Featuring two fixed-frame shots of Warhol’s socialite superstar Edie Sedgwick, Face (1965) captures what the singer and poet Patti Smith described as Sedgwick’s ability to radiate “intelligence, speed, and being connected with the moment”.
“In Face, Warhol focuses exclusively on a closeup of Edie’s face for the entire 66-minute film, thereby demonstrating that his most famous superstar had the ability to command an audience’s attention while merely playing music, applying makeup and accessories, smoking marijuana, talking on the phone with a friend, and conversing with Chuck Wein, who, as usual, remains an elusive figure offscreen” (J.J. Murphy).