ANDY WARHOL PRESENTS TRASH 1970 PAUL MORRISSEY JOE DALLESANDRO HOLLY WOODLAWN NY UNDERGROUND COMEDY DVD-R!

Trash is a 1970 American underground film directed by Paul Morrissey and produced by Andy Warhol. Starring Joe Dallesandro, Holly Woodlawn, and Jane Forth, the film depicts a day in the life of a heroin addict drifting through New York City and the unstable relationship he shares with his girlfriend. Blending bleak realism with dark humor, Trash became one of the most prominent features of the Warhol–Morrissey collaboration and is noted for its improvisational style, candid treatment of intravenous drug use, sex, and frontal nudity, and transgender actress Holly Woodlawn’s acclaimed breakout performance. Trash follows Joe (Joe Dallesandro), a heroin addict wandering through New York City over the course of a single day. Living with his dramatic but devoted girlfriend Holly (Holly Woodlawn), Joe moves through a series of loosely connected encounters shaped by his addiction, apathy, and physical unresponsiveness. Their Lower East Side apartment serves as the film’s center, where arguments, reconciliations, and improvised schemes—such as Holly’s attempt to secure welfare benefits—play out. Joe drifts from one situation to another, meeting an array of eccentric characters, including a go-go dancer (Geri Miller), a welfare investigator (Michael Sklar), and the frustrated upper-class couple played by Jane Forth and Bruce Pecheur. Each vignette blends absurdity, bleak humor, and moments of tenderness, revealing the instability and codependency at the heart of Joe and Holly’s relationship. By nightfall, Joe and Holly return home, exhausted but still tied to each other, the film ending without resolution—only the quiet continuation of their chaotic routine. Joe Dallesandro as Joe Holly Woodlawn as Holly Jane Forth as Jane Michael Sklar as Welfare Investigator Geri Miller as Go-Go Dancer Andrea Feldman as Rich Girl Johnny Putnam as Boy From Yonkers Bruce Pecheur as Jane’s Husband Diane Podlewski as Holly’s Sister Bob Dalessandro and Boy on the Street The film was shot in the basement of director Paul Morrissey in New York City in October 1969. Warhol’s boyfriend Jed Johnson, who was the film’s editor and sound engineer, told After Dark in 1970 that they did not meet Holly Woodlawn until the day her scenes were shot. “Someone had told Paul about her and Paul told that person to have Holly come up some Saturday afternoon. He met her and we began filming immediately. The fact that it all came out as well as it did was because everyone involved with our films is so creative. No one could write lines like that,” he said. Although Paul Morrissey is credited as the writer, the dialogue was improvised. “A lot of people ask if we have a working script on our movies because the dialogue is so clever … what happens, as usual, is that Paul Morrissey gives a sentence to the actors and has them improvising on a topic while the camera is rolling,” said Johnson. Trash premiered at Cinema II in New York City on October 5, 1970. The same day, an advertisement appeared in local newspapers, signed by Donald S. Rugoff, the theater’s owner: “A warning about ‘Trash.’ It is an X-rated film. No one under the age of 17 will be admitted. It is, in my opinion, not an erotic or ‘sex film.’ I believe ‘Trash’ is a very good, sometimes great, movie. I know that it is not a film for everyone, that some people will be offended by its strong language and/or strong images.” dvd-r COMES PACKAGED AS SHOWN IN COLOR DVD CASE, WRAPPED IN PLSTIC!