''Eat'' (1964) is a 45-minute

underground film An underground film is a film that is out of the mainstream either in its style, genre or financing. Notable examples include John Waters' ''Pink Flamingos'', David Lynch's ''Eraserhead'', Andy Warhol's ''Blue Movie'', Rosa von Praunheim's ''Tal ...

created by

Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (;''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''"Warhol" born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director and producer. A leading figure in the pop art movement, Warhol ...

and featuring painter

Robert Indiana Robert Indiana (born Robert Clark; September 13, 1928 – May 19, 2018) was an American artist associated with the pop art movement. Indiana is mostly known for his iconic image LOVE which was first created in 1964 in the form of a card. India ...

, filmed on Sunday, February 2, 1964, in Indiana's studio. The film was first shown by

Jonas Mekas Jonas Mekas (; ; December 24, 1922 – January 23, 2019) was a Lithuanian-American filmmaker, poet, and artist who has been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema". Mekas's work has been exhibited in museums and at festivals world ...

on July 16, 1964, at the Washington Square Gallery at 530 West Broadway. ''Eat'' is filmed in black-and-white film, has no soundtrack, and depicts fellow pop artist Indiana engaged in the process of eating a mushroom for the entire length of the film. Finally, there is a brief appearance by a cat. In 1964,

La Monte Young La Monte Thornton Young (born October 14, 1935) is an American composer, musician, and performance artist recognized as one of the first American minimalist composers and a central figure in Fluxus and post-war avant-garde music. He is best k ...

provided a loud minimalist drone soundtrack to ''Eat'' when shown as small TV-sized projections at the entrance lobby to the third

New York Film Festival The New York Film Festival (NYFF) is a film festival held every fall in New York City, presented by Film at Lincoln Center. Founded in 1963 by Richard Roud and Amos Vogel with the support of Lincoln Center president William Schuman, NYFF i ...

held at

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Blake Gopnik Blake Gopnik (born 1963) is an American art critic who has lived in New York City since 2011. He previously spent a decade as chief art critic of ''The Washington Post'', prior to which he was an arts editor and critic in Canada. He has a docto ...

, ''Warhol: A Life as Art'' London: Allen Lane. March 5, 2020. p. 415

Plot

Indiana eats a mushroom, with a brief appearance from a cat.

Cast

as the eating man.

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1964 films 1964 documentary films 1960s American films 1960s English-language films American black-and-white films American documentary films American silent feature films English-language documentary films Films directed by Andy Warhol Surviving American silent films {{silent-documentary-film-stub

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