San Diego Surf (film)
San Diego Surf is a 1968 feature film directed by Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey, and filmed in La Jolla, California in May 1968. On June 3, 1968, Warhol was shot by Valerie Solanas, bringing work on the film to a halt. In 1996, the Andy Warhol Foundation commissioned Morrissey to "finish editing the film based on Warhol's notes".[1]
| San Diego Surf | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Andy Warhol |
| Produced by | Paul Morrissey |
| Starring | Taylor Mead Viva Joe Dallesandro Eric Emerson Ingrid Superstar Nawana Davis Michael Boosin |
| Cinematography | Paul Morrissey Andy Warhol |
| Edited by | Paul Morrissey |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The film stars Viva, Taylor Mead, Joe Dallesandro, Ingrid Superstar, Tom Hompertz, Eric Emerson, Nawana Davis, Michael Boosin, and Louis Waldon. The film was a follow-up to Warhol's Lonesome Cowboys (released December 1967) with much of the same cast.
Plot
Mr. and Mrs. Mead (Mead and Viva) are a married couple renting a seaside mansion to a group of young male surfers. Their daughter (Ingrid Superstar) is pregnant and on the hunt for a husband. Mr. Mead, who is gay, tries to pawn her off to one of the surfers.
Meanwhile, Viva wants a divorce from her husband, who wants a surfer of his own. Tom (Hompertz), a surfer, is inveigled by Mr. Mead to urinate on him. In a close-up, Mr. Mead receives Tom's offering ecstatically, after which he comments, "I'm a real surfer now."
Premiere
The film premiered at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on October 16, 2012.[2]
References
External links
- San Diego Surf at IMDB
- David Ng, "Warhol's San Diego Surf Finally Coming to the West Coast", Los Angeles Times (January 28, 2013)
- San Diego Surf at WarholStars
