Click here, or on the image above, to see the complete 49 second silent screen test.
This amazing piece of footage — just 49 seconds long — is a silent screen test of Lois Smith and James Dean for East of Eden, Warholian in its simplicity, and clearly what Warhol was after in his own series of 3 minute screen tests shot at the Silver Factory. See how much can be done with the faces, and nothing more? No music, no soundtrack, just the image of two people, more than half a century old, still reaching out and touching us; clear, direct, and unadorned. The image quality is superb; it’s as if this was photographed only minutes ago — remarkable.
