I, A Man

After the theatrical success of ”Chelsea Girls” and ”My Hustler”, the theatre owner that was showing ”My Hustle” asked me if I had any other material that could follow it. In fact I had nothing that might hold an audience. He suggested that I make something. Since ”My Hustler” took as long to make as to watch, 1 hour and 10 minutes, he knew what he was talking about. I asked what kind of film would he like and when would he need it. Since he was only 2 blocks from 42nd Street he said it would be good if it was like a big hit there called I, a Woman. And he said he needed it in a couple of days since the business was really running out.
I told Andy and he was glad they wanted something else, but what? Neither he nor I had seen ”I, a Woman”. Since Andy had a disco to go to that night and I didn't want to see it, Andy suggested we make something and just call it ”I, a Man”.
The next morning he called me to say he had an apartment and a leading actor he had met the previous night - Jim Morrison, the lead singer of The Doors. He had been to UCLA Film School and wanted to take all his clothes off in an Andy Warhol film. Andy told Jim to show up at the factory at 3 o'clock. Andy would call some people and I would call some.
At 4 o'clock a guy named Tom Baker appeared and said that he was a close friend of Jims. Jim's manager had refused to let him be in the film as it might ruin his chances in Hollywood. Therefore he thought that Tom should replace him and be the lead. Andy looked at me a bit sceptically but I thought everybody was waiting at the apartment, why not?
I recognized Tom and thought he would be OK. He was, and the film was shot all in the next few hours in just one East Village apartment belonging to the brother-in-law of Fidel Castro, one Waldo Balart. I had to invent a situation for each of the girls that showed up at the apartment. One of the girls, a panhandler, who Andy was trying to be nice to, later shot him.
Paul Morrissey

Medverkande
Tom Baker, Ivy Nicholson, Cynthia May, Ingrid Superstar: Producent
Andy Warhol: Manus
Paul Morrissey: Foto
Paul Morrissey: Talat språk
English