Movie Review - Factory Girl

With all the rain NJ has been having recently (now day 6 of 9 in a row predicted), I took this 'opportunity' to watch a number of movies, that I haven't seen prior. One of these is "Factory Girl". This is the tragic true story of the meteoric rise and fall of Edie Sedgwick on the pop art scene.

Edie, who thirsted for fun and affection, became the muse and inspiration of Andy Warhol.
The gorgeous & talented Sienna Miller does a very good job of re-creating the bubbly, cute and vivacious Edie and Guy Pearce does an adequate job of portraying the emotionless, confused and strange Warhol. The title refers to Warhol's artist studio of the same name.

This movie attempts to let us into the spoiled heiress & socialite's world. Most people were truly attracted to her endearing charm and beauty. However, few saw, nor understood the internal torment initiated by a father who sexually abused her and her 'friends' who used her. Nonetheless, she became a media darling, due in part to her strange association with Warhol and her relationship with Bob Dylan (never named in the movie, probably for legal reasons) and his manager. As a side note, she was the inspiration, or actually named in over a dozen pop songs, several by Dylan (none mentioned in the movie).

Eventually alienated by both men and betrayed by a friend, sadly, she became addicted to drugs and eventually died at the age of 28 from an overdose of medications mixed with alcohol. This movie stays mostly apparently accurate to her short life and even included video statements from her actual brother, and friends at the end of the movie, while the credits roll. While not a great movie, I would certainly recommend it to you for that rainy night, as a peek into a different world, that became a culture fad.