Warhol

I think the last film screening was not particularly enjoyable but the films deserved some respect. Flaming Creatures broke many of the barriers placed on the counter-culture and the underground.
Blowjob was boring but there was a lot underneath it than one may believe. The only way we know that a sexual act is taking place is in the title and no actual blowjob is seen. We only see the rather uncomfortable faces being made by the guy receiving the blowjob. Choices were made in this film that were important in making this a film with deeper implications. The duration, the sketchy wall background, the framing of just the face, the chiaroscuro lighting, were all clearly decisions and they do provide some insight to a meaning. My belief is that Andy Warhol was trying to downplay sex as un-extravagant and bland by making a boring film. He touches on similar themes in pieces like the Marilyn Monroe that accentuates her attractive features to make her seem grotesque.
But to go against this argument, the blowjob depicted is performed by a man apparently and that choice introduces a completely different subject on the matter