Imitation of Christ (film)

Imitation of Christ is a film shot and directed by Andy Warhol in 1967.

Andy Warhol shot sixteen 32minute reels of film for all the interior shots with all of the cast except for Taylor Mead during January 1967 in a Hollywood Hills home called the Castle which Warhol rented for his L.A. visits. The exterior segments with Pat Tilden Close and Taylor Mead were filmed in San Francisco parks and streets during May 1967.A long version of the film 480 minutes premiered in November 1968, and then was withdrawn from circulation the long film was thought lost for many years, and then was found in the early 2000s. In December 1967, the entire eighthour film appeared as a segment within another Warhol film, the 25hourlong aka Four Stars. In late 1969, Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey condensed the eighthour Imitation of Christ to 105 minutes, and rereleased it under the same name. ........

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