Mario Montez
- Recitazione
- 20 luglio 1935 · Ponce, Puerto Rico
- 26 settembre 2013
Biografia
René Rivera, (July 20, 1935 – September 26, 2013), known professionally as Mario Montez, was one of the Warhol superstars, appearing in thirteen of Andy Warhol's underground films from 1964 to 1966. He took his name as a male homage to the actress Maria Montez, an important gay icon in the fifties and sixties. Before appearing in Warhol's films, he appeared in Jack Smith's important underground films Flaming Creatures and Normal Love. Montez also stars in the Ron Rice film, Chumlum, made in 1964. Mario Montez, was "a staple in the New York underground scene of the 1960s and ’70s."
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Filmografia
- Escape From Rented Island: The Lost Paradise of Jack Smith · In persona
- Andy Warhol, Fluorescent · (archive footage)
- America Is Not Ready for This · In persona
- Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis · In persona
- The John Larroquette Show · Elsa
- Rollo seis: El Grand Tarot de Charles Ludlam
- Agrippina é Roma - Manhattan · In persona
- Occhio privato sul nuovo mondo
- Face · In persona
- No President
- The Gypsy's Ball · wicked gypsy
- The Queen · In persona
- Diaries, Notes, and Sketches · In persona
- Flaming Twenties
- Lupe · Lupe Velez
- Jungle Island
- Chelsea Girls · Transvestite
- The John
- Ari and Mario · In persona
- Satisfaction
- Hedy · Hedy Lamarr
- More Milk, Yvette · Lana Turner
- In the Grip of the Lobster Claw
- Andy Warhol Screen Tests · In persona
- Camp
- Normal Love · Mermaid
- Dirt
- Screen Test #2
- Harlot · Harlot
- Mario Banana II · Mario
- Mario Banana I · Mario
- Batman Dracula
- Chumlum
- Flaming Creatures · The Spanish Girl