10 Weirdest Moments In The Early Days Of DC Movies
6. Andy Warhol's Batman Dracula
DC's stable of characters are subject to any number of unauthorised movie adaptations, from affectionate fan productions that pitch the Dark Knight against Aliens and Predators to Filipino action film Fight Batman Fight!, where he wields a machine gun. They're intellectual property of Warner Bros, but they're also mainstream cultural icons. It was in that latter capacity that pop artist Andy Warhol made his own Batman film. Yes, that Andy Warhol, of soup cans and unconvincing wigs fame. He had a habit of adapting stuff into films, even if he didn't have the legal right, making his own Frankenstein flick and a version of A Clock Orange that pre-dated Kubrick's. Batman Dracula still seems pretty out-there, though, even for an artist whose whole shtick was messing with pop icons. Apparently Warhol was a long-time fan of the Dark Knight, with the film existing as a faithful homage. The strangest thing about it, though, might be that it featured the first campy Batman meaning it perhaps inspired the sixties TV show.
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