{"id":61430,"date":"2021-01-03T21:10:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T04:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=61430"},"modified":"2021-01-03T21:25:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T04:25:18","slug":"flesh-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=61430","title":{"rendered":"Flesh (1968)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You just do whatever you have to do.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Flesh-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Flesh-Poster-214x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-61431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Flesh-Poster-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Flesh-Poster-730x1024.png 730w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Flesh-Poster-91x128.png 91w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Flesh-Poster-768x1077.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Flesh-Poster-193x270.png 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Flesh-Poster.png 801w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA hustler (Joe Dallesandro) whose wife (Geraldine Smith) has requested money for an abortion for her girlfriend (Patti D&#8217;Arbanville) engages in numerous adventures throughout the day, including hooking up with a young john (John Christian), posing nude for an older artist (Maurice Barddell), giving advice to a new hustler (Barry Brown), making out  with his former girlfriend (Geri Miller), and requesting money from a friendly Korean War vet (Louis Waldron).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Counterculture<\/li>\n<li>Paul Morrissey Films<\/li>\n<li>Prostitutes and Gigolos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this &#8220;early attempt by Andy Warhol&#8221; (directed by Paul Morrissey) &#8220;to cross over from strictly underground to more commercial movies&#8221; features &#8220;no real story&#8221; but is instead &#8220;just a series of vignettes shot on New York streets and inside apartments, with Warhol regular Joe Dallesandro either hustling gays in order to get money for his disgruntled wife&#8230; or meeting and having sex with his weird friends.&#8221; He points out that it&#8217;s filled with techniques &#8212; including &#8220;a <em>cinema verite<\/em> camera style, improvisation, [and] intentionally sloppy jump-cut editing &#8212; that were unique in the commercial cinema of the day&#8221;, and equally &#8220;unusual&#8221; were the film&#8217;s themes: &#8220;homosexuality, transvestitism, casual sex, [and] male prostitution&#8221;, all meant to &#8220;subvert bourgeois sensibilities.&#8221; Peary writes that Dallesandro &#8212; who &#8220;is his young, likable self&#8221; &#8212; has &#8220;several amusing scenes with oddball characters, particularly a sequence with a philosophical artist&#8221; and &#8220;a sex scene with his wife when she asks what he wants her to do most and he says his laundry&#8221;. I&#8217;ll admit to quickly tiring of Morrissey&#8217;s &#8220;sloppy jump-cut editing&#8221;, but otherwise becoming oddly absorbed by this glimpse into &#8220;the peculiar lifestyle of a fringe element of the counterculture.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some effective neo-realist footage in New York<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Flesh-Neorealist.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Flesh-Neorealist.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Flesh-Neorealist.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Flesh-Neorealist-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Flesh-Neorealist-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Flesh-Neorealist-374x270.png 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Joe&#8217;s encounters with a Greek-loving artist<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Flesh-Greek.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Flesh-Greek.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Flesh-Greek.png 498w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Flesh-Greek-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Flesh-Greek-128x93.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Flesh-Greek-374x270.png 374w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look as Warhol&#8217;s breakthrough feature film. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0062979\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1968\/09\/27\/archives\/the-screen-paul-morrisseys-fleshmovie-by-associate-of-andy-warhol.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/flesh\/review\/130462\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You just do whatever you have to do.&#8221; Synopsis: A hustler (Joe Dallesandro) whose wife (Geraldine Smith) has requested money for an abortion for her girlfriend (Patti D&#8217;Arbanville) engages in numerous adventures throughout the day, including hooking up with a young john (John Christian), posing nude for an older artist (Maurice Barddell), giving advice to a new hustler (Barry Brown), making out with his former girlfriend (Geri Miller), and requesting money from a friendly Korean War vet (Louis Waldron). 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