dragokin It seems that a lot of people were dissatisfied with portrayal of Andy Warhol and Bob Dylan in Factory Girl. The issues with the former might be in the eye of the beholder, yet the latter threatened legal action and prevented his name being mentioned in the movie. Therefore, at least one character in the movie might be labeled as fictional.Personally, i didn't expect absolute factual accuracy from a rather mainstream movie about Edie Sedgwick. Both aforementioned men are so prominent in the arts and culture of the twentieth century, that their depiction in a movie about a minor character in their lives won't change the viewers' opinion. Besides, it has all been seen in documentaries and other movies.But we are getting sidetracked by famous people who are supporting characters in a movie about the downfall of Edie Sedgwick. The easiest way to describe her would be spoiled rich child loosing grip on reality. In that sense Factory Girl would be one of many movies on the topic. However, it is obvious that she had been deranged before arriving to New York. One possible reason is electroshock treatment, prescribed back in the day even for minor mental problems.She meets Andy Warhol, a cold oedipal artist with suppressed homosexual desires. We might argue about the artistic merit of his work, yet in the movie he does what he does best: Connecting people and directing them according to his needs. The singer, the alter ego of Bob Dylan, apparently reaches out to Edie. He is more straightforward, interested in playing music, getting high and getting laid.This is not a healthy environment for anyone, especially not for a girl on drugs with a history of mental issues and considerable funds at her disposal. The outcome is predictable. However, the scary part is that in reality Edie Sedgwick managed to ruin herself in less than two years, not to mention the money spent to support the lifestyle.For me, Factory Girl is a movie about growing up and maturing in a very wrong way. It is an example how not to make choices in life. The influence of parents, friends and so-called friends is no excuse. The question is, of course, whether there had been other possibilities for Edie. Unfortunately, we'll never find that out.

Desertman84 Factory Girl is a biographical film based on the life of 1960s underground film star, socialite, and Warhol Superstar Edie Sedgwick.It stars Sienna Miller in the title role together with Guy Pearce and Hayden Christensen.It was directed by George Hickenlooper.In 1943, Edie Sedgwick was born to a wealthy and socially prominent family.She grew up with beauty and money, but also a history of mental illness.She was hospitalized with an eating disorder in her late teens, and by the time she was 21, two of her seven siblings had died before their time. In 1964, she moved to New York City, and quickly made a splash on the Manhattan social scene; she became friendly with the famous pop artist Andy Warhol, who was fascinated by her gamine loveliness and her quirky personality. He wasted no time in casting her in one of his underground movies, and she quickly became a crucial part of his retinue of "superstars." Fashion icon Diana Vreeland was convinced she had the looks and charm to also become a successful model, and soon she was gracing the pages of Life, Vogue, and Glamour. But her instability was hardly helped by her new fast-lane lifestyle, and when she met Billy Quinn, a folk rock singer-songwriter often cited as "the voice of a generation," he persuaded her that Warhol and his associates were simply using her fame and beauty for their own gain, and she found herself torn between two powerful mentors, one of whom had become her lover as well. Sienna Miller does a really nice job of capturing Edie Sedgwick, who really was the fore-runner to Paris Hilton and a lot of other people who are just famous for being famous.Her lovely face fills in for luminous but tragic 1960s icon.It portrays account of the short life and photogenic hard times of the first Andy Warhol superstar which could be classified as a story of sex and drugs.Unfortunately,the the movie did not allow us to connect with the main character emotionally and it ended up as a melodrama in more ways than one.Also,it delves only superficially into her character and it fails to tell a coherent story.

TheAnimalMother I am really sad to see the known name actors that chose to be involved in this terrible and quite frankly offencive piece of film-making. I have no side as to what is fact or fiction in this story, nor do I have any favouritism at all regarding any of the real life characters portrayed. However I have never felt so manipulated by a director/writers after watching a film. It is kind of like watching a film about how good drugs are for you, as made by the very people who sell them, and without them even making an attempt to be honest about anything at all. This film is so one sided, and clearly overly tries to make one character an innocent victim, and others the total reason for her entire downfall. Basically every aspect of the film also seems to be filled with corner cutting, nothing in the film is well developed at all. It is a complete joke. The really terrible thing about it all is that the film tries to come across as if it did really happen this way. However anyone who has ever even looked at more than a few years honestly in their entire lives, knows that nothing in real life resembles this total sham. I don't know what the whole truth is in terms of the events in this film. However any intelligent person wouldn't hesitate to wager their entire wealth (big or small), that this is not even nearly truth. This is a hateful film at it's core, and one of pure finger pointing and bitterness rather than any artistic observation or study at all. The director and writers should be sentenced to at least 5 years hard labour for this trash, where they can perhaps drop their ridiculousness and actually learn something about honesty and real life. The only reason I didn't give this film a bottom of the barrel rating is because Guy Pearce is really quite brilliant in it. The lone real bright spot in my view. My personal message to the director/writers who are obviously the most responsible for how this film comes across - We all make mistakes. Quit being part of the problem and be part of the solution towards embracing our reality. Then, and only then can we as a species truly move together in a positive direction. Finger pointing and throwing stones only equals broken bones and eventually the extinction of the entire human race. Grow the **** up!!2/10

Maddyclassicfilms Directed by George Hickenlooper this 2006 film details the tragically short life of glamorous actress Edie Sedgwick.As well as looking at her involvement with the legendary Andy Warhol.It's the early 1960's and beautiful,stylish rich girl Edie Sedgwick(Sienna Miller)is introduced to pop art filmmaker Andy Warhol(Guy Pearce),the two become friends and she inspires him to make some of his best remembered underground films including Vinyl.Sienna plays Edie as a mix of Audrey Hepburn and Marylin Monroe.She's shy,natural and very stylish combing the hip quality of the sixties with the elegance of the past decade.We see her mutually dependent relationship with Andy become the most important thing in both their lives and see how Andy's jealousy eventually destroys it.Edie begins a passionate relationship with a singer who is bears quite a resemblance to Bob Dillon(Hayden Christensen)this distresses Andy who gradually shuts her out of his life.