Edie Sedgwick am Freitag im REX

09. May 2008

Am kommenden Freitag, den 09.05 zeigen wir zwei Filme mit und über Edie Sedgwick

Wir beginnen gegen 21h mit

CIAO MANHATTAN
von John Palmer, David Weisman
USA, 1972, 84 min, S/W

Ostensibly a documentary about Edy Sedgwick, the iconic face of Andy Warhol's Factory, CIAO! MANHATTAN is actually a scripted drama in which all the actors play themselves. Warhol's films are often characterized by an immediacy that creates a sense of voyeurism for the viewer. However, this film has become a legitimate profile of ephemeral starlet Edy Sedgwick, as well as an in-depth look at New York during the late 1960s. Edie stars as Susan, at first a topless California hitchhiker and later a pill-popping Vogue sensation flitting about Andy Warhol's New York scene. Susan is a disenchanted young woman who has left New York City for her mother's home in California. Sleeping in the dilapidated swimming pool, she is trapped in a strange world, suffocated by her overly domestic, pie-baking mother. Her memories of New York are shown through flashbacks, where she was part of Warhol's infamous family of artists and eccentrics. Shocking, entertaining, and moving, CIAO! MANHATTAN is a seminal piece of 1960s cinema that is in a genre all its own.

FACTORY GIRL
von George Hickenlooper
USA, 2006, 99min

Best known for playing muse to Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick was a dazzling young socialite who found herself at the apex of the pop art scene in 1960s New York. In FACTORY GIRL, Sienna Miller is the enchanting, enigmatic Edie, offering a moving characterization of the extremely troubled model/actress. The film kicks off as Edie, the daughter of a well-to-do horse rancher, leaves art school and moves to Manhattan in the mid-'60s. Her friend Chuck Wein (Jimmy Fallon) introduces her to Andy Warhol (Guy Pearce), and Andy is immediately taken with the waifish, wealthy Edie. He welcomes her into his Factory, the silver aluminum-foil covered loft where an assortment of artists and oddballs assisted him with his projects. Edie quickly falls into the hard partying, drug-addled scene, starring in Andy's experimental films and becoming his constant companion. She becomes well-known for her unique style, and the fashion industry taps her as its very first "It" girl. Edie is flying high on Andy, speed, and stardom, when she happens to meet the Bob Dylan-esque "Folksinger" (Hayden Christensen). She falls in love with him, and in doing so, falls out of Andy's favor. Her drug addiction spirals out of control, her parents cut off her cash flow, and her very bright star seems to burn out almost as quickly as it rose. As with most biopics, people are sure to quibble over the accuracy of FACTORY GIRL, and whether it offers fair portrayals of so many larger-than-life cultural icons. However, viewers are sure to agree that it makes a poignant statement about the pitfalls of fame. When Warhol tells Edie's mother that her daughter is going to be "super famous", Mrs. Sedgwick coldly responds: "And what exactly would be the value of that?" Judging from the very tragic, short life of Edie, there wasn't much value in it at all.

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