A heroin junkie works as a prostitute to support his habit and fund an abortion needed by the girlfriend of his lesbian wife. His seedy encounters with delusional and damaged clients, and dates with drag queens and hustlers are heavy on sex, drugs and decadence.
Acting
Dallesandro's iconic blankness—beauty as boredom, boredom as art.
Production
Warhol Factory chaos: real locations, real drugs, barely scripted.
Costume
Jackie Curtis serving thrift-store diva realness.
Director
Paul Morrissey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Warhol's 'Flesh trilogy' that defined underground cinema; this was shot in a week for $3,000.
Dallesandro became the first male centerfold in 'Rolling Stone'—this film made his body currency.
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