| Notes | This is the limited edition version of this Plexfilm release. Each gatefold "LP-style" package is hand numbered. Limited to 100 copies.
Released in conjunction with The Andy Warhol Museum, "13 Most Beautiful... Songs For Andy Warhol's Screen Tests" features 13 of Warhol's silent film portraits. Subjects inlcude Nico, Lou Reed, Edie Sedgwick, Dennis Hopper, and more. Shot between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City, the Screen Tests are presented with newly commissioned soundtracks by Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips. This is the first ever authorized DVD of Andy Warhol's films.
The limited edition DVD is presented in a deluxe gatefold LP-style package with an exclusive poster and booklet. In addition, one frame from each of the 13 Screen Tests has been be hand-printed as an 8" x 10" archival gelatin-silver photograph in a hand numbered edition of 100 on Ilford Multigrade fiber paper. Photo is included in a clear poly slipcover stamped and numbered on the back.
DVD extras include a behind-the-scenes documentary titled "Dean & Britta in the Studio" on the live production of the "13 Most Beautiful... Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests" performances, and a video interview with Dean & Britta about Andy Warhol, the music and the project. The accompanying booklet includes brief biographies of the Screen Test subjects, liner notes from the Warhol Museum's Thomas Sokolowski, Geralyn Huxley, and Ben Harrison and notes on the music from Dean Wareham.
Songwriters Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips, formerly of the band Luna and currently recording as Dean & Britta, incorporated original compositions as well as cover songs to create new soundtracks for the 13 films.
The DVD also includes the options to play the films silent, without the new score by Dean & Britta. |
