Mario Banana

[delorsebolnick]

nice clip thanks for sharing i enjoyed it =)

[cs100295]

We just watched this in school...an it was AKWARD

[mravantgarde123]

just remember kiddies, don't take drugs and eat a banana at the same time!

[TheLuminica]

You have to be either someone from the LGBT community or a junkie to enjoy this.

[kirasimailuver]

IT AM EPIC MOVIE OF A GUY EATIN A BANANA!!!! so suspenseful!

[toddplum]

nice stuff!

[GAZZIRRETOR2008]

In origine questo video era in bianco e nero... così l'evidente presenza maschile era confusa, non chiara... dava solo l'impressione della sua presenza!! Andy voleva giocare sull'ambiguità dell'erotismo... il fatto che anche maschi potessero eccitarsi perché ignari che il soggetto inquadrato fosse un maschio... a suo modo è geniale. (Marco)

[santusasiouxsie]

Fala sério,Andy Warhol!!!

Que coisa mais canastrona!

Prefiro a Divine em Pink Flamingos!

[piroschka6]

gähn...

[brett84c]

this is gay

[xXKittyxCat]

@brett84c of course its gay. the artist was gay, and so was the actor.

[brett84c]

i know, i said it to be funny. This video is pretty pretentious if you ask me. There are people out there that actually put a lot of painstaking time and effort into movie making. I'm not saying this guy doesn't do anything good, but i can't consider this art or engaging in any way

[anemone9]

That's Warhol's aesthetic, though. He was very deliberate about it. It's a critical exploration of the concepts of fame and high art. I wouldn't quite call his work "satire," but it's certainly very tongue in cheek.

[xXPinkGoddessXx]

@brett84c What does the fact that there are talentless nobodies labouring away silently have to do with anything at all? If you support the concept of freedom, you would have no problem with the fact that Warhol has fans, even if you don't personally like him.

[brett84c]

@brett84c ya, this guy has fans, i'm sure, i just personally think this is a waste of time and is not artistic in any way... i mean, a gay dude eating a banana? wow, my life is changed. Sorry but i need something more stimulating

[GodStarRevisited69]

@brett84c good one! hahahaha

[Dueci]

@brett84c Totally underground for smart minds!

[Profetul13]

@Dueci underground...as in....gay !

[DarthRacoon]

O_O

[GarboFour]

I thought this was a woman before I read the intro about this film. I saw this seveal days ago on an Andy Walhor exhibit and watched it with amuzement for about 5 min, until at last I realised that it actually meant to be very erotic... *_*

[skunkgoddess]

Still around somewhere. He first used the name Mario Montez in Jack Smith's Flaming Creatures (1963)and then Normal Love (see my page for Mario in a clip called Mermaid from Normal Love). btw, Warhol stole the term "superstar" that he used for all his players from Jack Smith, pioneer of underground cinema and became known as performance art.

[SaintTidewolfe]

Thank you so much for uploading this video.

Does anybody know what eventually happened to Mario Montez/Rene Rivera ? Is he still alive ?

[Dueci]

@SaintTidewolfe I have no idea.

[casinobowling]

@Dueci YOU FORGOT THE SOUND!!!!!!!!!!!

[ANTHONYAVERY]

@SaintTidewolfe Yes he is! He re-emerged at a festival in Germany  after thirty years in 2009.

[ANTHONYAVERY]

@SaintTidewolfe Yes he is! He re-emerged at a festival in Germany after thirty years in 2009.

[ANTHONYAVERY]

@SaintTidewolfe Yes he is still alive. The Jack Smith festival saw the first public appearance in thirty years.

[lastclearchance]

@SaintTidewolfe Still alive and living in Florida. Has made the occasional appearance recently thanks to German curator Marc Siegel, who's working on a book about Montez.