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List Price: $475.00 | | Publisher: Edition 7L
Salesrank: 1236474
Released: December 2, 2004 |
| Our Price: $780.00 |
| Used Price: $450.00 |
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| Media: Hardcover |
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Editorial Review:
The October 2004 edition of Interview magazine will mark 35 years of the award winning journal founded by pop art pioneer Andy Warhol. In that time it has developed from the newsletter of the Studio 54 set into the definitive guide to the most significant stars of today and tomorrow. Adopting an original format the magazine uses recordings of questions and answer sessions to reveal information about celebrities, politicians, filmmakers, musicians and literary figures. The questions are often put by another celebrity and the answers are revealing, intimate and candid. Alongside the interviews are photographs by the crème de la crème of celebrity and fashion photography – Robert Mapplethorpe, Francesco Scavullo, Herb Ritts, Ara Gallant, Peter Beard, Bruce Weber, Perry Berenson and others – who are given the opportunity to make some of their most challenging and original work. For 35 years Interview has offered an original perspective on the sexy, fascinating and funny people who are shaping popular culture. This collection of 7 books presents the first catalogue of the first decade of that extraordinary history and like the rare, early issues of the magazine is bound to become a valuable collector’s item.
Book 1: The Covers – Facsimile reproductions of every cover of the first decade of Interview magazine published. 160 pgs / color printing.
Book 2: The Pictures – A selection of the best Interview magazine photo-shoots of the first decade. 192 pgs / tritone and color printing.
Book 3: The Interviews – A selection of the best interviews from the first decade of Interview magazine. 400 pgs/ Audio CD.
Book 4: The Andy Warhol Interviews – The best interviews for Interview magazine done by Warhol. 192 pgs.
Book 5: The Fashion – A selection of the best interviews with fashion designers, together with the bet fashion photography of the first decade of Interview Magazine. 192 pgs / tritone printing.
Book 6: The Directors – The best interviews with the visionary leaders of the movie industry. 192 pgs.
Book 7: The Back of the Book – Fran Lebowitz’s legendary "I cover the Waterfront" columns with photos and illustrations. 96 pgs.
ALL HOUSED IN A WOODEN TROLLEY AND COMBINDED WITH A FACSIMILE OF THE FIRST INTERVIEW MAGAZINE FROM 1969 AND A COPY OF THE ANNIVERSARY EDITION FROM OCTOBER 2004
Andy Warhol’s Interview: The Crystal Ball of Pop Culture
Published by Editions 7L
Housed in a wooden trolley, 10 x 14.5 in./996 pgs / Illustrated throughout. ISBN: 3865210236 $475.00
Andy Warhol's Interview (7 Volume Set) (Vol 1) Reviews:
False Advertising 
2005-02-03 - As the previous reviewer noted, there's a huge discrepancy between the description and the actual product. I was at first worried and then, when I learned the truth, disappointed to find that the product I'd recieved was much less than promised. Amazon and the publisher should correct the descriptions immediately. And the price should be adjusted (downwards) to match the actual contents.
Books - 5 Stars, Binding and Price - 3 Stars
2005-01-24 - The information reproduced in these volumes is truly impressive. The 7 books and two slip-cased magazines are a terrific testament to Paul Morrissey, Warhol, and everyone else who worked on the first decade of Inter/View magazine.
The boxed set is packaged expertly, with the books boxed separately from the rough, unfinished plywood "Karl Lagerfeld-designed crate."
The books truly are a treasure of 1970's glamour and kitsch. Each selected article and cover are faithfully reproduced, complete with age-yellowed newsprint and the occasional "Sample Only Please Subscribe" stamped on the page long ago. If it were for content alone, I would give this collection 5 STARS.
That being said, even as a "limited edition of 2000" the $475 price is a bit steep. The Amazon price of $299 is better, but $199 would have been more appropriate.
The description published here and elsewhere is misleading. I suspect they changed the box and bindings before publication to cut back on costs and neglected to send out a new press release with an updated product description.
When I opened the boxes, the books did not match the published product description at all. The "Karl Lagerfeld-designed crate" is rough, unfinished plain yellow painted plywood (not the box with the color photo of Andy in the Santa hat seen above). The books were not uniquely bound in various materials (cloth, plastic, metallic material, etc., as in the description). Each book is bound in the same red, black, and white printed cardboard covers. Also, no Audio CD was included with book 3.
I was concerned that there may have been two additions, so I emailed the publisher. They were very kind and quick to respond:
"I'm very sorry to hear that you did not get what you expected. What you received however is the one and only result of the long working process we had with Interview magazine. If you are not satisfied with it at all I would send it back to Amazon."
If you are at all interested in Warhol, the Factory, or this period, the set is a brilliant edition to any library... just be prepared to be a little disappointed.
