As Andy Warhol recuperated from gunshot wounds inflicted by Valerie Solanis, his Factory associate Paul Morrisey directed this drowsy, picaresque tale of a henpecked Manhattan hustler, the first of several "Warhol" films that are actually part of Morrisey's equally interesting
oeuvre. Joe
(Joe Dallesandro), a virtually affectless but oddly charming creature of the East Village, drags himself out of bed to hustle tricks on 33rd Street; his girlfriend Gerry (Geraldine Smith) has demanded cash to pay for an abortion. During a long day of entrepreneurial improvisation, Joe encounters a
variety of Warhol regulars, including legendary transvestites Jackie Curtis a...
Released:
1968
Rated:
n/a
Length:
105 mins