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Taylor Mead (December 31, 1924 – May 8, 2013) was an American writer, actor and performer. Mead appeared in several of Andy Warhol's underground films filmed at Warhol's Factory, including Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of (1963) and Taylor Mead's Ass (1964).
Born in Detroit, Michigan and raised by divorced parents mostly in the wealthy suburb of Grosse Pointe, he appeared in Ron Rice's beat classic The Flower Thief (1960), in which he "traipses with an elfin glee through a lost San Francisco of smoke-stuffed North Beach cafes.. ." Film critic P. Adams Sitney called The Flower Thief "the purest expression of the Beat sensibility in cinema." Village Voice film critic J. Hoberman called Mead "the first underground movie star."
In 1967 Taylor Mead played a part in the surrealistic play Desire Caught by the Tail by Pablo Picasso when it was set for the first time in France at a festival in Saint-Tropez, among others with Ultra Violet.
In the mid-1970s, Gary Weis made some short films of Mead talking to his cat in the kitchen of his Ludlow Street apartment on Manhattan's Lower East Side called Taylor Mead's Cat. One film of Mead extemporizing on the virtues of constant television watching aired during the second season of Saturday Night Live.
Actors: Taylor Mead (actor), Anton Perich (actor), Andy Warhol (actor), Cesarina Ferro (actress), Kristina Korsholm (actress), Francesca Renzi (actress), Betty L'Innocente (writer), Mauro John Capece (director), Claudio Romano (director), Federico Sarcone (editor), Maura Narcisi (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Documentary,An interview with Warhol superstar Taylor Mead at his LES apartment in 2006. In this segment, Taylor discusses the history of his Lower East Side apartment and his struggle to avoid eviction. See more shorts, music videos and features at http://www.imperiumpictures.com
Excavating Taylor Mead is the story of one man's journey and struggle for survival in America's independent film and art community. Known primarily in the inner circles of New York's art historians and followers of Warhol, Mead's resume demonstrates how he may be one of underground film's most prolific yet overlooked artists. Filmed over a four-year period and spanning nearly eight decades, we follow Taylor's eviction from his lower east side apartment to co-starring in Jim Jarmusch's Coffee & Cigarettes. Filtered through his life choices, Excavating Taylor Mead is an endearing character study of someone who has chosen a unique artistic path. Featuring many clips from the early independent film movement including never before seen Warhol footage, Excavating Taylor Mead considers ...
The Convertible Taylor Mead
Keep track of Taylor Mead's ashes while marching to the East River on Oct 5,2013 proved to be tricky.
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Readings in Contemporary Poetry Taylor Mead and John Giorno Thursday, October 14, 2010, 6:30 pm
Entre 1962 et 1968, Andy Warhol réalise des Screen tests ou bouts d’essai immortalisant les visiteurs de son atelier, la Factory. Le principe de ces « portraits filmés » est simple : un modèle pose devant la caméra et se « laisse filmer » pour la durée d’une bobine 16 mm. Les films sont tournés à 24 images par seconde et projetés à 16 images par seconde, suscitant un léger étirement du temps. Vidéo présentée dans le cadre de l'exposition WARHOL UNLIMITED au Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris du 2 octobre 2015 au 7 février 2016 à Paris. Enregistrement fait in situ avec le bruit ambiant provoqué par les visiteurs.
Taylor Mead (December 31, 1924 – May 8, 2013) was an American writer, actor and performer. Mead appeared in several of Andy Warhol's underground films filmed at Warhol's Factory, including Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of (1963) and Taylor Mead's Ass (1964).
Born in Detroit, Michigan and raised by divorced parents mostly in the wealthy suburb of Grosse Pointe, he appeared in Ron Rice's beat classic The Flower Thief (1960), in which he "traipses with an elfin glee through a lost San Francisco of smoke-stuffed North Beach cafes.. ." Film critic P. Adams Sitney called The Flower Thief "the purest expression of the Beat sensibility in cinema." Village Voice film critic J. Hoberman called Mead "the first underground movie star."
In 1967 Taylor Mead played a part in the surrealistic play Desire Caught by the Tail by Pablo Picasso when it was set for the first time in France at a festival in Saint-Tropez, among others with Ultra Violet.
In the mid-1970s, Gary Weis made some short films of Mead talking to his cat in the kitchen of his Ludlow Street apartment on Manhattan's Lower East Side called Taylor Mead's Cat. One film of Mead extemporizing on the virtues of constant television watching aired during the second season of Saturday Night Live.
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