Factory Girl (2006)

Director:

George Hickenlooper

Writers:

Aaron Richard Golub (story)
Captain Mauzner (screenplay)

Release Date:

2 febrero 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Biografía | Drama

Frase comercial:

When Andy met Edie, life imitated art.

Plot:

Based on the rise and fall of socialite Edie Sedgwick, concentrating on her relationships with Andy Warhol and a folk singer.

Plot Keywords:

Mother Son Relationship | Artist | Beer Drinking | Bob Dylan | Mother Daughter Relationship

Comentarios de los usuarios:

You're the Boss, Applesauce

Cast

Sienna Miller	...	Edie Sedgwick
Guy Pearce	...	Andy Warhol
Hayden Christensen	...	Musician
Jimmy Fallon	...	Chuck Wein
Jack Huston	...	Gerard Malanga
Armin Amiri	...	Ondine
Tara Summers	...	Brigid Polk
Mena Suvari	...	Richie Berlin
Shawn Hatosy	...	Syd Pepperman
Beth Grant	...	Julia Warhol
James Naughton	...	Fuzzy Sedgwick
Edward Herrmann	...	James Townsend
Illeana Douglas	...	Diana Vreeland
Mary Elizabeth Winstead	...	Ingrid Superstar
Don Novello	...	Mort Silvers

También conocida como:

Fábrica de sueños (Mexico) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive drug use, strong sexual content, nudity and language.

Duración:

USA:90 min | USA:99 min (unrated version)

País:

USA

Idioma:

English | Slovak | French

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

South Korea:18 | Singapore:M18 | Ireland:16 | Portugal:M/16 | New Zealand:R16 | Italy:VM14 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #43218) | Finland:K-15 | USA:Unrated (DVD) | Japan:R-15

Filming Locations:

Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Weinstein Company, The

Trivialidades:

Despite the fact that the film takes place in New York City, most of the shooting took place in Louisiana due to budgetary restrictions, where most of the crew's homes had been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Only a few additional scenes shot after principal production were shot in New York.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Campbell's tomato soup cans in Andy Warhol's kitchen cupboard have more modern label featuring upper and lower case typography, not the ones with all capital letters in use during Sixties.

Quotes:

Edie Sedgwick: And what would I have to do in one of your movies?
Andy Warhol: Just be yourself.
Edie Sedgwick: Well which one?
James Townsend: You're going to be bankrupt soon.
Edie Sedgwick: James, you take life too seriously. How could I possibly be bankrupt? My grandfather invented the elevator.
James Townsend: Then you should be familiar with the concept of up and down.

Movie Connections:

References Empire (1964)

Soundtrack:

I Want Candy

You're the Boss, Applesauce

Greetings again from the darkness. Andy Warhol and The Factory poses quite the challenge to any filmmaker attempting to capture the look, feel and pain of that world unto itself. Director George Hickenlooper's best work has been "Mayor of Sunset Strip" and "Dogtown", neither of which drew much of an audience. "Factory Girl" probably has little hope of attracting much attention from movie-goers as well.

While we do spend a good portion of the film in The Factory, this is more the tragic story of Edie, rather than an insightful look at Warhol's art. Edie was really the first to make being famous a job ... think Paris Hilton today. No real talent herself, her name, family money and looks got her inside the art world and exceptionally close to Warhol. Of course, those things were not enough to carve out any real territory and the ending, while tragic, is not at all surprising.

The film is overly choppy in attempting to find the right look and feel and yet with Jagger, Velvet Underground and the Dylanesque Hayden Christensen, the importance and power of music for this era is clearly established. Aussie Guy Pearce does a nice impersonation of Warhol and Jimmy Fallon has his first serious role. Other support comes from Mena Suvari as Edie's friend, Beth Grant as Warhol's mom, Don Novello (Father Guido from early SNL), and Illeana Douglas as Diana Vreeland.

By far the best part of this project is the performance of Sienna Miller as Edie Sedgwick. Even her vocal cadence is remarkable. The physical and emotional turmoil seems very real as Edie goes from top of world to desperation for life. Ms. Miller will at some point break out and become the film star she is destined to become. That role has just not quite happened yet. It could be later this year when she re-teams with her "Layer Cake" director. Let's hope so. Her talent is undeniable and although it is a pleasure to see her performance as Edie, she deserves a much wider audience.

The weakness of the film is best shown by the interviews over the closing credits. Attempting to explain what we had just watched is a pure indication that the job had not been done well.