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Factory Girl [DVD] [2007]
enlarge	Director: George Hickenlooper Actors: Guy Pearce, Sienna Miller, Hayden Christensen, Jimmy Fallon, Peter Bogdanovich Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment (UK) Category: DVD List Price: ~~£15.99~~ Buy New: £2.89 as of 20/11/2009 23:41 GMT details You Save: £13.10 (82%) New (22) Used (8) from £1.19 Seller: direct_offers_uk Rating: 12 reviews Sales Rank: 8188 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 90 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5014437935335 ASIN: B000RG1A92 Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Release Date: September 10, 2007 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review Charting the story of Edie Sedgwick, the infamous muse of Andy Warhol, IFactory Girl/I is a diverting biopic, not one without some sizeable flaws, but one with reasons to commend it. P As interesting for its portrayal of Warhol as well as Sedgwick, the film charts the latter's involvement in the former's life, following her descent into drug addiction and how her days took a downward turn. P Still, it's hard to describe IFactory Girl/I's take on all of this as the most objective of biopics, and it's frustrating in some ways, yet does continually retain your interest for the duration of your running time. Sienna Miller's portrayal of Sedgwick is fine, and certainly a career best, although Guy Pearce as Andy Warhol is perhaps the most impressive among the talented cast (which also features IAmerican Beauty/I's Mena Suvari and IStar Wars/I' Hayden Christensen). P The film around this cast is a little muddled, though, and does ask a fair amount of its audience in caring for characters who are put across with little compassion. But if you are willing to put some effort in, IFactory Girl/I nonetheless does deliver a real glimpse into some very unconventional lives. It'll be interesting now to see how Sienna Miller builds on the performance; she certainly helps lift this film into one that's at least worth a viewing. --IJon Foster/I

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 12 1 2 3 Next » Well I loved it! February 23, 2008 sam155 (Wales) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Having read about Andy Warhol and his infamous factory as a student, I had some bare bones of knowledge about Edie Sedgwick's life. I had very much looked forward to seeing this film, despite its mixed reviews and I wasn't disappointed. It has authentic period touches, from an external shot of sixties NYC yellow cabs lined up outside a building, to Edie's clothes, many of which were original vintage rather than wardrobe department copies. The story is an old, old story of idealism, fame and disillusionment and ruin. Its happening right now to cetain celebrities and certainly serves as no advert for drug use. However, I will say that the story is strictly Edie-centric, so if her story doesn't interest you, then avoid, since she is in almost every frame. Sienna Miller's performance as Edie is outstanding, right down to the cultured East coast accent. She goes from stunning ingenue to haunted ghoul, without flaw. Warhol's embarrassed nonchalence makes him see only too heartless next to her histrionics, especially in the pivotel scene in the restaurant where she accuses him of ruining her. His response is to refuse to help her, and leave with his entourage. Much credit must go to Guy Pearce too, as Warhol- a superb actor who quietly gets on with his job, with little fanfare. br / br /There are of course, instances of poetic licence plotwise, and who but Edie will ever know her true story? But its does pay graphic homage to a poor little rich girl who was a product of a unique era in time. Amazing August 19, 2008 Akaibi Vine (England) 1 out of 2 found this review helpful I really don't understand how people can be so malicious about this movie. I was hesitant about watching it as I thought it looked good, but I really wasn't a Miller fan. But having watched it, I honestly loved it. I'm not saying it couldnt be improved, because couldn't everything? But I thought Sienna, Hayden and Guy were really good, I loved the used of music in the film which helped put it in the era it belonged, costumes were great and I generally really liked it, people criticise that it blames Warhol for Edie's demise, but honestly, they weren't there and neither was I, so we can't judge, although Andy was known to be kind of manipulative, and the same people also say Guy Pearce acted him brilliantly. I'd also like to say that my two best friends were sceptical, both telling me that they hated Sienna Miller, but one night I made them watch it, as it's definately in my top 5 favourites. So we all sat and watched it and they admitted afterwards that they loved it. All in all, a great paced film, which will probably make you want to live in the sixties and be part of the it group. Watch it with an open mind. Beautifully Sad November 3, 2008 K. Owen (Wales, UK) 1 out of 2 found this review helpful I watched this film not really knowing what to expect and what I found was a story told with such beauty and sadness it made me want to watch it all over again. br /The story of Edie Sedgwick is one of glamour,adventure,excitement,sorrow and eventually demise. br /Edie (Sienna Miller) is truly a joy to watch on screen, not only is she beautiful but she is captivating and after watching the documentay of Edie Sedgiwck, the similarities in terms of looks, are uncanny. br /This film made me smile and cry within minutes of each other, Edie's story is one of such sadness the film makes you want to reach out and help her but knowing that its too late as the credits roll. br / br /I would defnitely recommend this film, it gives a fantastic insight into an iconic young woman who simply wanted to love and be loved in return. Brave attempt to capture the character and her surroundings September 15, 2007 Ms. Felicia Davis-burden (Staines, UK) 13 out of 14 found this review helpful This film had been given unprecidented lousy write-ups before it even appeared. Certain musical icons had bees in their bonnets and may have even taken legal action to prevent their likenesses being portrayed and their reputations taking a little dent. This has resulted in the biopic of Edie Sedgwick having more than a few telling ommissions. A pity. br / br /The 'Factory' environment has been brilliantly recreated and peopled with Warhol cohorts (some of whom were active participants in the film's making) such as Bridget Polk, Richie Berlin, Ondine and Gerrard Malanga. I wanted to see how the other assorted 'Factory' women reacted to Edie's presence. Where were Maureen Tucker, Viva, Candy Darling and Betsey Johnson? (who would use Edie as her first major model and would briefly marry John Cale). I was glad to see Ingrid Superstar (an uglier Edie) do her fabulously inept screentest but feature a flawless Edie impersonation. A telling moment and brilliantly turned. br / br /Edie was an active participant herself in the film 'Ciao Manhattan', when work was resumed in 1970; the film obviously was mined for visual reference in 'Factory Girl', but not mentioned while tracing Edie's life. br / br /Despite these criticisms, I actually think the film is a great acheivement. Edie's clothes and make-up are beautifully recreated. The film also features the most believable portrayal yet of Andy Warhol. Guy Pearce has Warhol's voice and mannerisms down pat. The Andy-Edie symbiosis is brought to life colourfully and with great wit. Andy's religious nature is touched on, as is Edie's painful relationship with her father. br / br /A brave and enjoyable film. Intelligent Perhaps Underrated July 19, 2007 Niels Peter Q. Marstrand (Copenhagen Area, Denmark) 9 out of 13 found this review helpful Manipulating, commercial sentimental? Perhaps. But the story of Edie Sedgwick deserved to be retold - not least because it exposes an influential artist (Andy Warhol) - not as a monster, but as a creator who uses his fellow humans as tools vessels for his art. Countless artists have done so over the ages, but that doesn't make the issue less overwhelming each time. Here the "victim" is Edie Sedgwicks, in a movie chronicling her rapid rise fall as a star discovered by dependent on Andy Warhol his art "Factory". br / br /Other artists, including real-life rock legend Lou Reed, have come out strongly against this movie. But right or wrong, the story does address a good deal of hype, including some that surrounded Reed's celebrated "concept band" at the time, Velvet Underground. Not least the band's front figure Nico, portrayed here not as a sacred diva, but as a cool, Germanic, perhaps somewhat superficial beauty, dangerously close to a Helmut Newton photo model. br / br /I have no agenda against either Velvet Underground or Andy Warhol, both of whom were innovators of genius. But the time may have come to nibble at them a bit - especially at Warhol who, to be sure, has been negatively portrayed before, but whose notorious distance toward the aspects of life not "relevant" to his self-expression, is worth recalling again. br / br /If these topics - the nature cost of creative power, pop culture, violent emotional dependency - have your interest, I urge you to see the film bestow your own judgment, negative or positive, without being too swayed either by established media or by implicated artists. br / br /Note on the acting: Clearly, the acting styles of Sienna Miller (Edie) Guy Pearce (Andy W) are too self-conscious ethereal to be for everyone's taste. Personally though, I was carried away. Showing reviews 1-5 of 12 1 2 3 Next »

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