Edie Sedgwick #1

[musegirl]

thanks so much for all those pictures and that quote^ did she go to cambridge university? sorry, i'm rather clueless lol.

 

[babydoll1125]

I still don't get if she went to Cambridge or Harvard, which is in Cambridge. I always thought she went to Harvard but someone said it wasn't co ed untill 1966...so i guess it must have been Cambridge and she just hung out with Harvard people.

 

[impossibleprincess]

The terrible thing is that Sienna is going to start this new "60's,Edie,hard rock" look a must have. We will see al those boho girls turning into Edie/Sienna wannabes, not knowing but bit of its cultural background. Gap, topshop...get ready to see black/white striped shirts, skinny black jeans, long earrings, 60's dresses!

that's exactly what topshop is like right now. its annoying, yeah. and mostly down to sienna.

 

[Boomer]

I still don't get if she went to Cambridge or Harvard, which is in Cambridge. I always thought she went to Harvard but someone said it wasn't co ed untill 1966...so i guess it must have been Cambridge and she just hung out with Harvard people.

Radcliff was the womens' college of Harvard University before it went co-ed. (See "Love Story" and the discussion of the "Cliffys"...!)

 

[sethnfx]

-sigh- I love Edie, she is just the most beautiful person I have seen in my life. I even wrote a poem dedicated to her. She was so inspiring...
(ps the guy playing Andy in FG is a ver good choice!)

 

[fairyx]

I just finished reading Edie: American Girl... very sad.... and I´m sad it ended, I never wanted the pages to end...

I found two quotes in the book that I wanted to write down... they just say so much about her...

"I brought a man with me called Paco - an English Yogi. Edie loved him. He was reading this girl´s hand in the hallway just before Edie came through to be married. Paco grabbed Edie´s hand, looked at it, and then looked at her. And Edie said, "Yes, I know.""
(by her brother Jonathan Sedgwick)

"Edie was a star who by mistake got incarnated into a human body, and never could figure it out and wanted to get back up there."
(by John Anthony Walker who went to Cambridge with her)

 

[BooBah]

I just finished reading Edie: American Girl... very sad.... and I´m sad it ended, I never wanted the pages to end...

I found two quotes in the book that I wanted to write down... they just say so much about her...

"I brought a man with me called Paco - an English Yogi. Edie loved him. He was reading this girl´s hand in the hallway just before Edie came through to be married. Paco grabbed Edie´s hand, looked at it, and then looked at her. And Edie said, "Yes, I know.""
(by her brother Jonathan Sedgwick)

"Edie was a star who by mistake got incarnated into a human body, and never could figure it out and wanted to get back up there."
(by John Anthony Walker who went to Cambridge with her)

wow, those quotes are beautiful. ive read the book too, and i also liked that part about the star. i dont remember the first quote uve written down tho, does she say, yes i know, coz she knows she's kinda ill fated?

the ending of the book was very sad, and its very sad knowing that the books over and u cant read any more. its like a real person u kno has died. my favourite quote from the book was the final paragraph, when one guy (cant remember his name) describes about when he retold everything he knew about edie for hours one night after she died, and left a glass and a cigarette ther in memory of her. he says that he could feel her presence so strongly that he looked over and the cigarette was lit? 'edie was there'.

sorry, i cant remember it exactly and i dont wanna ruin it for anyone, but i just found that final passage so beautiful yet so so sad and haunting at the same time.

 

[fairyx]

wow, those quotes are beautiful. ive read the book too, and i also liked that part about the star. i dont remember the first quote uve written down tho, does she say, yes i know, coz she knows she's kinda ill fated?

the ending of the book was very sad, and its very sad knowing that the books over and u cant read any more. its like a real person u kno has died. my favourite quote from the book was the final paragraph, when one guy (cant remember his name) describes about when he retold everything he knew about edie for hours one night after she died, and left a glass and a cigarette ther in memory of her. he says that he could feel her presence so strongly that he looked over and the cigarette was lit? 'edie was there'.

sorry, i cant remember it exactly and i dont wanna ruin it for anyone, but i just found that final passage so beautiful yet so so sad and haunting at the same time.

yeah the ending is really beautiful... it´s the same guy that says that about the star that also left that drink and cigarette for her.

about the first quote... it´s hard to know... but I guess she kind of knew that something would happen to her...

 

[Beatnik Chic]

Totally agree with all of u girls. Those quotes are fabulous. I LoVE EdIe!!!

 

[babydoll1125]

OMG I love the way the book ended, i really wish they could end the movie the book ended!

 

[pandinha]

I just finished reading Edie: American Girl... very sad.... and I´m sad it ended, I never wanted the pages to end...

I found two quotes in the book that I wanted to write down... they just say so much about her...

"I brought a man with me called Paco - an English Yogi. Edie loved him. He was reading this girl´s hand in the hallway just before Edie came through to be married. Paco grabbed Edie´s hand, looked at it, and then looked at her. And Edie said, "Yes, I know.""
(by her brother Jonathan Sedgwick)

That's the thing about Edie. I read it and even though it's funny, it's a little sad.

 

[Beatnik Chic]

Only one word for the pictures : BEAuTIFUL...

 

[Boomer]

Thank God Edie was around in the days of Miniskirts; she had magnificant legs!

 

[musegirl]

so, did she study art history at cambridge? her voice is so beautiful and she has this innocence about her... so sad

 

[poesy]

While I'm not much of a Sienna fan, I do feel sorry for her regarding Factory Girl. She has apparently spent a lot of time learning about Edie and talking with the Factory gang, and now all these things about the movie are coming out.

Lou Reed is upset over the entire film (http://community.livejournal.com/ohn...t/5221683.html)

George Hickenlooper, the director, did not read the Edie book because he wants an "open mind" (http://community.livejournal.com/edi...ick/96098.html)

And in that last link, the director of Ciao Manhattan is upset over Factory Girl, how it has nothing to do with the real Edie and how it's just there to make money. It's true, and Sienna thinks this will be her big break, something she's worked and studied hard for. But it's just a piece of crap.

 

[Tinuviel]

here's the whole thing:

'Factory' film on Warhol
no work of art, says Reed


'Factory Girl' has only just started shooting, but one-time Warhol acolyte Lou Reed is ready with his review: He thinks it stinks.

Sienna Miller, Hayden Christensen and Guy Pearce just started filming "­Factory Girl," in which Miller plays Andy Warhol's drug-addled muse Edie Sedgwick.

But Lou Reed has already formed his opinion of director George Hickenlooper and his cast.

"They're all a bunch of wh*res," the rock god tells us.

Reed knew Sedgwick, and his band, The Velvet Underground, provided the jagged soundtrack to her 1960s scene. In "Factory Girl," The Velvets are played by the highly regarded indie rockers Weezer. Hickenlooper says that guitarist Brian Bell, as Reed, does a terrific cover of "Heroin."

But Reed is far from flattered.

"I read that script," Reed said the other night at a party for his new photo shows at the Hermès boutique and the Steven Kasher Gallery. "It's one of the most disgusting, foul things I've seen — by any illiterate ****** — in a long time. There's no limit to how low some people will go to write something to make money."

Reed was asked at one point to get involved with the project.

"I wouldn't be part of that," said the rocker. "Just like I wouldn't be part of 'I Shot Andy Warhol,' " Mary Harron's 1996 film about Valerie Solanas' assassination attempt on the artist. "They tried to turn Valerie Solanas into a heroine. They're all a bunch of wh*res."

Reached on his set in Louisiana, Hickenlooper questioned whether Reed had read the latest script by "Wonderland" writer Captain Mauzner.

"There've been several Edie screenplays over the years," said Hickenlooper. "I adore Lou Reed. I love him for hating my project, which can only bring it more attention. But nobody is making big money on it. We're all working for scale to tell a complex story about a wonderful young woman.

"Lou will be making some money, since we've licensed his song."

posted at jjb and originally from: http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/384953p-326717c.html

sounds grim.

 

[pandinha]

^ indeed

 

[babydoll1125]

BAHAHA! I love Lou Reed!

 

[Cosette]

^DittoB)

 

[scblonndie]

Weezer are playing The Velvet Underground?

ugh. were Fallout Boy not available?