{"id":96256,"date":"2024-04-30T17:05:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T00:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96256"},"modified":"2024-04-30T18:04:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T01:04:52","slug":"chelsea-girls-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96256","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea Girls (1966)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;l hate it here and want to go home.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Girls-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Girls-Poster-185x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-96258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Girls-Poster-185x300.png 185w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Girls-Poster-79x128.png 79w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Girls-Poster-166x270.png 166w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Girls-Poster.png 564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nInhabitants in New York&#8217;s Chelsea Hotel interact with one another while engaging in a variety of activities.\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>Documentary<\/li>\n<li>Paul Morrissey Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAndy Warhol&#8217;s experimental split-screen film &#8212; with two video &#8220;narratives&#8221; but just one audio stream running at all times &#8212; was (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chelsea_Girls\">according to Wikipedia<\/a>) his &#8220;first major commercial success after a long line of avant-garde art films (both feature-length and short).&#8221; Here is a little more context on Warhol&#8217;s vision:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Once principal photography wrapped, Warhol and co-director Paul Morrissey selected the 12 most striking vignettes they had filmed and then projected them side by side to create a visual juxtaposition of both contrasting images and divergent content (the so-called &#8220;white&#8221; or light and innocent aspects of life against the &#8220;black&#8221; or darker, more disturbing aspects.) As a result, the 6.5 hour running time was essentially cut in half, to 3 hours and 15 minutes. However, part of Warhol&#8217;s concept for the film was that it would be unlike watching a regular movie because the two projectors could never achieve exact synchronization from viewing to viewing; therefore, despite specific instructions of where individual sequences would be played during the running time, each viewing of the film would, in essence, be an entirely different experience.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Such a precise goal is now moot given <a href=\"https:\/\/dvdlady.com\/dvd\/chelsea-girls-1966-with-english-subtitles-on-dvd\/?doing_wp_cron=1714521451.3985691070556640625000\">the film&#8217;s availability on DVD<\/a>, but one could still argue that the constant attempt to shift views between either side of the screen induces Warhol&#8217;s desired differential effect. (Indeed, it&#8217;s fairly exhausting enduring this film &#8212; more on that below.) <\/p>\n<p>Appearing as themselves at various times are, among others, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nico\">Nico<\/a> (who actually bookends the film): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Nico-Beginning.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Nico-Beginning-1024x393.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"246\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-96272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Nico-Beginning-1024x393.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Nico-Beginning-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Nico-Beginning-128x49.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Nico-Beginning-768x295.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Nico-Beginning-604x232.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Nico-Beginning.png 1153w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Nico-End.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Nico-End-1024x390.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"244\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-96271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Nico-End-1024x390.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Nico-End-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Nico-End-128x49.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Nico-End-768x292.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Nico-End-604x230.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Nico-End.png 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/maryworonov-paintings.com\/\">Mary Woronov<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/warholstars.org\/ingrid_superstar.html\">Ingrid Superstar<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Woronov2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Woronov2-1024x373.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"233\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-96266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Woronov2-1024x373.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Woronov2-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Woronov2-128x47.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Woronov2-768x280.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Woronov2-604x220.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Woronov2.png 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/warholstars.org\/eric-emerson\/1-eric-emerson.html\">Eric Emerson<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Emerson2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Emerson2-1024x379.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"237\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-96267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Emerson2-1024x379.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Emerson2-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Emerson2-128x47.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Emerson2-768x284.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Emerson2-604x223.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Emerson2.png 1174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/2016\/09\/brigid-berlins-party-photos-of-andy-warhols-factory-days.html\">Brigid Berlin<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Berlin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Berlin-1024x383.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"239\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-96264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Berlin-1024x383.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Berlin-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Berlin-128x48.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Berlin-768x288.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Berlin-604x226.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Berlin.png 1167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Susan_Bottomly\">International Velvet<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Velvet.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Velvet-1024x377.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"236\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-96265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Velvet-1024x377.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Velvet-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Velvet-128x47.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Velvet-768x283.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Velvet-604x222.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Chelsea-Velvet.png 1162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(How may of these names and faces will be familiar to and\/or relevant to younger film fanatics is debatable; the only clear stand-out is Woronov, given her starring roles in other <em>GFTFF<\/em>-listed titles &#8212; mostly notably <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1418\"><em>Eating Raoul<\/em><\/a>.) <\/p>\n<p>I dare you to attempt one or more of the following (I succeeded in none): <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Watch this film without fast-forwarding.<\/li>\n<li>Watch this film without almost falling asleep.<\/li>\n<li>Watch this film without checking how much more time is left until it&#8217;s over.<\/li>\n<li>Watch this film in precisely one sitting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To that final point, this is most definitely the kind of experimental movie that is best placed in an art museum, where viewers can come and go at will; indeed, I can easily see myself being drawn in for part of it, and staying a little longer due to wondering what might come next. But sitting and watching it all in one go simply isn&#8217;t tenable. After all, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artforum.com\/features\/the-chelsea-girls-212119\/\">Stephen Koch wrote in his review for Art Forum<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230; <em>The Chelsea Girls<\/em> does not imagine time. It attaches itself to literal time, and by drawing it into a context of total disjunction, confounds the sense of duration under the suzerainty of the steadily ticking clock. True, like a conventional feature, it concerns itself with the relation between time and event, but it presents both in a state of radical dissociation, a structured but irresolvable disarray in which the life of narrative is disjoined and made a function of the machine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Exactly. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhatever floats your boat! <\/p>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNope. Listed as a film with Historical Importance in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0061465\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/entertainment\/article\/film-flashes-back-to-warhol-s-60s-rarely-seen-2853634.php\">SF Gate Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artforum.com\/features\/the-chelsea-girls-212119\/\">Art Forum Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;l hate it here and want to go home.&#8221; Synopsis: Inhabitants in New York&#8217;s Chelsea Hotel interact with one another while engaging in a variety of activities. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Documentary Paul Morrissey Films Review: Andy Warhol&#8217;s experimental split-screen film &#8212; with two video &#8220;narratives&#8221; but just one audio stream running at all times &#8212; was (according to Wikipedia) his &#8220;first major commercial success after a long line of avant-garde art films (both feature-length and short).&#8221; Here is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96256\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96256"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96282,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96256\/revisions\/96282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}