Robert Having His Nipple Pierced Documentary excerpt

During the voiceover for Nigel Finch s excellent documentary on Mapplethorpe (currently available in its entirety at ), it is claimed that: In its day, Robert Having His Nipple Pierced achieved some notoriety as an underground classic, and even had the dubious distinction of alerting Andy Warhol to the potential of movie However, this date and the resultant claim of the film s influence upon Warhol must be a factual inaccuracy. Most of Warhol s key works were produced before 1968 Eat (1963), Blowjob (1964) and Chelsea Girls (1967), to name just a few. According to Patricia Morrisroe s absorbing Mapplethorpe: A Biography, Robert Mapplethorpe and model David Croland met during Memorial day 1970 (Morrisroe, p. 86), the same year in which Robert Having His Nipple Pierced was