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Andy Warhol's film, The Closet was originally included in The Chelsea Girls, but was cut and released as a separate 66 minute film. It stars Nico and Randy Bourscheidt who are living in a closet.
One site user, Steve Stropiano had this to say about The Closet:
"The Closet is Warhol's most existential film In the tradition of Sartre's No Exit and Beckett's Waiting For Godot. A man and a woman, played by Nico and Warhol sound-alike, the boyishly handsome Randy Bourscheidt (he seems to be around 20) sit in a closet and contemplate leaving, but never do. The film opens with the closet door shut. We hear the actors' voices. Bourscheidt sounds remarkably like Warhol - he speaks in a low tone, says "uhmm," and gives one word answers. In the beginning, they discuss how dark the closet is. Nico takes an almost maternal role and encourages him to relax. Eventually, they open the closet door to let more light in. For the remainder of the film, they share a sandwich and a cigarette, discuss the contents of the closet (it seems to be mostly ties), and discuss whether they should leave the closet. Nico wonders if there is any sexual attraction between then, but he is far too shy. In the final, he comments how she doesn't know his name. Nico asks if it's "Romeo" as in Romeo and Juliet? Randy says no, but adds 'I could get down on my knees.'"
In 1966 Warhol caught one of The Closet's stars, Randy Bourscheidt with Richard Green who Warhol was in a relationship with at the time. Warhol was on his way home with Gerard Malanga in December of that year when he spotted Richard and Randy walking together toward Warhol's Lexington Avenue home. When Andy saw both of them together he "turned bright red" and blurted to boyfriend Green: "What are you doing with him if you're my boyfriend?" The next day Richard moved out of Andy's flat and all the locks to Warhol's house were changed. (LD263) Warhol had originally met Green at a party in San Francisco n May, 1966 at a cocktail party given for the screening of Warhol's film of Michael McClure's play, The Beard.
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