Paul Morrissey

The Profile

American film director (born 1938) best known for his collaborations with Andy Warhol and for directing films such as Flesh, Trash and Heat.

Frequently collaborated with Andy Warhol; directed several late-1960s/early-1970s independent/underground films starring Joe Dallesandro. Heat (1972) concludes a trilogy with thematic links to Flesh and Trash and updates Sunset Boulevard themes for a sordid Hollywood.

The available review (Spleen) discusses Morrissey’s Heat (1972) as a gritty, entertaining homage to Sunset Boulevard updated for sordid Hollywood. Casting of Joe Dallesandro and grotesque, neurotic characters are highlighted. The reviewer gives the film a middling rating but praises its wit and grotesquery.