I remember when Nico died in the summer of 88. Didn't she fall of her bike? Oh, and Edie..I think the Cult song, "Edie, Ciao, baby" says it all. What a mess.
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I remember when Nico died in the summer of 88. Didn't she fall of her bike? Oh, and Edie..I think the Cult song, "Edie, Ciao, baby" says it all. What a mess.
That movie with Sienna Miller is abysmal. Factory Girl. Not even worth checking out of the library for free. It attempts to be all arsty farsty and well. Blues Clues is more artsy.
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LOL!!! Really? That's too bad. I wanted to see it.
Ciao Manhatten with Edie is worth watching.
The movie was silly but I thought Sienna was excellent--the look, the voice, everything. Beats me how you could come closer to Edie. Hayden Christensen, however, was embarrassing as Dylan.
I remember reading that Katie Holmes was being considered for the Edie role...I can almost see that too....she sort of has the look.
honestly, i wouldn't have known who edie sedgwick was if not for 'factory girl'. i was never a big fan of that whole art scene, and never bacame interested. i thought sienna did a good job after having seen a bit more about edie afterward.
Originally Posted by Mrs. Watson
Really dissapointing film. The behind the scenes of the DVD was more interesting.
Hayden Christensen was playing a folk singer at the time who could not be called Dylan or portrayed any more closely as Dylan.
Dylan was threatening to sue and the film tried to get around it!
His was a composite character that didnt work!
I dont think Dylan was all that nice to Edie and a lot of other people, He seems to have strange relationships with women. But Im a total Dylan fan regardless.
Has anyone seen Ciao Manhattan, its Edie and quite a fascinating Doco! Sorry if its already been mentioned!
I actually enjoyed Factory Girl and own it on DVD - Sienna Miller did a fantastic job, and considering his character/role was completely butchered by the film makers, i felt Hayden Christensen did a great job also.
Cherryghost i have seen Ciao Manhattan - incredibly interesting to hear her perspective on life, she was certainly a fascinating person.
I have read books on both these ladies and found them both really interesting.You could see how both their lives would turn out. Edies was tragic in that she was very young when she died, it looked like she was getting better. She was also badly let down by Warhol , she adored him .)this also goes for most the men in her life)I didnt mind the movie took me a while to realize that hayden was meant to be Dylan duuuurrrr. NIco on the other hand didnt need men, but she did need the drugs. I found a great book about the last years of her life told by the bassist in her band.Some of the stories were so funny she didnt give a shit. After all the risks she took in her life she goes and falls of her bike and dies .
Senior Death Hag
I adore both Edie and Nico. Nico actually died of a cerebral hemorrhage. She was riding her bike at the time and a taxi driver found her lying beside it. No hospital would take her because they figured she was some old hippy with sunstroke. Finally the taxi driver insisted she be admitted and it was discovered she has suffered a massive hemorrhage that was first thought to be a heart attack.
The Factory Girl movie is a joke. I really enjoyed Sienna's portrayal of Edie, but the story itself was nothing more than lies. Edie was actually involved with Dylan's best friend, not Dylan. More than likely, any relationship Edie had with Dylan was in her head. Ciao! Manhattan is really good. Actually, the movie itself is pretty out there, but it's great to see Edie in a non-Warholian film. Her "performance" is heartbreaking. She's so out of it.
That's a shame I wanted to see it too. My plan was to pretend Sienna wasn't in it.
Hmmm...maybe but she couldn't get out of saying lines & that would have ruined it.
Nico had quite a long relationship with the Punk Poet John Cooper Clarke and lived with him in Manchester for years..... dont know what happened there!
All I have read of Edie always mentions the Dylan connection! I think she fell in love with him and of course there are a few great songs always said to have been written by Dylan about her! "Leopard skin Pillbox hat" and "Just like a women" two gorgous ones!
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I love Ciao Manhattan! I wish the script for Factory Girl had been better. You can see that Sienna tried really hard but it just wasn't there.
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I thought Factory Girl was depressing, and it made me despise pretentious old Andy Warhol even more. Sliiiimy.
http://www.warholstars.org/stars/edie.html
http://www.warholstars.org/indfoto/inico.html
http://www.warholstars.org/
Nico and Velvet Underground
Edie
Factory girl was just a dissapointing little film, dont take it too much to heart there are much better sources of information on Andy and the factory. Try going straight to his art and the films he made!
I always think its good to approach Andy with a sense of humour too! He was really funny at times! Then of course there is the other element of his humanity but often great talents are not great people!
Nico... Femme Fatale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NziBR8I4c48
Edie and Andy talk movies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0siMaTrjy4
Nico... I'll Be Your Mirror
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHmAU...eature=related
Ciao! Edie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R7tv...eature=related
Thanks more cheese this is great!
Nico... My Funny Valentine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1xplddbEnY
Edie Tribute to the sounds of Bob Dylan... outstanding...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWxQVTTAkvc
Edie... tragic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noW02...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVRmt0J6JNg&NR=1
Ciao Manhattan
April 20, 1943-Nov.16,1971
Edie was one of my big icons when I was young and tragic
She has had an enormous effect on pop culture.
Really, really f*cked up family.
Andy's muse til he dumped her.
Voracious drug habit.
Kyra Seemed to turn out alright so the entire family doesn't seem to be all messed up
I think they are very distant cousins. Her immediate family was insane. She was most likely molested by her father. One brother commited suicide. The other ran his motorcycle into a bus. Wheter that was deliberate is unknown.
She was a cousin of the actress Kyra Sedgwick - Kyra's father and Edie were 1st cousins.
The movie "Factory Girl" was pretty disappointing. I think her relationship with Warhol was probably more complex than depicted.
Whatever happened to the man she was married to when she died? I think his last name was Post?
She was amazing and ever so pretty. Her death was a tragedy. It is so hard to believe Kyra is her cousin. (I believe Kyra's father was Edie's first cousin.) Kyra has been married forever, never did drugs etc.
I get the impression Edie's father was quite abusive, physically and perhaps sexually as well. Poor Edie.
She is married to Kevin Bacon, right?????
Yes, I think they have been married nearly 20 years and they have two kids.
the story didn't say anything new but I thought the performances by Siennas Miller and especially Guy pearce as Andy were great.
Ciao, Manhattan!April 20, 1943-Nov.16,1971
Edie was one of my big icons when I was young and tragic
She has had an enormous effect on pop culture.
Really, really f*cked up family.
Andy's muse til he dumped her.
Voracious drug habit.
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I have read alot about her. Poor little rich girl. I would like to know what her husband is up to these days too.
Caio Edie, RIP
His name was Michael post. I'm guessing he would be about 60 now. He was younger than Edie.
Question: How do you know Kyra Sedgwick has never done drugs? I used to serve Kevin Bacon in a restaurant alot years ago. Correction, serve the people he was with as he never ate. Even as a young man he was this little, bent old man. He always used her credit card and he was weird.
Death Hag
There is a great bio about her called Edie: An American Biography, by Jean Stein. I think it was published in 1982 or 1983. It details her crazy family including the eccentricities of the Sedgewick clan in general (ie: the Sedgewick Pie) as well as her anorexia drug abuse and of course the Warhol times.
A good read if you're a fan or child of the 60's or you like good biographies.
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted--nevermore!
It is good and seems to be the only book they used to reference the movie.
Ciao Manhattan is also an odd little adventure.
Death Hag
Yes. After posted I realized I had forgotten about her mainstream modeling career and in addition to Ciao Manhattan, Beauty No. 2 and The Bed.
I know they attribute her death to her drug addiction, but the anorexia didn't help either. There were pictures of her in the book where she was absolutely skeletal.
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted--nevermore!
OK I am going to be the bitch in this thread and say the obvious. She was kind of the Paris Hilton of her generation. She was beautiful and tragic-but as far as accomplishments what did she do with her life besides take drugs, be the girlfriend of Andy Warhol and star in his shit films?
she was pretty and she was tragic and I guess that is the fascination.
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She reminds me abit of Melissa George, i know kyra but not Edie she was very pretty
Probably why he's so good at playing weird parts, lives it in real life.
Maybe Kyra's card had a cheaper interest rate.
But back to the topic, Edie was a beautiful woman and it's a shame she died so young. With her money and looks, the world should have been hers on a platter. Sad.
That is an odd and interesting recollection. What else did you observe about Kevin. He may be strange but he's fascinating to me.
Yes, Sienna was terrific. Scary good. I could almost mix them up.
I've always wanted to see the movie out of curiosity. I thought Sienna was a good pick for Eddie.
I agree, I came away with a lot of respect for her. She seemed more dimensional than the other characters. The depiction of Dylan was terrible. I know they had to work around him as he wanted nothing to do with the movie. I believe he threatened to sue. She was a muse for two very different artists who arguably had the greatest impact on pop culture. What an awesome sound track that should have been.
Would that be Wilbur Post from Mr Ed?
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