The Andy Warhol Diaries Trailer Is Here, Queer, and Like Its Subject, Utterly Compelling
Netflix series The Andy Warhol Diaries sets out to illuminate the man behind the mystery through interviews with friends, collaborators, fans, and by means of his own words from his diaries.The series comes from executive producer Ryan Murphy and director Andrew Rossi. “This breathtakingly expansive, six-part portrait of a legend chronicles the remarkable life of Andy Warhol from the intimate vantage point offered by the artist’s own posthumously published diaries.
Beginning with his childhood in Pittsburgh, the series traces Warhol’s almost unbelievably diverse journey fluidly moving between mediums and through eras as an artist — both revered and reviled — director, publisher, TV producer, scene maker, celebrity, and much more,” reads the synopsis.Another voice telling the story is Warhol’s own — after a fashion.
To bring Warhol’s voice to life, the filmmakers used cutting-edge A.I. technology, Rossi explained to Entertainment Weekly. The director worked with Resemble AI to use its text-to-speech algorithm, which was capable of recreating Warhol’s native Pittsburgh accent and cadence.
Actor Bill Irwin recorded the lines and his performance was combined with the digital voice to create a facsimile of Warhol’s voice.Warhol was very guarded and private about parts of his life, which is why Rossi was so drawn to exploring the artist through his diaries. “To fully appreciate the radical vulnerability that Andy shares in the Diaries, I felt that we needed to hear the words in Andy’s own voice,” he told EW.Rossi was also keen to explore parts of the artist’s life that are typically left less examined, and not just focus on the ‘60s era Warhol who ran The Factory.
