{"product_id":"trash-a-queer-film-classic","title":"Trash: A Queer Film Classic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTrash\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, one of three inaugural titles in Arsenal's film book series Queer Film Classics, delves into the legendary 1970 film that was arguably the greatest collaboration between director Paul Morrissey and producer Andy Warhol.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTrash\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis a down-and-out domestic melodrama about a decidedly eccentric couple: Joe, an impotent junkie (played by Warhol film regular Joe Dallesandro), and Holly (played by trans Warhol superstar Holly Woodlawn), Joe's feisty and sexually frustrated girlfriend. Joe is the hunky yet passive center around whom proud Holly orbits; while Morrissey intended to show that \"there's no difference between a person using drugs and a piece of refuse,\" Woodlawn's incredible turn reverses his logic: she makes trash as precious as human beings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor Jon Davies argues that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTrash\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, so comical yet so heartrending, is an allegory for the experiences of Dallesandro, Woodlawn, their co-stars, and countless other human \"leftovers,\" whose self-fashioning for Warhol and Morrissey's gaze transformed them---if only fleetingly---from nobodies into somebodies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Queer Film Classics series consists of critical yet populist monographs on classic films of interest to LGBT audiences written by esteemed film scholars and critics. The series is edited by authors Thomas Waugh (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOut\/Lines, Lust Unearthed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and Matthew Hays (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe View from Here\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jaguar Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":67967417680186,"sku":"9781551522616","price":15.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1765\/3531\/files\/trash.png?v=1794409922","url":"https:\/\/shop.tiff.net\/products\/trash-a-queer-film-classic","provider":"TIFF Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}