The story of a girl
who falls in love
with the world s greatest obscene phone call.

38 years after its opening night Hello Film and Lungomare present the lost masterpiece “The Telephone Book”. It is an extraordinary record of the New York underground cinema production, a biting satire on sexual morality which inspired Bernardo Bertolucci to his Last Tango in Paris (1972). In “The Telephone Book” Andy Warhol himself played the part of the “Intermission”, the scene featuring him ended up on the cutting room floor and the only remaining evidence of it is some photographs. The Warholian superstars Ultra Violet, Geri Miller and Ondine on the other hand remained in the film and take the same credit as Jill Clayburgh who was nominated for an Oscar in what was her first acting role. The markedly obscene and indecent ending was made by legendary film animator Len Glasser.

The exhibition was realized in collaboration with the producer of “The Telephone Book” Merv Bloch. In the sixties and seventies Merv Bloch was considered one of the most important and creative independent producers of cinema advertising. He worked with directors such as Stanley Kubrick, Roman Polanski, Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen making the posters and the trailers for their films.