Factory Girl (2006)

Nutzer-Bewertung:

6.1/10   

Regisseur:

George Hickenlooper

Drehbuchautoren:

Aaron Richard Golub (story)
Captain Mauzner (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

2. Februar 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Biografie | Drama

Werbezeile:

When Andy met Edie, life imitated art.

Plot:

Based on the rise and fall of socialite Edie Sedgwick, concentrating on her relationships with Andy Warhol and a folk singer.

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Fashion Model | Actor's Life | Rock Star | Gay Friend

Nutzerkommentare:

An Interesting Mess

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Oct. 7	8:30 PM	SHOW
Tue. Oct. 14	3:30 AM	SHOW
Fri. Oct. 17	12:30 AM	SHOW

Besetzung

Sienna Miller	...	Edie Sedgwick
Guy Pearce	...	Andy Warhol
Hayden Christensen	...	Musician
Jimmy Fallon	...	Chuck Wein
Jack Huston	...	Gerard Malanga
Armin Amiri	...	Ondine
Tara Summers	...	Brigid Polk
Mena Suvari	...	Richie Berlin
Shawn Hatosy	...	Syd Pepperman
Beth Grant	...	Julia Warhol
James Naughton	...	Fuzzy Sedgwick
Edward Herrmann	...	James Townsend
Illeana Douglas	...	Diana Vreeland
Mary Elizabeth Winstead	...	Ingrid Superstar
Don Novello	...	Mort Silvers

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive drug use, strong sexual content, nudity and language.

Länge:

USA:90 Min | USA:99 Min (unrated version) | Argentina:99 Min

Land:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Slovak | Französisch

Farbe:

Farbe | Schwarzweiss

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Ireland:16 | UK:15 | USA:Unrated (DVD) | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Singapore:M18 | Italy:VM14 | Finland:K-15 | New Zealand:R16 | Japan:R-15 | USA:R (certificate #43218) | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16

Drehorte:

Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Firma:

Weinstein Company, The

Dies und das:

The scene between Sienna Miller and Hayden Christensen where Edie tells The Musician about the death of her brothers was completely improvised by Sienna based on her knowledge of Edie.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When Andy is on the phone with Brigid and he is looking at Edie's picture, we can see that his thumb nail is broken. But the next second, in the same scene, his nail is fine!

Dialogzitate:

Billy Quinn: I sing about what I see.

Querbezüge:

Nimmt Bezug auf "The Steve Allen Show" (1956)

Soundtrack:

Run Baby Run (Back into My Arms)

An Interesting Mess

Alright yea its a mess, but going in KNOWING it is a mess allowed me to view this film with more forgiveness than the average film critic was willing to shell out.

First off there's the acting which is all over the place, some people are doing great while others aren't allowed enough room. Casting Sienna Miller was a good call, its a difficult role to cast but if they felt they had to go with a "name" then Sienna was the right choice. As for Guy Pearce as Andy Warhol, that really worked and its a true shame that the film was such a mess you couldn't realize that Guy Pearce was turning in an excellent performance. Especially if you have seen his work in L.A. Confidential and Memento, I had to remind myself a few times oh yea thats Guy Pearce. Had Factory Girl functioned as a GOOD FILM Guy Pearce would have received much more acclaim.

As for Hayden Christensen, I like him alright as an actor but his role as the Bob Dylan-esquire Musician just wasn't allowed much room. He was crammed into a corner spouting out cliché lines and trying his best to do an impression rather than an interpretation. This film was around 90 minutes long, and it should have been around 2 hours long considering all of the significant characters. You can't just brush by Andy Warhol and Bob Dylan (even though they don't officially call the Bob Dylan character Bob Dylan).

What I did like about this movie was that Warhol was portrayed as a little bit cold and detached, but Sedgwick was portrayed as being equally messed up and responsible for her own downfall. So the blame wasn't placed anywhere. Having actors like Jimmy Fallon and one of the Olsen twins in this movie only made me go "what are they doing here?" Pearce and Miller really did give it there all, and even that wasn't enough to elevate this sometimes incoherent mess. Its a mess, but I was still interested thanks to the two leads. I can't wait until Sienna Miller is given a lead role in a GOOD movie.