Rent A Walk Into the Sea (2007)
3.5 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 18min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
Danny Williams had been living fast - dropping out of Harvard and moving to Manhattan to begin a film career. A fixture at the Warhol Factory, he was soon making experimental films and designing the groundbreaking Velvet Underground / Exploding Plastic Inevitable light show by the age of 26. He was in the middle of the 20th Century's most vibrant and dangerous art scene. After a gruelling tour with the Velvets he returned to his parents' Massachusetts beach home. One night he borrowed his mother's car keys and drove off. He was never seen again. 35 years later his niece, Esther B. Robinson, discovered 20 extraordinary never-before-seen films Williams made while at the Factory. They feature Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgewick, and the earliest known footage of the Velvet Underground. With these luminous films as a guide, A Walk Into The Sea is a riveting personal account of what she found. It is the story of an extraordinary talent abandoned by two dysfunctional families, one upright and traditional, the other bohemian and legendary. - Actors:
- Callie Angell, Brigid Berlin, John Cale, Danny Fields, Nat Finkelstein, Gerard Malanga, Albert Maysles, Paul Morrissey, Billy Name, Ronald Nameth, Julia Robinson, Jeffrey Noyes Scher, Harold Stevenson, Chuck Wein, Danny Williams, Nadia Williams
- Directors:
- Esther Robinson
- Producers:
- Doug Block, Wendy Ettinger, Judith Helfand, Julie Parker Benello, Tamra Raven, Esther Robinson
- Writers:
- Esther Robinson, Shannon Kennedy
- Aka:
- A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory
- Studio:
- Revolver Entertainment
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
