Jørgen Leth Interview: Andy Warhol Eating a Hamburger

[@Simmer1983]

Wow this really is pure art. I think Andy was happy showing the struggle getting the ketchup out. Like a metaphor how life is not always easy. Brilliant!

[@mellow311]

HAHA IT MUST BE CAP!

[@aaronburns98]

40 years later they call these muk bangs

[@ciboreum]

Andy and the Heinz Ketchup are both from Pittsburgh.

[@jjohnson5014]

The narration is just as enjoyable as Andy Warhol's perfomance

[@augopen]

Oh the beautiful irony of this footage being abused by Burger King and probably lost on 99% of Super Bowl fans. I hope they donated whatever they would’ve paid Warhol himself to to Warhol Foundation

[@Stefanio64]

Love the way Jørgen says McDonalds (MakDonald) and Burgerking (Boergerking)

[@Stefanio64]

The irony is that Warhol did not like to be watched, he preferred to be spectator.

[@Stefanio64]

And god how it shows!!!

[@PaulZushi]

Wow. Even though this was reportedly the most hated Super Bowl commercial, it's interesting to hear the story behind it and how much artistic value it had (at least to the director).

[@edkramer7905]

And of course my life will never be the same.

[@augopen]

😹😹😹

[@r.p.mcmurphy6623]

Probably a good thing...

[@Nichole.4nn]

This is achingly beautiful in the strangest way. Andy Warhol didn’t just make art, he was art. A product of himself, but that’s besides the point. You can sense the uncomfortability, in Warhol’s demeanor.. to the point that it makes you slightly uncomfortable. And it makes you question why, why did he agree to sit there and be filmed eating a hamburger he wasn’t enjoying? In a sense showing that people often do things they don’t really want to do because it’s what everyone else does.. but they push it aside and do it anyways. Conveniently, using a huge name hamburger company as an example.. the art is that it makes you wonder what it is all about, the fun part is... that’s the point. And I think he knew that.

[@shiznit9142]

Does it make you feel smart to analyse something like a dude scarfing down a hamburger so deeply that it becomes almost ignorant? Because if so i bet i could take a pretty mean shit and id allow you to find some artistic depth in that as well....you can overthink literally everything in this world and place value where there is none....that doesnt make it art that just makes it ignorant.

[@Prince_Sharming]

@@shiznit9142 You could go on forever with bullshit logic like this. What is art to you, then? A pretty picture?

[@jangray395]

@@shiznit9142 cretinous loud-mouthed empty-headed fool. You talk a lot but say nothing. Shut up.

[@LetsGoFlyers2011]

@@shiznit9142 Marcel Duchamp tried to open peoples eyes to these types of "artists" by signing a urinal and some outhouse seats in the 20's and saying it's "art". They are now considered priceless works in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. People will buy anything if it's presented right.

[@Stefanio64]

@@shiznit9142 It is not the burger eating she analyzes, it is the eating it in front of the feared camera lense :-)

[@franisaunicorn]

Art is in the eye of the beholder. If you're thinking of devaluing the artistry behind it, just don't bother watching these videos. Some people think this is art, and so what? Just because idiots like Paul Joseph Watson make it look like its "cool" to make fun of works of art that mean something to many people, it doesn't make it okay to do what he does. Art is always changing in form and meaning, but what doesn't appeal to you as art, will appeal to someone else. It's good to criticise, but I get angry when someone discredits an artist for trying to do something a little different and out of the ordinary, especially if it presents something "normal" and in its natural state, but in a different format.

[@shiznit9142]

You realize we live in a world where people are making millions by putting a cigarette out on a canvas. All while people starve on the streets and we're told theres just no way to help them. Give me a break, it isnt art and the money that goes into this stupid shit is such a waste of resources its pathetic

[@peptodismal5431]

the man took a 5 hour 20 minute 27 second long video of his boyfriend sleeping.

[@jangray395]

@@peptodismal5431 and? You don't make a point, unless your point is sarcasm or mockery, which is irrelevant here. It could be art to anyone. It is art. You don't get to decide, an artist creates, he creates art.

[@peptodismal5431]

J G my man my COMMENT was art please don’t mock me

[@Professor_Utonium_]

This argument falls to pieces the second you try applying it to anything more offensive than a slap in the face. Can we say that genocides are artistic simply because there were individuals who valued them? Of course not, some things just aren't art. Eating a hamburger isn't art.

[@1markpower]

Now Burger King has co-opted this scene as a superbowl commercial. I'd like to know how much it cost and if they got Jorgen Leth's permission and if so his reaction to this use of his film and incidentally how much BK paid him...

[@Zling0]

Jorgen Leth is a famous Danish poet. Don´t change the image.

[@LeoEhrlich]

That's 8 minutes that you won't get back

[@termikesmike]

The Hamburger Martyr You told him “ he had to eat a hamburger” and he got the meaning right away ! Yet he preferred MacD’s because their buns were the nicest design. why the ketchup ? rather than catsup ? who suggested that ! Let us know please, we ache with misery in a mound of unanswered questions ….

[@Hanashuan]

😂 I feel your pain buddy

[@fiskedunser6314]

The art I see in it is how this simple, one-shot and clearly awkward scene of Warhol slowly eating the burger, not knowing where to place his gaze and him struggling to get the ketchup out of the bottle is perhaps one of the most high contrast single pieces of media I have seen of the every day act of eating a food. It stands in such high contrast to the thousands of pieces of media and hundreds of millions of dollars fast food brands like Burger King have spend and used on marketing the act of consuming their products as a fun, enjoyable, smooth and great experience. All the thousands of fast food video ads come to mind of high budget, fast cutting, people laughing, burgers looking bigger, fresher and tastier, lively atmosphere, music, voice-over etc. This is the same thing, but portrayed in the most polar opposite and raw way imaginable. A true testament and showcase of how fabricated, sweet and fairy-tale like brands wants us to see the world, and this clip just proves how that world couldn't be further from the real world. And then there's the whole aspect to the clip of the spectator vs the actor, which is a whole-nother analysis of what it means to see others, and why we would view actors in action movies or every day people (or in this instance, a celebrity) perform such a boring, mundane task. All of this also just proves how subjective art is, and the enjoyment we get from seeing it (or don't).

[@kimhayes3828]

Loved this, thank you! The commentary of the artist and of course watching the egnimatic Andy Warhol was a wonderful experience.

[@Jocelyn-z9k]

The bottle of ketchup had also an" experience"which has not fortunately been filmed

[@DANiiiiq]

@@Jocelyn-z9k what do you mean?

[@simsesworkshop1546]

Har aldrig nogensinde, kunne forestille mig at selveste Jørgen Leth, havde mødt Andy den almegtige

[@brucey2407]

Genius.

[@BolsaChicaRadio]

Still, going on 40 years later...in this "supposedly" green & e-waste earth we live in (yeah, right) the very basic Burger King outer box, inner waxed paper wrapper, 3/4 folded paper napkins and #8 white paper bag...including the classic bottle of Heinz Ketchup...are still...used today...almost in it's entirely same form. BCRadio

[@LetsGoFlyers2011]

What are you on about?

[@alexbeerune]

@@LetsGoFlyers2011 theres still too much packaging in fast food so companies who claim they are green energy or whatever are lying

[@snedler]

Filming a guy eating a damn burger and says its art at its finest😮 Yeah im danish and that guy Jørgen Leth have always been a little crazy when it comes to danish ppl

[@Snyder9e]

just because your from denmark doesn't mean your danish and just because your danish doesn't make you a dane

[@snedler]

@@Snyder9e you don't know wtf you talk about.. You sound like one of those crazy radical lefties.. Go home and vote for biden you fool

[@snedler]

@hooolymcrooonyproductions Ehm, im actually 100% danish so i dont know what you are trying to say, but its bs 🇩🇰 #confused #danishpride

[@billbeckner7563]

A burger dipped in ketchup and satire sauce. Andy forever.

[@MaryM-ce5vh]

The emperor has no clothes.

[@gaabinubatrafinulifilit122]

But hairy balls

[@sliat1981]

Did he do the narration for the film too?

[@devenidarock]

So, Andy did it for free? He doesn´t explain how he arranged the money part with Andy...

[@porkNYC]

: dude ate a hamburger. director calls him a martyr, hero, christ... andy had to wait two seconds for the ketchup to come out and that equals suffering? it's a cool video, but it does not make andy a fucking saint.

[@novadarkknight9135]

The suffering comes from his wound from being shot. He was in costant pain after that and had to wear a corset all day to keep his organs in place.

[@kikeleinr8451]

The easiest 75.000 Dollars ever. Be famous and go to sleep.

[@mrslovvet]

Interesting.

[@termikesmike]

Would it be 'art' if I gave him a Brillo Burger . If he had a choice, would he have eaten a burger between Brillo pads, and would he have chosen Ketchup or Catsup - yet the Danish guy can't appreciate these artistic quandaries because he is simply making a dumb documentary . ( reposted from a reply )

[@midnightmoon9774]

"My name is Andy Warhol and I just finished eating a hamburger". 😂😭👏🍔 oh how important it is to stroke the ego of a popular pop culture artist yay!

[@francisdec1615]

Yes, this video only proves that most people are idiots. Totally ridiculous.

[@Zling0]

Miss Warhol. I really do!

[@danebrass1946]

The dude from Rammstein ate it better...

[@tikibun]

アメリカ人は普通に食べ残すんだよな 大量消費社会を表してんのかこれw

[@Kimdk87]

Either you get it or you don't

[@erik_griswold]

And now a SuperBowl Commercial.

[@NihilanthNonServiam]

Filthy Warhol pranked you all!

[@melinaazabache6896]

Burguer King and not McDonald's? BAD AMERICAN!!

[@frequentj1]

In the interview, he said warhol preferred mcdonalds

[@fawkeeenset]

You think it's so deep. Nukka just ate a hamburger that's all. Shit.

[@ashleylatson91]

Lol

[@ashleylatson91]

And he didn't even finish it...how wasteful...

[@kasperjepsen2917]

Beauty can be found in many things.

[@fawkeeenset]

@@kasperjepsen2917 so can overated

[@rippawallet]

Skeptas interview sent me here.

[@kellenthomas4335]

He treated edie like shit awful dude really

[@stevengelatzku2288]

best served with KRAFT katchup and a PEPSI. ok, Andy?

[@jean-francoisbrunet2031]

So it appears that in his most questionnable endeavours, Andy Warhol was enabled by nitwits.

[@MegaMarkitos99]

Danske?

[@시드니최서방]

He tried to extract meaning out of nothing. A nihilist.

[@kristofthibaud8491]

Andy looks Sad.

[@JoeMama-vj8es]

Ha! Can't believe this is real!

[@steveokinevo]

The guy was strung out on pills and speed all the time no wonder he couldn't speak for 45 seconds

[@ctin904]

... ... ummm ... ...Is this guy fuckin serious?!?!

[@Thomasringpetersen]

He is acting

[@Jacobparkour]

Smukt

[@mitchellschmidt9282]

Much too much talking.

[@karindrge3001]

Jeg er glad for jeg ikke forstår kunst ! For det er en krøllet hjerne man skal have for at forstå !............

[@Stefanio64]

McDonalds er da stor madkunst haha

[@Wallafaza]

This isn't artistic at all. It's so easy to make any kind of strange, boring scene become "interesting". You just talk about it as if it's art, as if there are ideas behind it. Actually, this is just a man, who happens to be famous, eating a hamburger. Nothing special.

[@diegocb5199]

After someone does, anyone can do.

[@leshie687]

Famous people get the best effect. To anyone who doesn't know him this film still makes some impact...... like 'somebody eating a burger looking strange'.

[@konajinx]

+Wallafaza Yes, but no one wants to watch you eat a hamburger.

[@Wallafaza]

Diego CB Well, Warhol was not the first one to eat a burger in this world

[@HeyJudie]

Is art made to be complicated and pregnant with intention any more authentic? Why? Why not just run with mixtures and admixtures of themes that are in the present moment. What is so damn unartistic about it?

[@thomaskaaz1]

What kind of madman dips a burger in ketchup like that? No wonder that chick tried to kill him.

[@leestephenson7042]

I've started doing that, because of watching this - it's the way forward!

[@ZenFox0]

I have, before I ever saw this. I hate dry hamburgers. (Looks over shoulder for any stalkers.)

[@Changeling_cosplay]

Idiot comment

[@thomaskaaz1]

@@Changeling_cosplay lighten up, guy

[@Changeling_cosplay]

@@thomaskaaz1 You think his attempted murder was funny? The poor guy suffered terribly for the rest of his life. Poor Andy didn’t deserve that. :(

[@lancegoy9180]

A brilliant, but sinful man.

[@augopen]

Really? Do tell

[@alexbeerune]

Religious people trying not to judge someone even though God said not to: VERY HARD CHALLENGE

[@alasierosawska9131]

Am i the only one who thinks that Andy Warhol eats so slowly, has painful expression and is generally suffering in the video, because he had eaten much just before the recording and while making that video he felt too satiated to eat that burger or even sick on his poor stuffed stomach???

[@Stefanio64]

Selfconscious perhaps. I've heard he was terrible shy. This is like roles reversed. Normally he was a spectator of other people, his actor-friends and muses.

[@ModernConversations]

I had to eat a hamburger for an audition. That was going through my mind leading up to it, so yes. I think so.

[@Changeling_cosplay]

No. Burger King burgers are horribly dry, he wasn’t given any water and had difficulty swallowing since his oesophagus was severed from his stomach during his assassination attempt by Solanis. He isn’t enjoying it because eating it is difficult. He usually only ate turkey and mashed potatoes.

[@ModernConversations]

@@Changeling_cosplay Omg

[@DiamondCutter423]

I'd eat a hamburger for only $75,000.

[@FreqBand]

Or no, it is just some guy eating a hamburger. It's not really art at all.

[@FreqBand]

I'll bet I'm such a disappointment to all my relative MFA student graduates.I....but I't's not art.

[@termikesmike]

@@FreqBand re " .but I't's not art." It's LIFE !

[@LuisMartinez-hi4cx]

This is art.what a garbage.art has become

[@ghosttbutt]

If he thought Andy was a saint then why didn't he pay him?

[@ZenFox0]

Saints don’t need money.