Kitchen (1966)
Instructed by Warhol to write a vehicle for Edie Sedgwick in a “completely white” setting, scenarist Ronald Tavel created one of Warhol’s most iconic films. Here a group of performers of all stripes – the sink and litter basket receive equal billing to the human actors – are forced into Warhol and Tavel’s cruelly comical theatre of the absurd. Inside this cramped domestic space, boredom, confusion and a sense of existential dread hang heavy in the air. Warhol and Tavel transform the modern 1960s kitchen – replete with the latest gadgets and conveniences – into a chaotic laboratory for self-creation and interpersonal conflict.
- Date of release
- 1966-03-03
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 6m
- Director
- Andy Warhol, Ronald Tavel
Casting
- Edie Sedgwick — Jo
- Roger Trudeau — Nicky
- David McCabe — Photographer
- Donald Lyons — Gerald
- Elecktrah — Nikki
- Ronald Tavel — Offscreen Direction
- Rene Ricard — Busboy
- Gerard Malanga
Interesting facts
Kitchen is a 1966 feature-length underground film directed by Andy Warhol and Ronald Tavel starring Edie Sedgwick and Roger Trudeau with appearances by Rene Ricard, Ronald Tavel, David McCabe, Donald Lyons, and Elektrah Lobel. The entire film takes place in the New York City apartment kitchen of Bud Wirtschafter, the sound man. The film was made in late May 1965 and premiered March 3, 1966 at the Film-makers' Cooperative in New York City.
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