Kitchen

Kitchen — Plot

Instructed by Warhol to write a vehicle for Edie Sedgwick in a “completely white” setting, scenarist Ronald Tavel created one of Warhol’s most iconic films. Here a group of performers of all stripes – the sink and litter basket receive equal billing to the human actors – are forced into Warhol and Tavel’s cruelly comical theatre of the absurd. Inside this cramped domestic space, boredom, confusion and a sense of existential dread hang heavy in the air. Warhol and Tavel transform the modern 1960s kitchen – replete with the latest gadgets and conveniences – into a chaotic laboratory for self-creation and interpersonal conflict.

• Release date
• March 3, 1966
• Runtime
• 66 min
• Director
• Andy Warhol

Kitchen — Cast

Edie Sedgwick Jo

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Roger Trudeau Nicky

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David McCabe Photographer

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Donald Lyons Gerald

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Elecktrah Nikki Ronald Tavel Offscreen Direction Rene Ricard Busboy Gerard Malanga