This box set features three films all directed by Paul Morrissey and produced by Andy Warhol using his 'factory' actors. The films loosely form a trilogy designed to encapsulate the 60's generation. Flesh (1968): Joe 'the hustler' earns money to pay for his girlfriend's abortion. Taking to the streets he meets an artist obsessed with body worship a couple of transvestites an ex-girlfriend working as a topless dancer and a friend whose arm-pits have been torched with a fla
Flesh, Trash and Heat shocked me into liking director Morrissey after being bored by his Flesh for Frankenstein. I found all three films are comoulsive viewing, barely able to take my eyes of their star Joe Dallesandro as he saunters through life's trials and tribulations. Surrounded by the more often weird than wonderful members of Andy Warhol's factory.
Usually Joe looks bored. He might be gettign high on intravenous smack, posing nude for a gentle old pervert, chatting to some young hustlers, sharing a muffin with his baby, robbing a house, receiving oral sex, or lying beside his girlfriend (played by the transvestite Holly Woodlawn in trash) as she masturbates - as suggested by him, with a beer bottle, but he still seems strangely unengaged. And it is that which I found most fascinating about this film.
Although the trilogy is clearly less controversial than when they were first released they remain fresh compelling. Most certainly worth a look at the incredibly low prices these DVDs are now selling for.
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