Screen Tests

Screen Tests

Andy Warhol's Screen Tests consist of several-minute unbroken shots of Factory regulars, Warhol superstars, guests, friends, or anyone he thought has "star potential". Warhol would place them in a booth, and tell them to stare at the camera and not blink. Film Critic Philip Dood listed 'Screen Tests' among his favorite films in 2002 when he voted for the Sight and Sound poll. [ [http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/poll/voter.php?forename=Philip&surname=Dodd BFI | Sight & Sound | Top Ten Poll 2002 - How the directors and critics voted ] ]

Screen Tests features shots of
* Gerard Malanga
* Marcel Duchamp
* Barbara Rubin
* Jonas Mekas
* Piero Heliczer
* Allen Ginsberg
* John Ashbery
* Bendetta Barzini
* Francesco Scavullo
* Phoebe Russell
* Elsa Berenson
* Nico
* Lou Reed
* John Weiners
* Bob Dylan
* Ingrid Superstar
* Edie Sedgwick
* Ivy Nicholson
* Danny Fields
* Billy Name
* Freddie Herko
* Salvador Dalí
* Kenneth Jay Lane
* Donovan
* Charles Henri Ford
* Rene Richard
* Willard Maas
* Baby Jane Holtzer
* International Velvet
* Marie Menken
* Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
* Ted Barrigan
* Allan Midgette
* Anne Buchannon
* Naomi Levine

In all, over 500 Screen Tests were made, although not all were kept.

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