Flesh (1968)

63% of critics liked it
(8 reviews)
47% of users liked it
(2,129 ratings)

Flesh was filmmaker Paul Morrissey's first production for Andy Warhol. The story concerns a bisexual hustler (Joe Dallesandro) who does tricks so that he can pay for his wife's lover's abortion. The film made headlines when it was confiscated by the police during one of its earliest showings in… More Flesh was filmmaker Paul Morrissey's first production for Andy Warhol. The story concerns a bisexual hustler (Joe Dallesandro) who does tricks so that he can pay for his wife's lover's abortion. The film made headlines when it was confiscated by the police during one of its earliest showings in 1970. Though this event is unlikely to repeat itself, Flesh is still explicit enough to elicit gasps from even the most jaded of underground-film enthusiasts. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed By: Paul Morrissey
Written By: Paul Morrissey
Genres: Documentary, Drama, Classics, Comedy, Cult Movies

On DVD: Nov 24, 1998

Critic Reviews

Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Flesh offers a funny look at the underbelly of the city.
Bill Gibron, DVD Verdict
Peppered with sequences both sad and scandalous, Morrissey and his actors turn New York into one big smoldering smut pit, a place where the person and the prurient no longer matter.
S. James Wegg, JWR
The couple argues, romps and plays (hilarious is Geri wrapping her lover's penis in a sheer scarf: the mummification of Daddy's most popular appendage is a sumptuous metaphor)...
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
The way Morrissey keeps things natural and real is both bracing and important
Jeremy Heilman, MovieMartyr.com
By comparison to the aimless young adults of Flesh, the troubled teens in any given Larry Clark film seem downright motivated.

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AJ V

Sometimes you get from a film exactly what the title tells you you'll get, in this case flesh. Dallesandro sits around naked doing not much of anything and just wallows in his horrible lifestyle. It's really boring and not worth watching, I don't know what the idea… More
Sometimes you get from a film exactly what the title tells you you'll get, in this case flesh. Dallesandro sits around naked doing not much of anything and just wallows in his horrible lifestyle. It's really boring and not worth watching, I don't know what the idea behind this movie was supposed to be, but I think they missed the mark.