Andy Warhol Movie Trailers

Chelsea Hotel Trailer (1981)

03 January 1981

This TV documentary shows some of the colourful residents of and people connected with the New York Chelsea Hotel.

The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys Trailer (1964)

20 November 1964

Inspired by a 1962 NYPD pamphlet entitled ‘The Thirteen Most Wanted [Men]’. Warhol transformed it from ‘most wanted men’ into ‘most beautiful boys’, and then began to film the very first Screen Tests, continuing to film for the series into early 1966, totalling more than 13 Screen Tests.

Vivian’s Girls Trailer (1973)

25 August 1973

Conventionally “soapish” drama focusing on Vivian, a broke aging actress who runs a rooming house for young girls and drag queens.

The Velvet Underground in Boston Trailer (1967)

15 February 1967

This newly unearthed film, which Warhol shot during a concert at the Boston Tea Party, features a variety of filmmaking techniques.

13 Most Beautiful Women Trailer (1964)

07 December 1964

Screen Test: Marisol Trailer (1964)

04 May 1964

Marisol has been posed against a light-coloured background and carefully lit from left and right. Her face emerges from the dark mass of her hair.

Screen Test [ST156]: Peter Hujar Trailer (1964)

01 January 1964

Peter Hujar, shot in close-up, has his face lit from both sides, which creates the usual symmetrical pattern of shadows down the centre of his face.

Screen Test [ST345]: Virginia Tusi Trailer (1965)

01 January 1965

A young woman identified only as Virginia Tusi, is posed against a light plywood backdrop and wearing dangling, flower-shaped earrings.

Screen Test [ST55]: Alicia Purchon Clark Trailer (1965)

01 January 1965

Alicia Purchon Clark looks around in a brightly lit room.

Screen Test [ST2]: Charles Aberg Trailer (1966)

01 January 1966

Charles Aberg, in a black turtleneck sweater, squints warily at the camera, which films him in a tight close-up of his head.

Screen Test [ST263]: Lou Reed Trailer (1966)

05 October 1966

Lou Reed, wearing a black turtleneck sweater and posed against a pale background, with a bright light sharply angled onto his face from the right, stares intently into the camera, his face, in tight close-up, filling the frame.

Screen Test [ST52] Lucinda Childs Trailer (1964)

17 July 1964

One of two(?) 1964 screen tests of Childs. Runs 4 minutes, 30 seconds in length.

Andy Warhol Films Jack Smith Filming "Normal Love" Trailer (1963)

21 October 1963

Andy Warhol film.

Screen Test [ST195]: Donyale Luna Trailer (1967)

19 August 1967

Luna appears in one of Warhol’s famous screen tests. Contrary to Warhol’s preferred stasis, she acknowledges the camera with a series of smiles, winks, and suggestive facial expressions.

Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread Trailer (1987)

18 March 1987

Penn Jillette and Teller are called upon to display their unique brand of humor to save civilization from strange extraterrestrial beings who have invaded Earth and who, disgruntled and bored with the mundane nature of human life, threaten to blow up the planet unless someone gives them a good reason not to.

Andy Warhol Trailer (1965)

10 September 1965

Andy Warhol is a lyrical exploration of Warhol's creative process by filmmaker, painter, and actress Marie Menken.

Andy Warhol: Made in China Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

A look at the man behind the legend, capturing the real Andy Warhol, as an artist and as a person, as he travels through China, from Hong Kong's glitter to the mystique of Peking's Forbidden City.

Dynamite Chicken Trailer (1971)

20 January 1971

A collection of subversive comedy sketches and routines relating to the peace movement.

Screen Test [ST194]: Billy Linich Trailer (1964)

11 May 1964

One of two(?) 1964 screen tests of Linich. Runs 4 minutes, 30 seconds in length.

Velvet Underground: Under Review Trailer (2006)

25 April 2006

Velvet Underground Under Review is a 75 minute film reviewing the music and career of one of rock musics most influential collectives; a band which esteemed music journalist Lester Bangs claims started modern music.

Henry Geldzahler Trailer (1964)

05 July 1964

Henry Geldzahler is a feature-length underground film directed by Andy Warhol, featuring art curator Henry Geldzahler smoking a cigar and becoming increasingly uncomfortable for 97 minutes.

Screen Test [ST141]: Jane Holzer Trailer (1964)

01 January 1964

Screen Test of the model ‘Baby Jane’ Holzer.

Andy Warhol : Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man Trailer (1965)

09 June 1965

One of the most important films in Malanga's body of work is his series of movie portraits of Andy Warhol from 1964-65.

Soap Opera Trailer (1964)

27 June 1964

Soap Opera, starring Baby Jane Holzer and Lester Persky, among Factory regulars, intercuts television commercials of its day with silent domestic scenes shot by Warhol.

Screen Test [ST286]: Barbara Rubin Trailer (1965)

01 January 1965

Barbara Rubin, posed against a white wall and brightly lit from the right, smokes, shifts position constantly, glances around, leans forward to put her cigarette out, and gazes off into space.

Screen Test [ST72]: Susanne De Maria Trailer (1964)

01 January 1964

Susanne De Maria glances around, tilts her head, leans back, smokes, and occasionally smiles at the camera, revealing her dimples.

Screen Test [ST100]: Bea Feitler Trailer (1964)

01 January 1964

Bea Filter looks on from one side of the frame, directed by Andy Warhol

Screen Test [ST58]: Roderick Clayton Trailer (1966)

01 January 1966

Roderick Clayton looks around in all directions, squints into the light, peers upward, and turns to show both profiles.

Screen Test [ST125]: Hal Trailer (1964)

01 January 1964

Hal looks sternly into the camera in a darkly lit room.

The Cars: Heartbeat City Trailer (1984)

01 September 1984

The Cars were on the cutting edge when it came to music videos. And this Heartbeat City video compilation, with songs from three of the band's most successful CDs, is no exception.

Screen Test [ST161]: Imu Trailer (1964)

01 January 1964

Second of two known screen test's of model Imu, directed by Andy Warhol

Andy at Work Trailer (2006)

01 November 2006

Andy Warhol at the Village Gate, June 7, 1966. Andy videotaping John Kennedy Jr. and Anthony Radziwill at Andy's estate, 1971, in Montauk, Long Island.

End of the Art World Trailer (1971)

01 June 1971

This is the debut documentary made by Alexis Krasilovsky, author of "Women Behind The Camera" (Praeger, 1997).

Batman Dracula – “Batman on Beach with Nymph” Trailer (1964)

01 July 1964

One of four finished Batman Dracula shorts shown publicly by Warhol.

Screen Test [ST188]: Vivian Kurz Trailer (1965)

01 January 1965

The second of multiple screen tests Kurz did at Warhol’s factory. She is photographed this time in a medium shot.

Obszönität als Gesellschaftskritik? Trailer (1970)

20 October 1970

Ten million German citizens were able to watch cohabiting couples, kissing homosexuals, group sex and the phallus of writer Fernando Arrabal on screen for the first time an hour before midnight on October 20.

Screen Test [ST126]: David Hallacy Trailer (1964)

01 January 1964

The first of two known David Hallacy screen test's, directed by Andy Warhol.

Screen Test [ST354]: Paul Wittenborn Trailer (1965)

01 January 1965

Screen test of Paul Wittenborn, by Andy Warhol.

Screen Test [ST19]: Timothy Baum Trailer (1966)

01 January 1966

The art collector Timothy Baum, in the mod style of the mid-1960s with a high collar and long sideburns, seems unable to relax, repeatedly swallowing, taking deep breaths, and even speaking briefly to the camera.

Screen Test [ST249]: Ondine Trailer (1966)

01 January 1966

Ondine wears dark glasses and occasionally raises his eyebrows, as if simulating alertness, ut seems to be drifting off to sleep during the film.