Factory Girl (film)

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Movie
German title Factory girl
Original title Factory girl
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2006
length 90 minutes
Rod
Director George Hickenlooper
script Aaron Richard Golub ,
Captain Mauzner ,
Simon Monjack
production Kimberly C. Anderson ,
Morris Bart ,
Aaron Richard Golub ,
Malcolm Petal ,
Holly Wiersma
music Ed Shearmur
camera Michael Grady
cut Dana E. Glauberman ,
Michael Levine
occupation

Factory Girl is an American biopic from 2006. Directed by George Hickenlooper and written by Aaron Richard Golub and Captain Mauzner .

action

Edie Sedgwick breaks off her art studies in Cambridge after a year. She leaves a friend, Sid, who takes a photo of her when she says goodbye. Edie moves to Manhattan with Chuck Wein. At a party she meets Andy Warhol, who is immediately fascinated by Edie's beauty and asks her to star in one of his films. Edie and Andy slowly become friends and develop something of a relationship. Andy becomes famous, and so does Edie. People become aware of them. She starts to inject speed to keep up with long parties. She goes to Paris with Andy, where she sits at the table with her parents and Andy. Fuzzy, Edie's father, calls Warhol a "fagot", which reminds Edie of her brother Mintie, who was hanged in a psychiatric hospital. Fuzzy sent his son there when he found out that Mintie was gay. At a party, Edie meets Billy Quinn (supposed to be Bob Dylan) and falls in love with him. But he leaves her because she doesn't want to leave Andy. However, Warhol found a new muse, Ingrid , after abandoning Edie over the Billy affair. Edie goes broke because Warhol never paid her and uses drugs. She meets Sid again, who takes her to his car. There he shows her the photo he once took of her. Edie bursts into tears, gets out of the car and runs away. Sid sees her there for the last time. In 1970 Edie got her life back on track. We also learn how Edie married Michael Brett Post and died of an overdose. She was 28 years old. The last scene shows an interview with Warhol. But he shows no reaction to Edie's death. The only thing that upsets him is the word "separation" that comes up when discussing Andy and Edie. Andy said that wasn't true, otherwise it would mean that he and Edie were a couple.

Reviews

Kevin Crust wrote in the Los Angeles Times on December 29, 2006 that the film treated the main character's life superficially. It disappoints both as a biography and as a film drama.

Laura Emerick praised the powerful portrayals of Sienna Miller and Guy Pearce in the Chicago Sun-Times . However, the film doesn't have much to say about the people it claims to be showing or about their troubled times.

backgrounds

The film was shot in New York City , New Orleans , Shreveport and Toronto , among others . Its production amounted to an estimated 7 million US dollars . The film opened on December 29, 2006 in selected cinemas in the United States, where it grossed approximately 1.66 million US dollars. On January 25, 2007, it was shown at the Santa Barbara Film Festival , which was followed by several other film festivals. In some countries like Australia and Greece it was released directly on DVD.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kevin Crust's review , accessed June 2, 2008
  2. ↑ Quoted from uk.rottentomatoes.com , accessed June 2, 2008
  3. ^ Filming locations for Factory Girl , accessed June 2, 2008
  4. ^ Box office / business for Factory Girl , accessed June 2, 2008
  5. ↑ Release dates for Factory Girl , accessed June 2, 2008