Bike Boy

Date: 24 March 2002 | Season: Andy Warhol Tate

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BIKE BOY
Sunday 24 March 2002, at 3:00pm
London Tate Modern

Factory Sexploitation.

Andy Warhol, Bike Boy, USA, 1967-68, 109 min

The box office success of The Chelsea Girls provoked a significant change in the style of Warhol’s filmmaking, which moved towards a more commercial approach as Paul Morrissey took over production. The Bike Boy is Joe Spencer, a hick biker who is obviously out of his depth up against the fast-talking and extrovert Factory regulars Viva, Brigid Polk and Ingrid Superstar. One of a succession of sexploitation movies made throughout the late 60s.