Lupe
Cast & Crew
Andy Warhol
Edie Sedgwick
Gerard Malanga
Andy Warhol
Buddy Wirtschafter
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A fictional account of the last night in the life of Lupe Velez. In reel one, Lupe carries flowers into a luxurious room. She sits down, drinks some wine, ambles around the room, plays with a cat, places a record on the phonograph, dances, swallows a pill, smokes, makes an effort to eat, drinks, and gets up to walk around. During the last 5 minutes of the reel, Lupe is seen lying motionless on the bathroom floor with her head on the toilet seat. In reel two, Lupe is sleeping in a bed. She awakens and makes a telephone call. A man enters and gives her a haircut. They converse inaudibly for a period of time.
Film Details
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Trivia
Notes
At the New York opening, reels one and two were projected simultaneously on two screens, side by side. No information has been found about the music in this film. In 1967, The Film-Makers' Cooperative released a picture, also titled Lupe, satirically depicting Lupez's life, directed by José Rodriguez-Soltero and starring Maria Montez (see below).
Miscellaneous Notes
Shown in New York City at the Whitney Museum of American Art November 20, 1999.
16mm
color
24 fps
Filmed in December 1965.
