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Features: DVD, Dolby, Digital Audio, Mono Audio
In this groundbreaking underground cult comedy classic, Andy Warhol icon Joe Dallesandro struggles to provide a living for his demanding girlfriend (Warhol favorite Holly Woodlawn), crossing back and forth between the gutter and the high life in a quest for happiness
Editor's Note
Paul Morrissey's second installment of his groundbreaking lowlife trilogy--a nod to the "sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll" credo--stars Joe Dallesandro as Joe, a ragged heroin addict living in a filthy tenement on the Lower East Side of Manhattan with his girlfriend, Holly (Holly Woodlawn). Rendered impotent by his drug use, but driven by his addiction, Joe futilely tries to earn drug money as a hustler. While he scours the streets looking for junk, Holly searches the dumpsters, alleys, and garbage piles of the city looking for trashy treasures. Joe's quest precipitates a series of misadventures, alternately harrowing and humorous, including a single-shot intravenous drug session. There are also several sexual encounters featuring an eclectic cast of characters, including a vivacious Go-Go Dancer (Geri Miller), an LSD-crazed princess (Andrea Feldman), a bored housewife (Jane Forth) and her architect husband (Bruce Pecheur), and Holly's extremely pregnant sister (Diane Podlewski). Unfortunately, none of these episodes are able to reinvigorate Joe's dormant sex drive, and when their searches ultimately prove fruitless, Holly and Joe reconvene and scheme to improve their lot by adopting a baby in order to qualify for welfare. However, despite their dreams, the couple seems doomed to remain at the margins of society, burdened by junk and surrounded by trash. Sandwiched between 1968's FLESH and 1972's HEAT, TRASH is as frank a portrayal of junky life as the screen has ever seen. In addition to writing and directing the picture, Morrissey was also the cinematographer and editor.
| Features | Audio Commentary | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Mono | | Extra Scenes | | Interactive Menus | | Photo Gallery | | Scene Selection |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Image |
| Release Date: 10/11/2005 |
| Running Time: 110 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1970 | | Catalog ID: 0155PYDVD | | UPC: 00014381015522 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Cannes Film Festival (2003) |  | , Winner, DVD Heritage Award |
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| | Professional Reviews | Uncut
"[I]t's a camp, surreal and often humorous tale." 08/01/2005 p.138Chicago Sun-Times 5 of 10
The acting has the feeling of improvisation, but what makes it work is the uniqueness of the performers; Holly Woodlawn has an undeniable comic gift, even if you do come across it in Trash. The humor grows out of the incongruity of the actors, the situation, the movie, the audience. i>Trash passes right through pornography and emerges on the other side. - Roger Ebert
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