Chelsea Girls

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experimental film film underground film

Chelsea Girls is a 1966 experimental underground film directed by Andy Warhol, known for its split-screen presentation and portrayal of the lives of residents at New York’s Chelsea Hotel.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	experimental film → film → underground film →
associatedWith	New York underground cinema → The Factory →
cinematographyBy	Andy Warhol → Paul Morrissey →
coDirector	Paul Morrissey →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
dialogueStyle	largely improvised →
director	Andy Warhol →
distributor	Film-Makers' Distribution Center →
filmedIn	New York City →
filmingPeriod	1966 →
genre	avant-garde film → drama film →
hasColorProcess	black-and-white → color →
hasWorkTitle	Chelsea Girls →
influenced	later experimental split-screen films →
musicBy	Velvet Underground →
namedAfter	Chelsea Hotel →
notableFeature	black-and-white and color reels alternating → split-screen presentation → use of dual projection →
notableFor	commercial success relative to other Warhol films →
originalLanguage	English →
partOf	Andy Warhol filmography →
portrays	lives of residents at the Chelsea Hotel → members of Andy Warhol's Factory scene →
premiereLocation	New York City →
producer	Andy Warhol →
projectionFormat	two 16 mm projectors side by side →
releaseFormat	16 mm film →
releaseYear	1966 →
runningTimeMinutes	210 →
screenFormat	split screen →
setting	Chelsea Hotel → New York City →
stars	Brigid Berlin → Eric Emerson → Gerard Malanga → International Velvet → Mario Montez → Mary Woronov → Nico → Ondine →
structure	series of vignettes →
timePeriodDepicted	mid-1960s New York counterculture →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chelsea Girls →	hasWorkTitle
Andy Warhol →	notableWork