POP GOES THE LOFT! THE FILMS OF ANDY WARHOL / "BLOW JOB" and "MY HUSTLER"

POP GOES THE LOFT! BLOW JOB and MY HUSTLER
Thursday, March 25th at 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $10.00 general; $8.00 Loft members and Tucson Museum of Art members
*All films screened in glorious 16mm*
PLUS: A live Velvet Underground music set from Tucson band Monster Pussy before the movie at 7:30 pm!

POP GOES THE LOFT as we celebrate the cinematic legacy of the one-and-only ANDY WARHOL with a month-long tribute featuring some of the Pop Master's greatest, wildest and most influential films. EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT IN MARCH we'll be showcasing different Warhol classics, so don't miss any of these ultra-rare screenings!
PLUS! Bring a can of Campbell's Soup to any of our four Warhol nights in March (all soup collected will be donated to The Tucson Community Food Bank), and you'll be entered into our POP RAFFLE for a great Warhol-inspired prize package, to be awarded at the final screening on March 25th (you need not be present to win).

BLOW JOB / 1963 / 35 mins. / silent and b&w
In BLOW JOB, one of Warhol's most notorious shorts, a young man (DeVeren Bookwalter) is filmed as he is apparently receiving the sex act named in the title. The "action" is driven by the limited expressions (which range from boredom to narcissism) on the actor's face: we see only his head and shoulders, rigidly framed so that all off-screen space is left to the imagination. A wicked commentary on voyeurism and audience expectations, BLOW JOB's take on boredom, titillation and the unmoving camera continues to be influential today.

MY HUSTLER / 1965 / 67 mins. / sound and b&w
One of Warhol's earliest narrative films, MY HUSTLER offers a glimpse into the lascivious activities of a "Dial a Hustler" service. The “story” concerns an aging homosexual who rents a butch blond hustler (played by Paul America) to bring to his Fire Island home for the weekend, only to find him being wooed by the competition, both male and female. Initially conceived for the soft-core porn market, MY HUSTLER became a landmark of cinematic sexuality in the 1960s, and today remains a fascinating document of a bygone era.

Don't miss the Warhol exhibit "Andy Warhol Portfolios: Life & Legends" at the Tucson Museum of Art, February 27, 2010 - July 3, 2010. Visit http://www.tucsonmuseumofart.org/ for more information.