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Factory Girl Scrambles Together for a Last-Minute Oscar Hope
29 December 2006
A while back, a few of the males on The Envelope's The Buzzmeter had placed Sienna Miller in their top five predictions for Best Actress. This came out of left field, to be sure, and was probably based more on wishful thinking than on any kind of real buzz. However, now that the movie was pulled for reshoots then put back in the Oscar race, Miller is getting some good notices, though it doesn't look like she can pull it off in such a short amount of time.
On the other hand, take a look at this review by Jeff Wells (who has, in all fairness, been beating the drum for this film for months now) -- it's entirely possible that the very hetero white males in the Academy will trip over the couch rushing to watch Miller bare all in certain sex scenes in the film. That alone could get her on ballots. Stranger things have happened.
As we always say here at Oscarwatch, never underestimate the power of a fine piece of tail.
Beyond that, though, Miller will have to overcome her tabloid freak-outs, her association with Jude Law, etc. In other words, she is one whose private life overshadows her career and she'll have to do some work to get things back on track. Nonetheless, be that as it may, in addition to Wells, who writes, "Sienna Miller's performance as Edie Sedgwick ... is a deeply sad, near-perfect communing with the spirit of a proverbial damaged debutante," the Hollywood Reporter's Sheri Linden was also impressed by Miller and Guy Pearce:
Pearce, one of the most versatile of screen actors, is compelling and witty as the pallid Svengali, for whom society gossip seeps into even Catholic confession. His anxious, hungry gaze conveys envy, self-loathing and a childlike fascination with beauty. As the beauty who for a while captivated him beyond all others, Miller delivers a powerful performance, often baring all to give us Edie at her most candlelit exquisite as well as her most degraded. From the throaty laugh and old-money inflections to the extreme vulnerability, neediness and intelligence, she brings to life Sedgwick's legendary allure.
. Karma for those. I really enjoyed it, which i was surprised about. I really wasn't expecting to like it all that much. Sienna's accent anoyed the hell out of me though.
...I don't understand what the big deal is though...it's a movie, no one said it would be completely accurate...it was meant for entertainment...besides LB no one seems to have any connection to her so it should be not cause any distress to anyone else...maybe when the documentary comes out more people will want to see it b/c they heard about/watched FG and want to learn more about Edie...and find out the rest of her story/the truth
I kept wondering why Edie's husband helped with this movie. He was there for the Ciao! shoot and I don't remember him saying much about thinking those guys expolited her. Maybe time has changed his mind. There's a whole battle between two sets of people over Edie and who used her. There's the Factory Girl people who claim Palmer & Weisman expolited her for Ciao! Manhattan and then the Weisman people who deny this and only want to honor Edie's memory. I, personally, side with Weisman and his people. They weren't even around the Factory scene really. John Palmer worked with Andy on Empire and then I think he went his own way. Andy hated Weisman (he himself admitted this during the Ciao! commentary). It's all just a huge battle over who knew Edie the best I guess. I think that scene was uncalled for. Wonder if Wesiman saw the movie yet.
I think the idea of this movie was better than the actual finished result. I only say this because there's a ton of people out there that don't know Edie and will think this story is true. I do hope that Edie will win some new fans through this movie. Hopefully they'll do their research and find out the truth! She's amazing and should be remembered for what she contributed to pop culture.
I have both his books (not bad but kinda out there) and he does not have a high opinion of Edie or anyone from the Factory era. There was footage of him on youtube not too long ago calling Edie a less than disparaging name (I won't repeat it!).
I don't get the point him being involved in projects about her and making money off her but turning around and calling Weisman and Palmer bottom feeders for doing the same thing.
