Four Stars (1967 film)
| Four Stars | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Andy Warhol |
Production company | Andy Warhol Films |
| Distributed by | Film-Makers' Distribution Center |
Release date |
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Running time | 1500 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Four Stars (also known as ****) is a 1967
The film's title is a pun on the rating system used by critics to rank films, with "four stars" being the highest rating.
Overview
As opposed to Warhol's earlier sound films during this period, such as (in his film debut), and others.
Photographed entirely in color, Four Stars was projected in its complete length of nearly 25 hours (allowing for projection overlap of the 35-minute reels) only once, at the
This created two levels of imagery for the entire running time of the film, along with two levels of sound to contend with at the same time. Warhol attended the screening for the entire length of the film, and later remarked that he knew that "this was the last time we would be making films for ourselves."
Shortly thereafter, Warhol turned his hand to more commercial efforts, and after his near fatal shooting at his second studio at 33
After the one marathon screening of Four Stars, the film was broken down into many shorter works, such as Imitation of Christ, and a two-hour excerpt from the film was shown for several weeks afterward under the same title at the Cinematheque, although it had little of the impact of the original film.
See also
- List of American films of 1967
- Andy Warhol filmography
- List of longest films by running time
References
- ISBN 978-0-520-20970-1. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ Warhol Stars entry
External links
- Four Stars at IMDb
