René Rivera, (July 20, 1935 – September 26, 2013), known professionally as Mario Montez, was one of the Warhol superstars, appearing in thirteen of Andy Warhol's underground films from 1964 to 1966. He took his name as a male homage to the actress Maria Montez, an important gay icon in the fifties and sixties. Before appearing in Warhol's films, he appeared in Jack Smith's important underground films Flaming Creatures and Normal Love. Montez also stars in the Ron Rice film, Chumlum, made in 1964. Mario Montez, was "a staple in the New York underground scene of the 1960s and ’70s."
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Filmmaker and artist Jack Smith described his own film as a “comedy set in a haunted movie studio.” ...
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Lacking a formal narrative, Warhol's mammoth film follows various residents of the Chelsea Hotel in ...
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Also known as Walden, Jonas Mekas’s first diary film is a six-reel chronicle of his life in 1960s Ne...
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Smith's third feature film was originally titled "The Kidnapping of Wendell Willkie by the Love Band...
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No President (1969) | - | 3 | |
| 2 | Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (1968) | Self | 8 | |
| 3 | The Queen (1968) | Self - Singer | 5 | |
| 4 | Chelsea Girls (1966) | Transvestite | 4 | |
| 5 | Flaming Creatures (1963) | The Spanish Girl | 3 | |
| 6 | Chumlum (1963) | - | 5 |
