Soap Opera (1964 Film)
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''Soap Opera'', subtitled ''The Lester Persky Story'', is a 1964 feature-length
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 ''T ...
directed by
Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationsh ...
, starring
Baby Jane Holzer Jane Holzer (née Brukenfeld; born October 23, 1940) is an American art collector and film producer who was previously an actress, model, and Warhol superstar. She was often known by the nickname Baby Jane Holzer. Biography The daughter of real ...
, and featuring
Gerard Malanga Gerard Joseph Malanga (born March 20, 1943) is an American poet, photographer, filmmaker, actor, curator and archivist. Early life Malanga was born in the Bronx in 1943, the only child of Italian immigrant parents. In 1959, at the beginning of h ...
,
Sam Green Sam Green is an American documentary filmmaker. His most recent projects are “live documentaries” in which he narrates a film in-person while musicians perform a live soundtrack. His 2018 project ''A Thousand Thoughts'' features a live score ...
, and Ivy Nicholson. The subtitle was used by Warhol since he used old television advertisement footage provided by Lester Persky.WarholStars entry
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See also

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List of American films of 1964 A list of American films released in 1964. ''My Fair Lady'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. __TOC__ A-C and 0-9 D-F G-H I-K L-Q R-V W-Z See also * 1964 in the United States References External links 1964 filmsat t ...
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Andy Warhol filmography Andy Warhol directed or produced nearly 150 films. 148 ---> Fifty of the films have been preserved by the Museum of Modern Art. In August 2014, the Museum of Modern Art began a project to digitise films previously unseen and to show them to the ...


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''Soap Opera'' at WarholStars
1964 films Films directed by Andy Warhol American independent films 1960s English-language films 1960s American films {{indie-film-stub