Lonesome Cowboys
Andy Warhol Films (1968)
Experimental/Avant-Garde/Art House, Queer Themes/Interest, Western
In Collection
#691
5*
Seen ItYes
(October 2016 Home (part) & YouTube)
IMDB   5.4
109 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1
Joe Dallesandro Little Joe
Eric Emerson Eric
Julian Burrough Brother
Louis Waldon Mickey
Tom Hompertz Julian
Allen Midgette
Frankie Francine
Taylor Mead
Director
Paul Morrissey
Andy Warhol
Writer/Composer Paul Morrissey
Cinematography Paul Morrissey

There rsn't any plot to speak of, but this is what in general happens: In the "wild wild west" (including scenes with power lines in the background and airplanes overhead), Ramona Alvarez and her perpetually stoned male "nurse" run into five gay cowboys. The seven members of the party desire a handsome male drifter, except for the transvestite sheriff, who can't be bothered about anything but his outfit. All hot & bothered at this point, the cowboys rape Ramona, who subsequently has sex with the drifter and, in the afterglow of sex, wants to form a suicide pact with him. The drifter rejects her new desire and rides off into the sunset with another man.
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 10/1/2016
Location Personal Library
Owner Deitz
Store EBay tim-in-vermont
Purchase Price $13.10
Condition Defective
Tags heritage
Links ‡ YouTube: Full Movie
‡ Commentary: Andy Warhol's Lonesome Cowboys (1968)
Lonesome Cowboys at Core for Movies
IMDB
TheMovieDb.org
References
Streaming, VoD YouTube
Lists ‡ 175 Essential Films for GLBT Viewers from Advocate (6/23/2014)
IMDb Voters <500

Notes
It was hard for me to understand "Lonesome Cowboyrs" It is virtually without narrative plot, or at least a plot that makes any sense -- While viewing it, I said to myself several times "This is awful" -- Yet, I also enjoyed it, for some odd reason -- I'm also suspicious of stuff that is "bad" being justified because it is "art" -- at the time in 1968, the film was being scrutinized by the FBI, and was banned in Georgia -- I suppose it has a place in our gay heritage story, but I'm not sure of its endurring importance.