9:26 that's a very nice touch by Nelson in the final seconds, where Warhol walks out of the door and is framed by an inflatable 'love-heart' balloon! I bet Nelson, was very pleased with that one. Seen al of his work on this account now, ad loved it all..so time to start again, to catch what I missed....! - Marcus
"Worked a little bit and then went to Fiorucci from 4.00-600 to sign "America" books and signed 185. And Billy Boy came over to the store and Paige came and took us to the Cafe Condotti for tea and that was fun. When we sit underneath all my Grape prints it seems like it our place or something." From Warhol's diary
Great flashback and thanks for posting. Even tho I’m from San Francisco, I remember how fun it was to show up to these special events and opening of new trendy stores. Everyone would show up and be a part of something special. I love how in New York, you could have Andy walking or standing there and no one would even turn around and left alone. That’s what’s amazing about NYC and how stars were left alone back then. I’m not sure now and haven’t been to NYC for 20 years. We never had a Fiorucci store in SF, but I had this neon orange nylon motorcycle jacket in 1983.
Not sure about his films specifically , but Warhol's documentarian style which included carrying a still camera almost wherever he went had a huge impact on Nelson.
To be honest, his camera work in this crowded, jostling environment isn't as awesome as his street videos. Some of his final videos back home in the South are absolutely amazing for his fluid steady hand with a heavy camera. For anyone who hasn't seen them, watch his trip to the mall in Atlanta with RuPaul where he goes downstairs to film the sculpture or his walking tours in Kershaw, SC. Damned guy held that thing like it was a solid mounted, feather weight GoPro.
The comment doesn’t say anything about the 90s. Why even bring it up? Since you did, I frogging loathe the wannabe fools that claim the 99s was the last great decade. It was the 80s that was the last great decade in every way. The 90s had some good stuff, much of it some roll over from the late 80s. But by 95 it was BORRRIINNNGGG! God what a snooze fest. And everything that was great (80s) had faded away. Everyone walked around in flower dresses and loafers, grungy shit and all the color drained. It was really fucking boring. I recall thinking how boring everything was and I lived it. I got out of college in 94 and it just got so blah.
@@edeneverly2573: The 1980s sucked donkey dong. The 1990s were better movies, less oppressive than the Reagan preppy culture, but the music sucked absolute rooster cock.
Bruce Webb it is nice to see, however it’s only because they weren’t around. It’s just a sign of the times and nothing to do with people being different. If iPhones were around in the 80’s people would have their faces buried in them. Same as today.
@@MentalUnrest modern technology is dependent on your anxiety, do a little research on neuromarketing and go get a flip phone. there is a reason millennials are a fucked up disaster of a generation, and its not just they would have been better being raised by wolves instead of boomers.
@@MentalUnrest Safe Spaces in the sand . . . Go drifting into the sea . . . Eventually . . . The people were different because of not having all that waste of time BS. I'm sorry if you're still on Facebook.
In 1983 I was 19 and bought a Fiorucci neon orange nylon motorcycle jacket in San Francisco. I was changing my image and wanted to look more new wave. I only wore it about 3 times bc it was loud. Lol! I ended up selling it at a consignment store a year later bc I couldn’t pull it off. I never saw anyone with that same jacket and now would be a collectors item and could easily go for $500.. Those were fun times being a young person and going clubbing and shopping for clothes and putting your look together. I never got to go to the Fiorucci store in NYC and now wondering if it was still open when I first visited NYC in 87. Oh and I remember the jeans came rolled up in a tin can. Oh and the other big brand was Parachute and they had many stores in NYC and Reminiscence that made like basics that had a vintage feel.
@@teeniebeenie8774 On 13 February 1998 BillyBoy* and partner Jean Pierre Lestrade ("Lala") founded the Foundation Tanagra (non-profit) in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland. In 2012 the website of the Foundation was updated to reflect the creation of a future museum in Delémont.
how did nelson never capture basquiat on film. was he that mythical? i guess it was that nelson didn’t run with artists too much. he more of a nightlife guy.
I went to H.S. with Basquiat. I was younger and never was in class with him. I heard one teacher say: "I rarely dislike any of my students. But I didn't like HIM!" That's OK...he wasn't H.S. material and just did not care. It probably showed. The same teacher didn't like my father either. My dad went in and told them I had the perfect body to be a runner. Well I had no interest in running. That same teacher was an avid jogger and did not believe that running well required a certain type of body. The teacher told me so after my dad left.
Yup! Big egos? Nah, more like being the biggest, boldest you or whoever you wanted to be and authentic creative expression while not giving a fuck! Oh, and bitches on Ibstagram these days? Yea, their makeup every single friggin day is WAY bigger than what we wore. They are dressed up and some in drag so of course they have a lot of makeup. Twits these days wear pounds of makeup with purple tinted grease highlighter, green lipstick and extensions to their knees and you’ve got something to say about the 80s?! Get the fuck out of here. The “big” came out for dress up. Otherwise, IG bitches got us beat.
The 80's was the time period in pop culture where a lot of the now-iconic artists and stars started out from the underground or grassroots indie movement. They did nearly everything themselves, no fancy studio labels, no contracts with huge advertising agencies, nada. The decades after the 80's, artists already had studio label contracts or were in prominent art circles before they got famous in mainstream. The beginning of the manufactured cookie-cutter pop stars era. Only a few truly grassroots independent artists manage to make it popular in mainstream after the 80's.
I love watching these videos, yet I would never want to hang out with these people😂 Just a bunch of vapid narcissists...Nelson is the most entertaining of all💗
@@LisaMarie-xp4ym Too much idle chatter for me. No one really looks like they're having fun...Andy wants to get the hell outta there. But love the 80's scene :)
No, the wig thing happened at Rizzoli store: in "The Andy Warhol's diaries" they use this footage for make the episode more complete and real for the viewers.
Andy Warhol said he would go to the opening of an envelope... Or was that what someone said about him? Well this isn't just any opening it's for HIS book so...not just an envelope.
I’ll take it these peoples names who are being shown on the screen aren’t celebrities? There’s no way that they are, I’ve never heard of any of them. Oh just people who want their name on the screen, duh😊
