title edifice,
pointing upwards, loaded it with three hours worth of film, and turned it on.
SLEEP, an eight hour long film of a man sleeping, is another good example.


			       Barth Richards
			       Tellabs, Inc.
			       Lisle, IL