» Warhol's First DVD: Screen Tests
13 Most Beautiful … Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests, the first authorized Warhol DVD, is due out Tuesday. As the title suggests, it contains 13 of Warhol’s nearly 500 screen tests. They can be played with or without music by Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips. Some neat trivia:
Each test lasted as long as a single 100-foot roll of film. Each was shot at 24 frames per second and projected at two-thirds of that speed, a trick Warhol often used. Each took a little less than three minutes to film, and takes a little more than four to watch. The slow-motion effect adds a discernible flicker, heightens every movement and contributes to the dreamy, ghostly quality.
