de Antonio, Emile { 5 images } Created 29 Sep 2017
Director, Emile de Antonio
Andy Warhol shoot of film "Drunk" staring Di Antonio. 1965
and
in The New York Times, Oct. 17, 1971 "Eat Drink and Make Millhouse"and for his obituary in 1989.
In January 1965, over drinks at the Russian Tea Room, the documentary filmmaker Emile de Antonio (Point of Order, In the Year of the Pig) warily agreed to collaborate with Warhol on a movie. Believing their politics and art to be absurdly different, De Antonio instead gamely proposed to drink an entire quart of J&B scotch in 20 minutes under the unflinching, voyeuristic gaze of Warhol’s camera. Their Factory session, recorded in this film, instead lasted 66 minutes, its grand finale a reckless and grandiose De Antonio writhing on the floor, clawing the walls, and speaking in tongues. Warhol would later recall in Popism that “Rotten Rita, who was hanging around, said, ‘Marine Corps sergeants keel over dead from that. Your liver can't take it.’ But De didn't die, and I called the movie Drink so it could be a trilogy with my Eat and Sleep.” from MOMA
Emile Francisco de Antonio (May 14, 1919[1]:3 – December 15, 1989) was an American director and producer of documentary films, usually detailing political, social, and counterculture events circa 1960s–1980s. He has been referred to by scholars and critics alike, and arguably remains, “…the most important political filmmaker in the United States during the Cold War
Andy Warhol shoot of film "Drunk" staring Di Antonio. 1965
and
in The New York Times, Oct. 17, 1971 "Eat Drink and Make Millhouse"and for his obituary in 1989.
In January 1965, over drinks at the Russian Tea Room, the documentary filmmaker Emile de Antonio (Point of Order, In the Year of the Pig) warily agreed to collaborate with Warhol on a movie. Believing their politics and art to be absurdly different, De Antonio instead gamely proposed to drink an entire quart of J&B scotch in 20 minutes under the unflinching, voyeuristic gaze of Warhol’s camera. Their Factory session, recorded in this film, instead lasted 66 minutes, its grand finale a reckless and grandiose De Antonio writhing on the floor, clawing the walls, and speaking in tongues. Warhol would later recall in Popism that “Rotten Rita, who was hanging around, said, ‘Marine Corps sergeants keel over dead from that. Your liver can't take it.’ But De didn't die, and I called the movie Drink so it could be a trilogy with my Eat and Sleep.” from MOMA
Emile Francisco de Antonio (May 14, 1919[1]:3 – December 15, 1989) was an American director and producer of documentary films, usually detailing political, social, and counterculture events circa 1960s–1980s. He has been referred to by scholars and critics alike, and arguably remains, “…the most important political filmmaker in the United States during the Cold War
![Director, Emile de Antonio<br />
Andy Warhol shoot of film "Drunk" staring Di Antonio. 1965<br />
In January 1965, over drinks at the Russian Tea Room, the documentary filmmaker Emile de Antonio (Point of Order, In the Year of the Pig) warily agreed to collaborate with Warhol on a movie. Believing their politics and art to be absurdly different, De Antonio instead gamely proposed to drink an entire quart of J&B scotch in 20 minutes under the unflinching, voyeuristic gaze of Warhol’s camera. Their Factory session, recorded in this film, instead lasted 66 minutes, its grand finale a reckless and grandiose De Antonio writhing on the floor, clawing the walls, and speaking in tongues. Warhol would later recall in Popism that “Rotten Rita, who was hanging around, said, ‘Marine Corps sergeants keel over dead from that. Your liver can't take it.’ But De didn't die, and I called the movie Drink so it could be a trilogy with my Eat and Sleep.” from MOMA<br />
Emile Francisco de Antonio (May 14, 1919[1]:3 – December 15, 1989) was an American director and producer of documentary films, usually detailing political, social, and counterculture events circa 1960s–1980s. He has been referred to by scholars and critics alike, and arguably remains, “…the most important political filmmaker in the United States during the Cold War](https://www.lawrencefried.com/img-get2/I0000l6LBHrmF9yo/fit=188x188/fill=/g=G0000OJef5iWuIKs/I0000l6LBHrmF9yo.jpg)
