The 2nd volume of an intimate oral history; Speeding into the Future vividly recounts how Andy Warhol and his superstars revolutionized both the art world and the nature of celebrity in the mid-1960s Spanning from 1965 through 1966; 2 years that could be considered the pinnacle of Andy Warholrsquo;s creative output; Speeding into the Future features firsthand accounts of life inside the Silver Factory. Powered by a steady supply of amphetamines; Quaaludes; and other drugs; the artists and misfits of the Factory crowd generated Warholrsquo;s controversial films and art while their own star-quotients rose and declinedmdash;and as they fell in and out of love with one another. During this period; Warhol created the notion of the ldquo;It Girlrdquo; by declaring debutante Edie Sedgwick the 1965 ldquo;Girl of the Yearrdquo; and predicting her skyrocketing yet short-lived fame; he introduced German-born singer Nico to Lou Reed and John Cale of the Velvet Underground; hosting their rehearsals at the Factory; and codirected; with Paul Morrissey; his most commercially successful film; Chelsea Girls; featuring Nico; Brigid Berlin; Ondine; and other superstars. Speeding into the Future includes revelatory images snapped by Billy Name and other photographers as Bob Dylan visited the Factory; and goes behind the scenes of Warholrsquo;s films of Ondine; Ultra Violet; Taylor Mead; and Viva. In this powerful chronicle; Catherine Orsquo;Sullivan Shorr captures the events of these dizzying; outrageous years through the words of those who lived through them.
#2006293 in eBooks 2015-06-18 2015-07-20File Name: B011OPB7Y2
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