Kiss (1964 film)

This article is about the 1963 Andy Warhol film. For other films with similar titles, see The Kiss (disambiguation).

Kiss
Directed by	Andy Warhol
Produced by	Andy Warhol
Starring	Naomi Levine Gerard Malanga Rufus Collins Johnny Dodd Mark Lancaster Ed Sanders Fred Herko Baby Jane Holzer
Production company	Andy Warhol Films
Distributed by	The Factory
Release date	1963 (1963)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	silent film

Kiss is a 1963 silent American experimental film directed by Andy Warhol, which runs 50 minutes and features various couples -- man and woman, woman and woman, man and man -- kissing for 3½ minutes each. The film features Naomi Levine, Gerard Malanga, Rufus Collins, Johnny Dodd, Ed Sanders, Mark Lancaster, Fred Herko, Baby Jane Holzer, Robert Indiana, Andrew Meyer, John Palmer, Pierre Restany, Harold Stevenson, Philip van Rensselaer, Charlotte Gilbertson, Marisol, Steven Holden, and unidentified others.

In 1964, La Monte Young provided a loud minimalist drone soundtrack to Kiss when shown as small TV-sized projections at the entrance lobby to the third New York Film Festival held at Lincoln Center.

Kiss was followed by Eat (1963), Sleep (1964), Blow Job (1963) and Blue Movie (1969).

This was one of the first films Warhol made at The Factory in New York City.

See also

• Andy Warhol filmography
• Blue Movie (1969) – Warhol film
• Eat (1964) – Warhol film
• List of American films of 1963
• Sleep (1963) – Warhol film

External links

• Kiss at IMDB