Blue Movie

This article is about the 1969 film by Andy Warhol. For other uses, see Blue movie (disambiguation).

Blue Movie
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAndy Warhol[1]
Written byAndy Warhol
Produced byAndy Warhol
Paul Morrissey
StarringViva
Louis Waldon
CinematographyAndy Warhol
Production
company
Andy Warhol Films
Distributed byAndy Warhol Films
Release date
  • June 12, 1969 (1969-06-12)[2]
Running time
105 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3,000[3]

Blue Movie (also known as Fuck and F,k)[2][4][5] is a 1969 American erotic film written, produced and directed by Andy Warhol.[1][6] It is the first adult erotic film depicting explicit sex to receive wide theatrical release in the United States, and is regarded as a seminal film in the Golden Age of Porn (1969–1984).[1][4][6] The film stars Warhol superstars Viva and Louis Waldon.

Blue Movie was released Elgin Theater in New York City on June 12, 1969, before the legalization of pornography in Denmark on July 1, 1969.[7] The film helped inaugurate the "porno chic" phenomenon,[8][9] in which porn was publicly discussed by celebrities (like Johnny Carson and Bob Hope)[9] and taken seriously by film critics (like Roger Ebert),[10][11] in modern American culture, and shortly thereafter, in many other countries throughout the world.[12][13] According to Warhol, Blue Movie was a major influence in the making of Last Tango in Paris (1972), an internationally controversial erotic drama film starring Marlon Brando.[4]

In 2016, Blue Movie was shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.[14]

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  6. ^ a b Canby, Vincent (August 10, 1969). "Warhol's Red Hot and 'Blue' Movie". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 5, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  7. ^ Staff (May 31, 2019). "Denmark legalized pornography 50 years ago. Did the decision turn out as expected?". The Local. Archived from the original on June 11, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  8. ^ Blumenthal, Ralph (January 21, 1973). "Porno chic; 'Hard-core' grows fashionable-and very profitable". The New York Times Magazine. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  9. ^ a b Corliss, Richard (March 29, 2005). "That Old Feeling: When Porno Was Chic". Time. Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
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  12. ^ Paasonen, Susanna; Saarenmaa, Laura (July 19, 2007). The Golden Age of Porn: Nostalgia and History in Cinema (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on March 15, 2023. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  13. ^ DeLamater, John; Plante, Rebecca F., eds. (June 19, 2015). Handbook of the Sociology of Sexualities. Springer. p. 416. ISBN 9783319173412. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
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