Factory Girl

[yogini108]

wow i am excited for factory girl!

 

[brokenenglish]

^ i hope that's just one of the very few negative reviews among a sea of very very good ones.
sienna has to be good in this...it's her big break.

I expect alot of this...
praise for Sienna's acting and dissing the story.

 

[Miss Dalloway]

That review from IMDB screams angry Edie fan!!Did anyone else got that feeling?!
I will not allow that my excitement for this movie is taken away by some angry Edie fans.As Edies fan of many years myself i think some of them can be very bitter.Look at the "Factory Girl" thread or the Edie thread.
There are all sort of judgments and majority of them didnt even see the movie yet!!!
Anyway i cant wait to see the movie,hopefully it will be out on 29th as planned!

 

[tahda]

I agree 100% Emil!

i'll watch before I believe critics. Edie's a touchy subject with people it seems (with me to a point). but at the end of the day at least she's being remembered for better or worse. Sienna poured her soul into this part so I'm willing to see it with my own eyes.

 

[beeb]

That review from IMDB screams angry Edie fan!!Did anyone else got that feeling?!
I will not allow that my excitement for this movie is taken away by some angry Edie fans.As Edies fan of many years myself i think some of them can be very bitter.Look at the "Factory Girl" thread or the Edie thread.
There are all sort of judgments and majority of them didnt even see the movie yet!!!
Anyway i cant wait to see the movie,hopefully it will be out on 29th as planned!

but i think that is their right to make that judgement

 

[LeonieAlexandria]

But they are very biased, and irrational I think.

 

[beeb]

But they are very biased, and irrational I think.

All of it is generating interest in the film which will be good for Sienna - she isn't going to please everyone - I wonder what her goal is with this film what does she want after that?

They said Casanova would be a great hit and it wasn't - acclaim should onl come in my mind after a lot of hard work - unfortunately life doesn't work that way - people get acclaim fo rthings they shouldn't.

I hope sienna keeps up the fashion bit - i think that is where she is strongest.

 

[westcoast1717]

but i think that is their right to make that judgement

Agreed! Besides, they just didn't like the movie, but they did say that Sienna did a good job with the material she was given. I think maybe it's not anything against Sienna as an actress, but more the fact that they didn't like a movie about Edie's life so much, so the same comments would have been made regardless of who played Edie. Anyhow, I'm excited to see the movie when it comes out

I'm glad to see that she's going back to her original style a bit more... the things she has been wearing lately looks much less contrived, and much more "her," if that makes any sense.

 

[IcePrincess]

Agreed! Besides, they just didn't like the movie, but they did say that Sienna did a good job with the material she was given. I think maybe it's not anything against Sienna as an actress, but more the fact that they didn't like a movie about Edie's life so much, so the same comments would have been made regardless of who played Edie. Anyhow, I'm excited to see the movie when it comes out

I agree with that 100%. I don't have any issues with the actressess/actors in this film.

It's the way the movie was written and if someone really knows about Edie they know about all the missed details and horrible fact checking in the movie. It's not some bitter anti-Sienna/no one can play Edie campain.

There were a lot of people that knew her that were not involved in the movie at all. If your going to make a movie about someones life don't you think you should talk to the ALL people that really knew her and not just a select few.

This movie may turn out being great but it's really just a bastardized Hollywood version of her life. Sorry No offense to Sienna, I like her.

Where is Jane Holzer, Bibbe Hansen, Viva, Ultra Violet? etc, etc... there are a lot of people that were involved in her life during her time at the Factory that aren't even listed in the cast Do they also have alaises like the Dylanesque character? How can this be a true story if they aren't even there?!? This is supposed to be about Edie's time at the Factory right?

 

[XxpinktinksxX]

I'm really excited for it too especially to see MK =]

 

[Liberty Bell]

Where is Jane Holzer, Bibbe Hansen, Viva, Ultra Violet? etc, etc... there are a lot of people that were involved in her life during her time at the Factory that aren't even listed in the cast Do they also have alaises like the Dylanesque character? How can this be a true story if they aren't even there?!? This is supposed to be about Edie's time at the Factory right?



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Many of the people from the Factory years declined to be represented in the Factory Girl film and in fact, they had to send cease and desist letters to the Weinstein Company to be removed from the script. Thus, the massive amount of reshoots...

 

[megnuge]

does any one know when this movie is actually going to be in theaters?

 

[Liberty Bell]

does any one know when this movie is actually going to be in theaters?

New York Times: Factory Man By MICKEY RAPKIN Published: December 24, 2006

IF the director George Hickenlooper looks exhausted, weighed down by the matching set of luggage beneath his eyes, it’s with good reason. As late as last week, he was still shooting new scenes for his film “Factory Girl,” a biopic about Edie Sedgwick starring Sienna Miller.

Rahav Segev for The New York Times
DIRECTOR’S CUT George Hickenlooper at the Gramercy Park Hotel, before more finishing touches on “Factory Girl.”



Despite news media reports that Mr. Hickenlooper had been taken off the project (not true) and that Bob Dylan was upset with how he is portrayed (true), the only opinion that matters now belongs to the executive producer, Harvey Weinstein. He has decided to release “Factory Girl” in Los Angeles on Friday, in time, barely, for the Oscars. “He wants a nomination for Sienna,” Mr. Hickenlooper said Wednesday.

The director won’t be there for the first showing; he will be editing the final sound mix in New York, where the film will open in late January.

Mr. Hickenlooper, 41, had taken a break from editing to stop at the Rose Bar at the Gramercy Park Hotel. He was dressed in standard Los Angeles auteur gear (leather blazer, oversize plastic frames, goatee). “I really need a drink,” he said, looking around for assistance. “I wouldn’t want to confuse a pretty woman with a waitress.”

He ordered one cabernet and then another. He wound up in Los Angeles, he said, by way of St. Louis, Yale and a late-night job at Kinko’s. Mr. Hickenlooper (great name) then made a string of celebrated documentaries, including “Mayor of the Sunset Strip,” about the legendary KROQ radio D.J. Rodney Bingenheimer (better name), whose self worth seemed derived from his proximity to celebrity. One could say the same of Ms. Sedgwick.
“We’re all starved for intimacy and we’re looking for something to fill that void,” Mr. Hickenlooper said. “You could take the names Edie and Andy off of this and it would still be compelling.”

There have been times when Mr. Hickenlooper may have liked to do just that. Instead, Mr. Hickenlooper addressed the bad press, starting with the character Billy Quinn, who walks and quacks like Bob Dylan no matter what he’s called. Does “Factory Girl” blame Mr. Dylan (whose relationship with Ms. Sedgwick was always mysterious) for her death? “The character is a hybrid of Dylan, Jim Morrison, Donovan — people Edie knew,” Mr. Hickenlooper said. “Dylan’s lawyers will not find what they’re looking for in this movie.”
As for the role of Ms. Sedgwick, Sienna Miller is inspired casting. Like Warhol’s muse, you knew her name before you knew why. (She has had small roles in “Alfie” and Us Weekly.) But her growing fame may be part of the film’s problems. She is photographed by the news media so often, it feels as if reshooting has taken months.

Mr. Hickenlooper explained: The film was over budget at the start, so scenes were cut. Shooting wrapped in February, but when the rough cut was first viewed in August, it was clear that there were holes. They had to wait for Ms. Miller’s calendar to open up. Three days of planned shoots in New York stretched to five. And when Mr. Weinstein suggested extra scenes to flesh out the friendship between Ms. Sedgwick and Warhol, two days in Connecticut were added.

In light of all this, why the rush to release? “I’d love another three months to edit,” Mr. Hickenlooper said, “but Harvey believes — and I agree — that the film has momentum.”

Momentum. It’s what’s carrying him through the night. Around 11, he finished the wine and headed back to the editing suite for more “finessing.” Afterward, he was hoping to hit Bungalow 8, describing the club as “like my living room.” But he never got there. Mr. Weinstein decided that Ms. Miller should record a newly tweaked voice-over, and Mr. Hickenlooper was due in the cutting room at 5 a.m.

 

[IcePrincess]

I won't make a judgment about this movies storyline until I see it.

...but I can tell what I think are problems with this movie, don't get offended if you disagree.

I don't have to see the movie to know there are several key people missing from this film. I can read the casting list.

Honestly I wonder how that will work out in the movie. Can anyone give me a rational explanation how a movie can be made about Edie's days at the Factory without them? I thought they would be necessary characters in this film

If all your Edie knowledge comes from looking at photos and reading brief articles and bios on the net you won't have a clue about what people I am referring to.

I guess that may be one of the reasons they have "so many holes to fill"

I can see from still shots of the movie that things are off. I have looked at a lot of Edie photos and I guess I have good memory. Maybe some of the flaws I see are minor but it makes me think they didn't really care about getting the details in Edie's life correct. It just seems very disrespectful

Like these photos. They put a damn poster of a horse instead of drawing a horse That is something I have read about several times. It is was finally on her own in her first apartment and she drew a horse on the wall. To me it was something that symbolized Edie's free spirit. I don't think that was a minor detail they missed but that's just my opinion.

 

[IcePrincess]

The upcoming movie Factory Girl, a cinematic adaptation of the drugged days and early demise of Andy Warhol superstar Edie Sedgwick, has earned the wrath of at least two grand dads of rock.

Lawyers operating on behalf of the artist known as Bob Dylan have harried the bio-pic's makers with threats of law suits and injunctions. The depth of Sedgwick's relationship with Dylan during the 1960s is a bone of contention, with Dylan denying that his connection with Edie had ever been a romantic one. In an early script of the film, Sedgwick commits suicide after being dumped by a composite character who appears to be at least one part Dylan.

Perhaps emboldend by Dylan's protests, and hoping to align himself with a true lyrical master, formerly relevant New York rock mummy Lou Reed has dismissed Factory Girl in harsher terms: "They're all whores," says Reed in bitter summation.

The film stars Sienna Miller prostituting herself as Sedgwick and Guy Pierce selling his bum as Warhol. Jimmy Fallon and Ileana Douglas also appear, like a couple of streetwalkers in the dusk.

Presumably with an ironic smirk, the film's director, George Hickenlooper, can't help but mention that Reed, whose most famous song, "Walk on the Wild Side," was about a bunch of whores, will be paid a song-licensing fee.

When it comes to whores, Lou knows what he's talking about.

http://www.buzznet.com/tags/factory%20girl/journals/87364

 

[madison01]

In an early script of the film, Sedgwick commits suicide after being dumped by a composite character who appears to be at least one part Dylan.

beyond ridiculous. these writers know nothing...

 

[IcePrincess]

Is the movie still opening on Friday?

I wonder if they will have a premier. It would be intresting to see who will be invited . Does anyone know if any of Edie's family or ex Factory people will be there? They should be.

 

[Little Tiny]

E!News showed the trailer of Factory Girl and said it will be in theatres in February.I really dont even think of this film as having anything to do with/about Edie anymore.It's such a bummer really!I really only think of it as a really good movie role for Sienna to prove what she's got.
Edie has been far removed from this as far as I'm concerned.

 

[babydoll1125]

I was reading an article in High Times about Timothy Leary the other day and this guy was saying how you could easily say that he was a crazed man who took a lot of LSD and that would be completely factual but that there is a lot more to him than that. I think with this movie they are saying Edie was a rich girl who was sad and did drugs and met a rock star and died. But there is SO much more to it and if they are going to be making a movie in honor of Edie they should respect her and tell the whole story, not just the most apealing parts.

 

[tahda]

according to moviefone.com FactoryGirl is only playing at one theater in LA starting tomorrow. But still I guess it WILL be showing. I'm tempted to go over there tomorrow afternoon...but it's such a random theater.