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| Directed by | Stanislaw Mucha [de] |
| Written by | Stanislaw Mucha |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | Slovak |
Absolut Warhola is a 2001 German documentary film directed byStanislaw Mucha [de] aboutAndy Warhol's extended family, whom he never met, in ruralSlovakia.[1]
The film follows the filmmakers as they travel through easternSlovakia to interview Warhol's surviving relatives, ethnic-Rusyns living near the Polish border inMiková, and to visit theAndy Warhol Museum of Modern Art inMedzilaborce. The museum is shown to be in a poor state, with the museum director and staff openly soliciting donations from the audience and giving out the museum's bank account details.
The living situation in the underdeveloped rural east ofSlovakia prior toEU-membership is also shown. The film also notes the levels of homophobia still present in this part of the world, with several of Warhol's relatives openly criticizing the "rumours" of his sexuality (although his homosexuality is common knowledge in the West). One man even goes as far to suggest thatValerie Solanas, theradical feminist andmisandrist who attempted to assassinate Warhol, was in fact a spurned former lover.
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