5 Movies Starring Joe Dallesandro

Flesh

Flesh

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-05-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

89 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (1775 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Morrissey

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Geri (Geraldine Smith) ejects her husband Joe (Joe Dalessandro) from bed, and insists he go out on the streets to make some money for her girlfriend's abortion. This leads to Joe's various encounters with clients on the streets of New York City: an Artist (Maurice Bradell) who wishes to draw Joe, a Gymnast (Louis Waldon), and another 'John' (John Christian). Joe spends time with other hustlers, one of whom is played by his real life brother, and teaches the tricks of the trade to the New Hustler (Barry Brown). Back home, Joe interacts with his real life one-year-old son. Joe gets back home, presumably at the end of his duty work, and is in bed with Geri and her girlfriend Patti (Patti D'Arbanville). The women strip Joe and begin to get intimate with each other; Joe gets bored and falls asleep. (Source: Wikipedia)

Trash

Trash

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-02-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (2210 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Morrissey

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

The story of Joe [Dallesandro] and his lover-protector, Holly [Woodlawn], who is something to behold, a comic book Mother Courage who fancies herself as Marlene Dietrich but sounds more like Phil Silvers. Joe and Holly try to make a go of things in their Lower East Side basement, from which Holly goes forth from time to time to cruise the Fillmore East and to scavenge garbage cans, while Joe's journeys are in search of real junk... Trash is true-blue movie-making, funny and vivid.--Vincent Canby, The New York Times. Written and directed by Paul Morrissey, "presented" by Andy Warhol.

Heat

Heat

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1972-10-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (1383 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Morrissey

Cast:

Writer:

John Hallowell (idea)

Paul Morrissey (story)

Fullplot:

"Heat" is a parody of "Sunset Boulevard." Joey Davis, an unemployed ex-child actor, uses sex to get his landlady, Lydia, to reduce his rent, and then tries to exert his influence on Sally Todd, who is now washed-up and wasn't even more than slightly important at the height of her career. Sally tries to help Joey, until he realizes that she just isn't well-connected enough to be of any service to him. The affair is complicated by Sally's psychotic, maybe-lesbian-or-maybe-not daughter Jessica, who tries to muscle in on her mother's relationship with Joey.

Black Moon

Black Moon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1975-09-24

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

France, West Germany

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (3082 Reviews)

Director:

Louis Malle

Cast:

Writer:

Louis Malle

Joyce Buèuel (additional dialogue)

Fullplot:

There is a war in the world between the men and the women. A young girl tries to escape this reality and comes to a hidden place where a strange unicorn lives with a family: Sister, Brother, many children and an old woman that never leaves her bed but stays in contact with the world through her radio. Since the content of this picture is not as important as the pictures and allegories, the simple plot can not be described further.

Je t'aime moi non plus

Je t'aime moi non plus

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1976-03-10

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

89 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (1215 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

The petite waitress Johnny works and lives in a truck-stop, where she's lonely and longs for love. She develops a crush on the garbage truck driver Krassky, although her sleazy boss Boris warns her that he's gay. Maybe because of her boyish looks, Krassky likes her too. Both don't notice the growing jealousy of Krassky's boyfriend Padovan - until an escalation.

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