Jan 20, 2025
Andy Warhol in the 1982 film ‘66 Scenes From America’ by Jorgen Leth.
After an introduction at The Factory, the pair convened at a studio on New York’s 14th Street and 5th Avenue. A runner dashed out to get a burger. Warhol saw the sandwich and asked, “Where is the McDonald’s?” McDonald’s, said Warhol, was “the most beautiful”. (You can see why Burger King never went big on Warhol’s patronage.) Leth called his runner to fetch a Big Mac but Warhol interjected, “No, never mind, I’ll take the Burger King.”