Andy Warhol's Trash (1970)

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This Andy Warhol production finds Joe Dallesandro as Joe, a lice-ridden impotent junkie who lives with Holly (Holly Woodlawn) in a Lower East Side slum in New York. Holly is a transvestite who spends time collecting trash, going to the Fillmore East, and cruising for sex. Joe is only interested in… More This Andy Warhol production finds Joe Dallesandro as Joe, a lice-ridden impotent junkie who lives with Holly (Holly Woodlawn) in a Lower East Side slum in New York. Holly is a transvestite who spends time collecting trash, going to the Fillmore East, and cruising for sex. Joe is only interested in his next fix, and graphic displays of needles piercing flesh and degrading human situations deglamorize drug use better than any board of education film or public service messages. Jane (Jane Forth) is the acid casualty housewife who listens to Pink Floyd. Male and female nudity and masturbation are featured. The color process is not credited, but technical aspects are better overall than most previous Warhol productions. Woodlawn was the inspiration for the Lou Reed song "Take a Walk on the Wild Side." ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 50 min.
Directed By: Paul Morrissey
Written By: Paul Morrissey, Enric Pardo, Carles Torras
Genres: Drama, Special Interest, Cult Movies

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1970 Wide
On DVD: Dec 15, 1998

Critic Reviews

Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com
Shocking in a good way.
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It shows when it comes to trash, you can't beat a film produced by Andy Warhol in delivering the real goods.
Bill Gibron, DVD Verdict
These characters may be easily dismissed as 'garbage'...but because of the frankness in Morrissey's moviemaking..., the film remains with you long after the oddness has worn off.
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
Morrissey is skewering a society in which people want something for nothing, and the result is a strikingly odd and important film.
Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine
Morrissey's films provided a more welcoming stage for bona fide superstar performances than many of Warhol's own movies.
Jake Euker, F5 (Wichita, KS)
The best of Paul Morrissey's drug-addled blue movies, with a stark naked Joe Dallesandro among the major selling points.
Brandon Judell, PlanetOut
The still shocking film that brought the underground and Little Joe's privates uptown is as hilarious and poignant as ever.

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Bob S

Strung out and naked on the Lower East Side. I think we've all been there. Before you lose your mind eating up Lil' Joe Dallesandro's juicy fine figure - remember, the guy is like 5' 3". I guess that makes me a hater.
AJ V

Although this one has more of a story than Flesh, Dallesandro plays the same Joe he plays all the time, and sits around naked for most of the movie as usual too. Not bad, but not good either.
Greg S

All the women (and the transvestites) want hunky Joe Dellassandro, but he's impotent from shooting too much junk. Nearly plotless, sometimes improvised, it's almost a documentary portrait of NYC losers at the end of the 1960s; no longer shocking and not a great movie by any… More
All the women (and the transvestites) want hunky Joe Dellassandro, but he's impotent from shooting too much junk. Nearly plotless, sometimes improvised, it's almost a documentary portrait of NYC losers at the end of the 1960s; no longer shocking and not a great movie by any stretch, but it does have significant curiosity value.