The cinema of indifference

Andy Warhol’s first films

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30962/ec.2590

Keywords:

Andy Warhol, Indifference, Noncomposition, Experimental Film

Abstract

This paper intends to develop a genealogy of the gesture of indifference that constitutes Andy Warhol’s silent films made between 1963 and 1965. The hypothesis of this work is that his attitude of cinematic indifference develops from his former work as a painter, when he sought to get rid of a compositional and expressive understanding of painting, finding models for an art of indifference in the figures of Marcel Duchamp and John Cage. Finally, this paper argues for the importance of Warhol’s first films in breaking with the compositional paradigm of Avant-garde cinema.

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Author Biography

Hermano Callou, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Doutor em Comunicação e Cultura pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação de Comunicação da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (PPGCOM-UFRJ).

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Published

12-07-2022

How to Cite

Callou, H. (2022). The cinema of indifference: Andy Warhol’s first films. E-Compós, 25. https://doi.org/10.30962/ec.2590

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Artigos Originais