Director and Producer of Beautiful Darling Visit Film & Acting School
December 3rd, 2008 Posted in Events, Film School
On Thursday, December 4, 2008 New York Film Academy film and acting students will hear from the Director and Producer of the documentary “Beautiful Darling”. Students will have the opportunity to discuss the documentary filmmaking process and watch film clips from the movie.
The documentary film is based on Candy Darling, a young woman who was a fixture in the New York Off-Broadway scene in the 60s, in Warhol films such as Women in Revolt and Flesh, and became a prominent personality in Warhol’s circles, influencing such noted contemporary artists as Madonna, David Bowie and Lou Reed.
Beautiful Darling uses a series of interviews, archival footage, and images from Candy’s home in Massapequa, NY. Archival footage includes rare 25 year old interviews conducted by Jeremiah Newton with members of Warhol’s Factory and Tennessee Williams. The film features interviews with colleagues, contemporaries and friends of Candy, including John Waters, Peter Beard, Holly Woodlawn, Bob Colacello, Geraldine Smith, Pat Hackett and Ron Delsener.
Director James Rasin’s short film (with Jerome Poynton) The Burning Ghat, starring Beat writer Herbert Huncke, was screened at the Venice Biennale, and won the Gold Plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival.
