...how does this "movie" look like? I mean, where does the "action" "take place"? Do whe see the "blowjober's" head? And so on...:D
Thank You :)
its not in any section
its an experimental art film
if you want it on dvd u will find it along with 3 other films
on
www.rarovideo.com
You DO realize Tom Baker's getting head from a guy in this, right? I'm not sure if you're gay or not, I'm just pointing that out to you.
shareThat's not Tom Baker, it's DeVerne (aka DeVeren) Bookwalter.
shareeverything I have ever read has said that the two in the warhol film are Tom Baker and Willard Maas... not sure where Deverne comes into play?
shareIt was Tom Baker in the film, but not the one of Dr Who fame.
Here's a link to his IMDB page, although it doesn't list this film:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0048983/
Warhol did not even meet Baker until 1967 (at least 3 years after BLOW JOB was filmed), when he filmed I, A MAN.
http://www.warholstars.org/filmch/man.html
"Nico had agreed to be in the film as long as she could do it with Jim Morrison who she had a crush on. Morrison agreed to it, but his manager vetoed the idea and Nico, instead, showed up with Hollywood actor, Tom Baker, who was a friend of Jim Morrison's from L.A."
From ANDY WARHOL SCREEN TESTS (volume one of the Andy Warhol Film Catalog Raisonne) published earlier this year by Callie Angell. Bookwalter posed for a "Screen Test" and this is from the entry on that:
"The actor DeVerne Bookwalter starred, famously and yet anonymously in Warhol's 1964 film BLOW JOB."
The head shot shows it's definitely the same guy. Tom Baker vaguely resembles him but it's not Baker (he wasn't part of the Factory scene that early). Plus Warhol claimed in POPISM that he was only "a good-looking kid who happened to be hanging around the Factory that day".
Anyone w/an interest in Warhol's films should check out Angell's book.
I've found it on youtube
shareLMAO, thank Heaven that it's not Tom Baker! Sylvester McCoy, maybe... ;)
shareKeep reading. Baker met Warhol in '67.
http://www.warholstars.org/warholfilm/andywarhol4.html
One of the first films that Warhol made in 1964 was Blow Job, a 41 minute silent film focusing on the face of a young actor while he received a blow job. The name of the actor who was receiving the blow job remained unknown until one of his previous classmates identified him in 1994 as DeVerne Bookwalter who also played the main villian in The Enforcer (as Deveren Bookwalter). Charles Rydell was originally booked for the lead role, but never showed up for the shoot. He thought Warhol was joking when he asked him to appear in a film while getting a blow job.
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You want to know how little this film is like porn? In Brisbane (Australia) we have a Warhol exhibition that opened today. There's a large film section (51 films by him, and lots more about or influenced by him), but there's also several rooms in the main display section that have films of his on loops. 'Empire' and 'Sleep' for example are shown in the same room.
Well, 'Blowjob' is one of those films, projected onto a wall in an endless loop. Although there's a 'parental guidance recommended' (in VERY small lettering) next to the door, there's no problem with kids wandering in and watching the films in the room, including 'Blowjob'. Since the title of the film can only be found on the room catalogue, I wouldn't be surprised if many visitors thought it was just another static shot, this time of a guy drunk and swaying his head.
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