hyped garbage

Did you people see the same film I saw?

A lot of fun.

Blistering performances.

I caught this film some time ago, and instantly liked it. Even more so upon re-watch. As far as I can see it's somewhat divisive film, people either love it or look down upon it. Most of the resentment seem to come from the inaccurate portrayal of Sedgwick's life and the circle in which she moved....? I can't place a judgment in this respect cause I don't know a thing about this rich socialite and Warhol's one time muse. But, does it really matter?I went in blind and oblivious to the facts and approached the film on its own right, not as biography by numbers. I thought it shone the light on fame and the burden it inflicts upon the people "struck" by it. Whether it's constructed, deliberately sought or accidental, fame's bound to change people and make them feel as if they'd fallen from grace, once its gone.Not that I'm speaking from experience. Something else caught my attention and held the interest. Factory girl gave me a chance to take a peek at the fascinating, complicated, superficial, fabulous and cruel world of pop culture, art, its royalties and its victims. Even rich people cry, right, and though many instances from this dramatized biography might speak ill of everyone involved, I absolutely felt it offers a good look at that infamous gray area between top and bottom of society.Guy Pearce is phenomenal, multidimensional as Warhol and Sienna Miller is fragile, quirky, chic and beautiful enough to fit the role perfectly. I thought the dynamics between the two carried the whole film, with occasional decent supportive roles. Can't sing Pearce enough praise, actually, he is absolutely perfect here, detached, infantile, brilliant, fake, extravagant, self-constructed, jealous and ultimately flawed human being, all at once. I can see Miller's role bit unflattering, cause people don't tend to empathize with spoiled, entitled rich kids. But she brought another dimension to her Edie Segwick, that made me feel for her with all her shortcomings. Easily impressionable, with vastly superficial life style; she does have that freshness of youth and often comes off as naive bundle of emotions. Miller/Sedgwick carries these qualities around constantly throughout the film, she's more childlike than anything else, really.But, there's sort of ménage à trois introduced to the story, when quite self- centered and narcissistic musician Billy Quinn enters Edie's life. Playing hard to get, nonconformist young singer/songwriter marks the downfall of Sedgwick/Warhol friendship and collaboration, really wanting nothing more but a fling, and to settle down nicely with successful career and an uptown girl on his side, eventually.There's really no room for question who's used whom, although it might spring to mind. Next project awaits and next inspiration to turn to...I guess that's show biz for you, and this is one, less ordinary life story. Well made, rich with characters Factory Girl is touching film and an emotional ride.

I've been waiting for years for a movie to be made about the fascinating life of Edie Sedgwick. Of course, she was "reintroduced" to the pop culture scene (after a brief stint as "girl of the year" in 1965) after the book "Edie: An American Biography" came out in the 1980s. The real Edie, who was an Andy Warhol superstar, enchanted and influenced her generation. But drugs, alcohol and mental instability destroyed her and she died of an overdose at a young age. All the elements for a great movie are part of her real biography. She came from a rich and dysfunctional family (two of her brother's committed suicide and she may have been molested by her father.) Sudden fame when she moved to New York. Drugs. Modeling. Beauty. Fame. Nymphomania. Insanity. And a final try at pulling herself together with a marriage before dying in her sleep at 28. This movie, however, is one dimensional. You never get a sense of who Edie is. Her tormented soul is never explored. Instead she is portrayed as a fresh faced naive girl who is made corrupt big bad artsy successes. By focusing on a brief fling with a folk singer of the era, the movie misses what made her so selfdestructive. Aside from her looks we never learn why she captivated the pop scene. We never discover why she was hell bent on stifling her soaring spirit. It is in the fault of the script which is trite and cliché. Sienna MIller could have been a good Edie if she had the material to work with. The sad part is that, now that this film is such a flop, probably no one will have the guts or get the funding to make the movie that Edie's life deserves.

I see that a lot of people have watched this film and jumped straight on the computer to analyse every second of it and criticise every factual inaccuracy.That is part of what makes this film so great in my eyes.Everybody is of course entitled to their opinion of it and not everybody is going to like it. Personally I loved the film; not for its plot or the acting or the way in portrayed the life of Warhol and Sedgwick. I loved it because of the way it was constructed and how it comes together as a final article.In my eyes it is a film how films should be. It is itself a piece of art. In this case it just so happens to be based on true events of life imitating art.The dialogue is excellent and the acting has the same extravagance as the characters the film portrays.I love that so many people have such strong reactions to this film and that most of the reviews you will see are either 1 star or 10 stars. The fact that a film can evoke this emotion from people is nothing short of amazing, it's not made for the people to love it. It's made for the sake of making an excellent artistic film.I believe that by the simple fact of this reaction to it, the film has accomplished everything that it set out to do and Mr. Hickenlooper should feel proud. Wes Anderson fans will most likely understand and love this.

I wish i would've met Edie Sedgwick , of how idiotic and purely lovely she was , of how cheeky and thickly lovable person she was , but generally you know what is the problem ? Sienna Miller is NOT . screw details,here we have another Biography | Drama kinda movie. and it is walking in the edge rising and falling fare well . looks like a memorial of how 21 years old Edie rise just joining the porno graphical worthless underground movies of Andy Warhol . though i cant bare judging this raw , but what better idea it can be with such movies.who knows this things? they're kind of art? then go F**k yourselves .1964 and young 21 years old Edie Sedgwick(Sienna Miller) is about to go to art,but her famous and rich far more about thoughts family never let her to do it.she goes party to party with her youth energy to find the gate.finally she finds Andy Warhol(Guy Pearce) who is a little bit bisexual(Jeez what a shame) and works in his independent studio named Factory.she woks in the art work(F**k if i know)a while and making underground movies with him until he meets Bob Dylan(Hayden Christensen) and they start to have relationship.after she screws up with Dylan and Andy,she starts to ruin herself with Drug Addiction and drinking problems.her family force her to rehab in a hospital in 1970.she dies in 1971 of a drug overdose.so many 28 or 27 years old people died during the start of 70 decade.Jim Morrison,Jimi Hendrix,Janis Joplin and ... Edie is one of lost souls of early 70s too.the angel of downtown underworld factory production movies of Andy Warhol.even Andy indicated that he felt some kind of love with Edie that he never felt like before.anyway now both are dead.pulling out of dead people the movie really is not a big something. Sienna Miller is harshly trying to mimic like Edie,spectacular similarities they both have,but because i have not seen Edie before,i cant judge of how she was.but in such weak movie , her performance is good.you know i believe they don't make a decent Biography film nowadays and its not Sienna's problem . its just that it is not a costly production with superstars.Edie herself was not a superstar and the only bright spot can be her ended relation with Bob Dylan.it was nice to meet you Edie,may you rest in piece forever. may that interrupted soul will settle somewhere in the time...