Batman Dracula

Not to be confused with the animated film The Batman vs. Dracula or the Filipino film Batman Fights Dracula.
Batman Dracula
Promotional artwork
Directed byAndy Warhol
Produced byAndy Warhol
StarringNaomi Levine
Gerard Malanga
Taylor Mead
Jack Smith
Sam Green
Release date
  • July 1964 (1964-07)
Running time
120 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States

Batman Dracula is a 1964 silent 16mm Bolex black and white[2] American superhero fan film produced and directed by Andy Warhol[1] without the permission of DC Comics, who owns the character Batman. It stars Jack Smith who plays the roles of both millionaire Bruce Wayne and Count Dracula.[3] The film was screened only at Warhol's Pop Art exhibits and some of it has been lost.[4]

Production background

A fan of the Batman comic series, Warhol made the film as an homage.[5] Warhol devoted something like seven hours of film stock to it.[6] The film was thought to be lost until scenes from it were shown at some length in the documentary Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2006).[7]

Cast

Production

Batman Dracula was filmed on the beaches of Long Island and on The Factory roof in New York City.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Jonas Mekas. "Andy Warhol filmography". University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  2. ^ [1] Batman Dracula (unseen footage of unfinished film). 1964. Directed by Andy Warhol
  3. ^ [2] Batman Dracula at Faena
  4. ^ [3] Batman Dracula (partially found Andy Warhol film; 1964)
  5. ^ Douglas Crimp (2012). "Our kind of movie" : the films of Andy Warhol. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-262-01729-9. Retrieved 16 June 2014. It might also have been Smith's greatest film performance, but sadly we may never know, because Warhol left the film in the can, unassembled and unedited.
  6. ^ [4] Batman Dracula (partially found Andy Warhol film; 1964)
  7. ^ [5] Batman Dracula (partially found Andy Warhol film; 1964)