Factory Girl (Unrated)

...first thing first. I didn't remember Fallon being in this movie, but once I got passed seeing him, he actually did a pretty good job. As far as the main characters: Sienna Miller, Guy Pierce and Hayden Christensen (the real actors), I thought they all did a great job. I am a huge fan of the Andy Warhol machine. Edie was an intricate part of the 'Factory' era for Andy Warhol. Even Candy Darling, a male transgender who also died trying to please Andy. Andy was a below average scholar whose genius was in his mystical behavior that brought together many wannabe artists looking for fame. I admire his work because of how he made ordinary objects into important renderings everyone wanted. The object of this film, though, is to show how some of his entourage (Edie Sedgwick) fell victim to the harsh realities of failed fame. Hence, this is a very sad film in the end. ***My personal thoughts after watching this (again) is that everyone turned their backs on a beautiful woman who needed continuous care. Not to mention the woman who got her hooked on amphetamines to begin with. Andy didn't do hard drugs, but he was blamed for Edie's death.... and in the end, met with a sad and untimely death himself.

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Factory Girl is a movie that weaves three major characters Edie Sedgwick, Andy Warhol and Bob Dylan together in a tragic, real-life drama. Movies about the lives of famous people allow us to open the door to their life-time choices and it was sad to see the trajectory of Edith Minturn Sedgwick, known by all her friends as "Edie."Born on April 20th, 1943 to a wealthy family, Edie was the daughter of Alice Delano de Forest and Francis Minturn Sedgwick, who was a sculptor, philanthropist and rancher. Edie came from a well established family in Massachusetts, but her parents had moved to California, where she is born in Santa Barbara. Her ancestors can be traced back to her seventh grandfather, who was the first Major General of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.At the early age of 22, she meets Andy Warhol and begins a relationship with him, appearing in many of his movies, becoming a regular at The Factory, the studio where Warhol met with associates and friends while pursuing his endeavors. Andrew Warhol was born on August 6th, 1928, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, so when he met Edie he was in his late 30's. Andy started his career as a commercial illustrator and soon became famous for his work as a painter and his unique pop art, the name given to his 60's paintings of American products such as Campbell's Soup and Coca Cola cans.The movie shows an insecure, troubled young woman, who involves herself in drug use which ultimately causes her demise. At some point, she meets Bob Dylan, an American song writer, author, poet and guitar player, but Andy Warhol becomes either jealous or resentful and he stops devoting his attention to Edie, who can not understand the motives behind his abandonment and loses control of herself.The movie is well done, providing great detail into the lives of people we did not know much about, but the story of Edie Sedgwick left us saddened to see a young girl with great promise deteriorate to the point of self-destruction. Great acting.

I enjoyed this realistic take on a sad tragedy. I realized how young I was when she left this world. I have an opinion about people who take advantage of vulnerable people and who do not respect the boundaries of others, that I will refrain from elaborating on because I think I am getting my point across. Fabulous cast and acting, Pearce was a perfect copy of Warhol, Sienna Miller!!! Wow superb portrayal of Edie and her acceptance of new dark friends with big dreams like her. I sensed a failed rescue attempt of the fashion mogul of that time to preserve her professional reputation, I wondered if an offer to rehab her may have saved her life. Did she deserve any less for herself? (rehtorical) Was returning home an attempt to self-rehab? I appreciate the comments of people who remember Edie at the end !

This is a vey well made movie about the rise and fall of Edie Sedgwick. While it may not completely explain or try to explain why Edie did what she did it is a very well done movie. The acting, especially by Sienna Miller is very good (even if you wonder why she got the role when you see some of her screen test passages in the extras).At times the physical resemblance with the real Edie is exceptional, or at least with pictures from that era. Basically Edie was a wealthy New England socialite who left art school to go to New York where she met Andy Warhol- Being spectacularly attractive she became famous for the famous Warholian 15 minutes and then became very involved in drugs and eventually died at 28 years of age. However she has with time becom an icon of the 60's. This was confirmed by a book hat came out a while ago by Jean Stein and which is quite an excellent read.The extras are rather good since there is a short documentary about the real Edie with interviews of survivors who knew her such as Gerard Malanga and her brother. This series of interviews actually complement the movie quite well. Together with the above mentioned book it increases the fascination one can have for her. Also as stated above there is a short screen test Sienna Miller did for the movie.The guy who plays Warhol is not that great though.

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Ottimo

a movie that understandably tanked at the box office but a must for anybody who wants to know more about Warhol, Edie, the Factory and the Silver Sixties. Great performance by Sienna Miller. Gives life to Edie Sedgwick in a much better way than the Ciao Manhattan movie in spite of the real life Edie Sedgwick being in it.

Me parece una película aceptable sobre los años en la Factory de Edie Sedgwick. Lo bueno y destacable de la película es la gran actuación de Sienna Miller

Ich habe mir den Film gekauft, da Hayden Christensen mitspielt und keine Sorge man wird nicht enttäuscht er ist Hammer-geil in dem Film, sehr sexy, aber auch so muss ich sagen verspricht der Film viel mehr, als man es erwarten würde, denn die beiden Schauspieler von Edie Sedwick und Andy Warhol kommen sehr authentisch rüber. Sie wurden so realistisch wie möglich nachgemacht und gerade der gespielte Andy Warhol hat mir sehr gefallen.Der Film hätte meinetwegen noch länger gehen können, so fand ich einige Szenen zu kurz behandelt, die ausführlicher hätten sein können. Doch der Film ist einfach klasse, die Emotionen wunderbar zum Publikum transportiert, sehr gut gespielt. Einer meiner Lieblingsfilme jetzt=)