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Edie Sedgwick: Factory Girl
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Edie Sedgwick was downtown New York’s “It girl” of 1965, when she was inseparable from Andy Warhol; they were “the king of Pop and his star.” Sedgwick appeared in nearly all of Warhol’s films that year. “Edie was incredible on camera—just the way she moved,” said Warhol. “She was all energy. She didn’t know what to do with it when it came to living her life, but it was wonderful to film.”
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In 1965, wealthy socialite Edie Sedgwick (Sienna Miller) drops out of art school, moves to New York City, and meets Andy Warhol (Guy Pearce). Andy falls for Edie and she becomes his Muse. Edie stars in his Factory films (“Poor Little Rich Girl”, "Vinyl" and others), and becomes an internationally famous Factory celebrity, the shining light in Andy's entourage. Warhol calls her a “Superstar”.
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The legend of Edie Sedgwick has been blown up to mythic proportions in memoirs and art work from those whose paths... briefly, intersected with her crazy orbit. A daughter of wealth and privilege, Edie traipsed away from the bosom of her blue-blood family to hang out with the geeks and freaks of Andy Warhol's infamous Factory, a New York City loft that … Join Mr. Skin to read her entire Biography
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In March 1965, Sedgwick met artist and avant-garde filmmaker Andy Warhol at Lester Persky's apartment. She began going to The Factory regularly in March of 1965 with her friend, Chuck Wein. During one of those visits, Warhol was filming his interpretation of the novel, A Clockwork Orange, aptly titled, Vinyl. Despite Vinyl's all-male cast, Warhol put Sedgwick in the movie. She ... made a small cameo appearance in another Warhol film, Horse, when she entered towards the end of the film. Although Sedgwick's appearances in both films were brief, they generated so much interest that Warhol decided to create a vehicle in which she would star.
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The Sedgwick tribute is timed to complement the release of Edie: Girl on Fire by David Weisman, who ... directed Ciao! Manhattan, and Melissa Painter. It's probably a good idea to see Sedgwick on screen and read about her as she was before Factory Girl, the Sedgwick biopic starring British starlet/fashionista Sienna Miller, hits theaters. Rumor has it that the biopic is reshooting and might be a dud.
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Sedgwick was born in Santa Barbara, California to a large dysfunctional family of eight siblings. Upon moving to Manhattan she inherited a trust fund of $80,000 from her maternal grandmother. Trying out for a series of acting, modeling gigs, and society events, she quickly embraced the fast paced life of New York and shopped and spent money with little regard. In the spring of 1964 Sedgwick met Andy Warhol who was perhaps one of, if not the most, famous artist in American history. The two quickly became inseparable and Sedgwick was a regular fixture at Warhol’s “Factory” where many artists, writers, and just about anyone who wanted to make the “60s scene” would hang out.
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