Is anyone on the internet at all, anywhere? Able to tell me any details about this interview? I'm studying Edie Sedgwick at university as she fascinates me and i need to know who interviewed her here? When? Where? What for? Anything? Any information would be greatly appreciated! Lovely video :)
@cherishtigger The part where Edie talks about the whole Factory scene being "bullshit" was from the film "Ciao Manhattan", made just before she died. Very interesting movie, and a must-see if you're studying Edie.
A lot of people who post comments here know nothing about Edie and Andy or what really happened. Factory Girl was a load of old crock anyway. Snoop around and see what you can see!
ANDY> edie people make choices let's not blame it on andy if she was weak and did drugs it's her own fault . he was amazing read his book FUCK FACTORY GIRL
All of the comments on this are made by kids who watched Factory Girl and thought it was an honest account of Edie's life/depiction of Warhol's personality. Thumbs up if you DON'T believe everything that Hollywood tells you.
@damnhippie16 Somehow, Hollywood can't make films about reality. They think reality isn't interesting enough. It has to be a *story* you know, and a lot of the time that's smarmy and sentimental. Well, Edie's real life certainly wasn't sentimental. I think Factory Girl was a very poor movie, but it did generate interest in Edie and the Warhol scene. My hope is that someone will make a *real* movie about what really happened. Meanwhile, there's Jean Stein's 1982 book Edie: American Girl. Read it!
blaming Andy for Edies demons is Bullshit. Nothing anyone does makes someone take drugs--you take a choice..hell i can remember being enamoured with the idea of getting high from the anti-drug stuff at school or anti-drug messages in cartoons. PPL make choices. Also once someone has a smack habit--nothinu do makes a difference toil they dedide theyve had enough . some ppl like myself ar just natural born juniies and wether is smack , food or jumoing out or planes we will find something to buzz
Agreed it was her choice to become part of Warhol's inner circle,but she was used and gone in seemingly minutes.
There is nothing glamorous in that at all.
If Warhol and other's had actually cared about people instead of using them to their own strange end's many would have fulfilled the immense promise they had,instead of losing their lives,or fading away damaged .
Everytime i hear the Cult's song Edie(Ciao Baby) a song i love i think of the senseless loss.
She never fails to fascinate me. I remember first hearing about Edie, and watched several clips featuring her, was immediately enthralled by her presence and was eager to find out what she is doing now and if she is alive. Finding out about her demise, saddened me in a deep profound way. Which was odd considering how little I knew of her (still can't say I know her now), but it just goes to show you how much of a presence she had, and the contagious affect she had on people wanting to save her.
@xXPinkGoddessXx stop trying to create a myth around her life, her problems stemmed from the fact that she was a drug addict, taking drugs is not an heroic act of rebellion, quite the contrary, it is an attempt at escaping responsibilities in the constant research of pleasure
@dreamlandlover Doesn't that describe Paris Hilton? Not famous for any specific Talent (singing, acting, etc) yet a fashion icon that had her burst of fame? Edie appeared in some Warhol film projects, bit it was her personal social appearances that really made her famous. "the Poor Little Rich Girl" had a way tougher life than Paris, but for a quick modern explanation she'll do.
Edie had a very rough life for an heiress. I hope she rests in peace for her sake. Poor thing.
@MsMariah61 She was in some of Andy Warhol's films and she did some modeling. She was famous mainly because she was a promiment socialite associated with the whole Factory scene. However, I wouldn't compare her to Paris Hilton, because Edie was an intelligent, and yes a fascinating girl. Truely unique, and I guess she can be seen as a style icon these days because she had her on individual look.
I just recently(over 2 yrs) discovered the beauty and tragedy of EDIE Sedgwick.It's very hard if not impossible to beat the drug(H) alcohol,coke, or Dust and the family's ugly secret I wasn't there.I was born in '68.Weather it be Incest , Psychosis,or Absence. I love the woman/girl I see and hear on YouTube.And my heart & soul suffers with hers.
warhol was painfully shy, easily intimidated and very socially awkward. He could not confront edie's drug problem like a real friend would have. he hid instead of speaking up properly.
@samthor I don't think that was the reason. Warhol's Factory scene had a view on drugs that was practically 180 degrees from how mainstream society sees them today. The reason that an underground scene was formed in the first place was so drug addicts, outcasts, trannies, sexual deviants, creative nutjobs, etc, had a place to cohabit and avoid public persecution. Andy's views on drugs were just as liberal as Edie's or anyone else's.
why the hell would i care about a wannabee drug addict cunt and feel sorry for her in the movie factory girl...stop fuckign smoking kunt and learn a job like all of us.
why the hell would i care about a wannabee drug addict cunt and feel sorry for her in the movie factory girl...stop fuckign smoking kunt and learn a job like all of us.
now, i wouldnt label him as a dick. he was an amazing artist with an amazing mind. but you have to remeber edie had a lot of problems growing up, her father raped her, and beat her. so i dont think this is all his fault.
She looks like a scared little crackhead.lmfao...but she was pretty though....and she shouldnt have nyone to blame but herself no one held a gun to her head and said here take the drugs. It was her choice...yeah they were probably a bad influence on her but when it all boils down she put that upon herself...its all about common sense and she knew what the drugs could do to her. soooooo....
She looks like a scared little crackhead.lmfao...but she was pretty though....and she shouldnt have nyone to blame but herself no one held a gun to her head and said here take the drugs. It was her choice...yeah they were probably a bad influence on her but when it all boils down she put that upon herself...its all about common sense and she knew what the drugs could do to her. soooooo....
@christinaaat I don't think it's about common sense at all. Most of Edie's friends said she had a fierce natural intelligence and could articulate her environment more clearly than anyone else in the room. What it has to do with is psychological damage, and unlike common sense, it is very deep-seated and usually not realised on the conscious level. Some of the most brilliant minds have had similar problems, and many well adjusted, stable people are not intelligent at all.
So Im doing research on edie and my god pathetic pink goddess you're such an judgmental idiot. EVERY SINGLE video I have seen you leave your mindless, intolerant ,unusually angry, and arrogant posts. Nobody with self mindedness cares of your ridiculous and obsessed rants. SHUT THE FUCK UP!
Reply to pink goddess et al. Edie compromised her freedom by dying young alone in an abandoned swimming pool.
She was raised near Santa Barbara on one of the most beautiful ranches in the area. She went to NY when she was very young, and the vultures who feed on the very young in NY got to her. They sucked her dry, made up cruel songs about her (Like a Rolling Stone), and she went back to California to die.
When she died; some made fun of her, some regretted being vultures, some cared less.
How is dying young compromising one's freedom? It's certainly tragic, and an immense price to pay for living life on your own terms, and I completely understand anyone who says Edie's was a wasted life, but I don't agree that she ever compromised herself to anyone, and that to me is highly esteemable. We're all drawn to different traits and qualities in people, and that's ultimately what this debate amounts to. I was just trying to explain Edie's appeal to those who aren't fans.
she compromised her 'freedom' every time she went to her dope dealer. She was a 'free' as her next hit of whatever drug she was addicted to. That is a coward's way of dealing with life. Yeah, life can be painful, so can over-doseing and dying in your puke. It is far better to be free, and addicted to life. Any damn fool can be addicted to death. If you can't face life don't make a virtue of it, and don't pretend it is anything other than a cop out to take drugs.
@TheGranule Edie was never psychologically free; I fully realise this. Humans are hardwired to possess obedience and fear to survive in the long run. Rebellious figures are almost always driven by problems as Edie was, but they consciously defy standards and expectations, and this is what is admirable about them, and what I refer to by Edie's "freedom". I don't think this kind of liberation is most important in life, but as I said, the traits we're drawn to is a matter of personal preference.
@TheGranule The whole "living in an abandoned swimming pool" scenario was NOT reality, it was for a MOVIE; Geez! True, the character of "Susan" in "Ciao Manhattan" is BASED on her, but; You probably think her mommy sold PIES for a living, too! You probably think she had an affair with Bob Dylan because you saw it implied in that ludicrously DULL "Factory Girl" film; But it was Bob Neuwirth, not Dylan (allegedly). Movies aren't reality, but I guess it doesn't matter, not with a goddess like Edie.
Why was Edie so important? What was her cause? How was she so brilliant? I'll never understand. "I'd like to turn the whole world on..." So brilliant. When you really think about it, REALLY think about it, it doesn't mean shit.
@RhythmeMonotone Edie didn't have a specific cause or achievements, nor did she possess brilliance in any one area. She is just the prime example of a person who soared through life on her own terms, to hell with the people and conventions around her. In a society where the pursuit of exploration has degenerated to one of preservation, Edie is immensely appealing, especially to the young. I also believe Edie was clued in to the illusory nature of the physical realm, but that's just me...
@MowgliX Ha, I don't even know myself! Just the way Edie lived and her outlook on life indicates to me that she saw far past the seriousness of everything on Earth, as though she realised magnitudes far beyond the life we see, and knew possibilities most people never comprehend. David Weisman summed it up perfectly by saying she was "cosmic mischief masquerading as dysfunction". Many people described her as "otherworldly"; it was a quality they could pick up on. Or just my own BS perhaps? Lol.
@xXPinkGoddessXx I believe that those with more problems are capable in a way of having that kind of "otherworldy" aura about them, mainly because they see life on a completely different plane than most people do. I myself have always been most attracted to those who have issues like bi-polar disorder or a history or psychological and depressive trauma. I think a lot of them begin to think that not much worse can happen in life, so in a way, their issues are what free them...at least in partly.
@PeteyPoison You've said it much better than I could, I fully agree. I also think this has a lot to do with why the greatest legends were very damaged and unstable mentally. It isn't so much the effect of watching a train wreck as it is the fascination we have with people who seem to inhabit different worlds. It's interesting to think that if Edie had been raised well in a stable home, she would have lacked the same charm and persona. That's why I think we must always take the bad with the good.
When Edie said "I'd like to turn the whole world on" she was referring to drugs (turning everybody on to drugs). That phrase kinda sums up Edie's attitude about the world; no one is physically immortal, therefore everybody should experience life to the fullest, if only for a moment. Edie definitely sensed she was different, but she never felt her life needed justifying, and again, that's why she gets people. Today there are right and wrong ways to live, but Edie never compromised her freedom.
@xXPinkGoddessXx I just saw this comment, and it's very interesting to me! I initially thought that Edie said that statement to say how people who haven't tried drugs before wouldn't understand the world that they 'created' for her, so that she wants to turn the world onto the experiences she's had with them... But yeah, it does make sense as well that she's exclaiming how everybody should experience life to the fullest.
@RhythmeMonotone lol well of course it doesn't mean anything to you. No one can interpret what the meaning is of things that come out of another persons mind. She had no cause. Humans are just fascinated by other ppls lives, and obviously, to several people, she was a fascinating person. Just because you personally aren't moved or interested in her, doesn't mean you can disqualify her as unimportant.
@yahiela7 The overall words "celebrity" or "fame" mean nothing to me. People are fucking people, and the fact that we as humans idolize, worship, or look up to any other human is incredibly ridiculous. We all have this same mind, we use it differently but all have the same ability, no one is any more fascinating or intelligent than any other. I stand by the comment I stated before, her words mean shit.
@verbod you don't know if she was dumb because you were never around her, or spoke to her, or even saw her. You can't make assumptions if you don't know the person obviously.
instant and available, yeah like hell ... it would want to be incredibly great because the price was overwhelming .... not worth a single beautiful life. At least Edie boasted nothing .... all the rest thought they were so 'cutting edge'. They were nothing, are nothing and in time will be remembered as nothing.
If Andy hadn't been a famous artist he'd have been considered a real creep - superficial, spiteful, materialistic and used people.
However, if it hadn't been for Warhol creating this factory of stars, we'd never have got to glimpse Edie's charismatic personality, and incredible style. She wasn't dedicated enough to be come a real actress, so this was really the only way for her to become the star she wanted to be.
he wasnt even upset when she died and acted like he didnt even know her.after exploiting her and treating her devastatingly bad.he was a vampire.that preyed on people and exploited them.edie,sadly was not the only one.people dont know the real warhol.and he wasnt that great of a person or artist.poor edie died at the age of 28.and at 28 she looked like a wretched has-been.thats the beginning of most peoples lives.and alot of her demise had to do with drugs,and what went on with warhol.poor edie.
warhol in real life was a real dick.he was a pretentious ass.very verbally abusive.he never paid edie for any of the work on the films that they had done together.and as she ventured further & further into drug use warhol made no attempt to help her or even talk to her.she tried desperately to get close to warhol,but he would never let her.he treated many people badly & its no wonder he got shot.if u decide to read bout warhol & what a vampire he was i guarantee ur opinion will change.RIP edie.
Which attempts did Edie make at saving the many around HER who were spiralling out of control and into drug abuse? She gave a number of people drugs (which Andy never did), some of who were even younger than herself. So why the double standard? If everyone else's problems weren't her responsibility, why should they be blamed for hers? Andy may have not paid Edie (though did he promise to?), but she borrowed large amounts and even stole money and drugs from others. Again, why the double standard?
I agree that perhaps he could of tried to help her more but however he NEVER forced drugs or make her do anything she didnt want to he was in a way just documenting her life. She was her own human being and as much as i feel sorry for her, you make your own life we could all go off the rails and destroy our lifes but at the end of the day its our own fault if we choose that path. Their has to be that defining time when she made her choices NOT ANDY
@fuckyou1458 Andy exploited a lot of people, & Edie was one of them. Because she was already such a troubled person, a lot of people felt that he shouldn't have messed with her head. In Beauty #2 he brought up sensitive subjects like her Father & dead brother that was unneccessary. However, he had nothing to do with her drug use, & was not responsible for her as a person or her choices.She had MUCH worse problems than Andy, & he didn't push her over the edge or make her crazy.
She was an intelligent person. Edie allowed alot of that evil into her life bc she was ill. She was a carefree spirit, and suffered for it. Incredibly sick to the point where she begged her brother Jonathan to try to have sex with her. B4 anyone tries to berate my comment read Edie American Girl. Her brother says so. She was a victim of her father in many ways. I don't think Edie had too much energy to care much about others. It hurt too much after the death of her brothers.
@ehouston Her brother Jonathan tried to have sexual relations with her when they were growing up, & she was on all kinds of drugs at the time, it probably had something to do with the past. Her Father was infatuated with her from age 13 on. He couldn't take his eyes off of her & said that she was "delicious" and she was allowed to drive his Mercedes & do anything she wanted, none of the other kids had ANY privileges like she had. Who knows the extent of what happened on the ranch?
Why do we still remember Edie Sedgwick? Because of her role at the Factory, right? There can be no other answer, for most of us anyway. Because, in spite of the fact that he was a dreadful man in many ways, even now we cannot forget Andy Warhol. He is still riveting. I cannot doubt his greatness. The Factory people, including Edie, saw what they saw, and made their choices. They called Andy Drella. Cinderella + Dracula.
to amy4242, the song is called "it ain't me babe" which is a bob dylan original, well as far as I thought but that's def not dylan. I'm not sure who's covered it
Close...but no cigar! Over a hundred acts covered "It Ain't Me Babe" (Johnny Cash, Nancy Sinatra, Johnny Thunders, Jan and Dean, Brian Ferry, Glenn Campbell). It was The Turtles first hit...I think it's the only cover version that made the charts.
poor Edie. .............................as for Andy, in some of his photos his face is cold. his eyes hard as ice. he must have been through some serious shit growin up. it left its mark............as for his art, you cant deny the talent behind it. the man could paint! and produce!
So Warhol was suppose to dedicate his life to making stars out of these bundles of no talent? He used them as they used him. Go cry for your American Idol rejects and stay out of the art scene.
it was all his fucking fault and after all of that , when asked about her death him saying that they weren't friends, what a fag, that's probably why some of the clips were hidden or destroyed they probably had evidence.
@unicuber Yeah warhol asked a shitty question when edie died in his smug silly queer voice "I wonder who got all her money" thank God someone present had the balls to tell him "Edie didn't have any money, she spent IT ALL on you andy".
yeah, maybe a terrible person, a terrible mind and a terrible artist .... does doing something 'new' and 'different' define greatness? Never got the soup can thing - after all, it's a soup can.
@unicuber Why? He gave a lot of people their first break in art, and the Factory was sort of like a halfway house for people who didn't belong anywhere else. Many of them had great careers later, some did not. Andy really didn't force anybody to destroy themselves with drugs or alcohol.
Edie was beautiful and talented, but she just did too many drugs (every kind of drug on the market almost), was on heavy medication and she drank and smoked a lot. So of course she died.
most of the famous artists are. they wouldnt be able to be who they are if they were humble, kind, or giving people because thats too boring for this society. i think he just wanted to stay detached from everything and unfortunately it ended up hurting people.
i can't help but think she wanted/needed what she got from her life at Factory...as messed up as that seems, some people would give their life for a visceral moment of experience. I think she was aware of the dark fate, but was willing to risk all for what she got out of her time in the Warhol scene. I'm not a Warhol fan, but I get why Edie would do what she did. I applaud her bravery.
Hey, if you like this you should go and see the retrospective of photographer Nat Finkelstein at Idea Generation gallery in london. He photographed Andy Warhols factory. Its showing from 20th jan - 14th feb. :-)
Glad someone said it man... People just don't know. They think he was great all around.
Edie wasn't the only one in the Factory who was taken advantage of. Others did too like Danny Williams. A lot of the people in the Factory did cool things. But the credit always went to Andy even though he had nothing to do with it.
Many people talk about how back then young adults would show up dressed nicely.. and then a year later they leave the Factory Penniless and broke.
@xXPinkGoddessXx Well Dylan thought he was going to pay him. He got mad because he was filmed and Andy didn't even consider paying him. So he just took one of his paintings as a payment. I'm sure Andy didn't like that at all.
Hey, did you know theres a retrospective of Nat Finkelsteins work from 20th Jan - 14th Feb at a gallery in London called IDEA GENERATION. He documented Warhols Factory in the 60's. You should check it out! :-)
Hey, did you know theres a retrospective of Nats work from 20th Jan - 14th Feb at a gallery in London called IDEA GENERATION you should check it out! :-)
I agree with LivingDeadGirl. She didn't show all her cards. Also, people often have inner conflicts. Agatha Christie said, "An artist never knows whether to commit suicide or throw a party." That sounds like Edie.
I also agree with ChoosyKitten, except that she wasn't really famous. She became a laughingstock , known mainly in New York City. In her own words, a joke. Nothing to be grateful for.
i don't know why you are all trying to define edie or even describe why she did things she did or why she was the way she was. the fact is, no one really knew the whole truth about her, not even then. they had good insights as we do now, but like the people who knew her said, it was hard to even get close to her. if she lived longer... maybe we would know more about her. or maybe we wouldn't :]
What made her gorgeous? She was hideously out of her senses and seemed terribly insecure, she clung to the wrong people and they helped to bring about her demise, she could have done a lot better had she took a different path in life, and so what she was famous??? that did'nt help her did it? it's terribly sad that she died so young...
Edie was mentally unbalanced from childhood. Even if she'd been homely and poor (instead of gorgeous and rich) - with the genes she was born with, she'd have become a messed-up addict regardless. The difference is, she'd never have become famous, and would have died with none of us ever knowing about her.
And the reason we know about her is because she got her fame from hanging around with Andy Warhol. That, and her biography, which was published over 10 years after her death.
I think edie sedgwick was gorgeous and glamorous and she was definately influential in fashion in her days and till today. I think anyone who denies that the factory and andy warhol's crew ruined her with their hard drugs is not seeing the big picture.
The only worth while thing Warhol ever did was finance Paul Morrissey's films-Heat and Trash- both sensitively made, funny and warmly human films but even that isn't enough to counter the superficiality and emptiness his popularity has contributed to hoisting upon our culture...not saying this gal wasn't pretty or didn't have talent but ultimately her life was meaningless because no one in the group had the wherewithal to explain to Warhol that life is more than just being a fashion model
I watched Factory Girl with Sienna Miller as Edie last night. The performance by Miller was absolutely brilliant. She was spot on as Edie. Whether you like Edie or not she was fascinating. And although I'm a Warhol fan, He really seems to have taken advantage of so many of the people that hung out at the factory.
andy warhol was such a bastard in reality. its trendy to like him, so people say they like him. i can respect his artwork, but not him. he ruined a human being.
I think that this bitching and griping about Edie being "ruined" is bullshit. Warhol was a disconnected individual from the beginning, but I think it was her being sexually assaulting her that "ruined" her. You don't turn to hard drugs if you are a healthy individual, but when you need to constantly escape....you do.
she was the first "it girl" ! if you haven't noticed most it girls can't really do anything; paris hilton, peaches geldof. they are just famous because they have this thing about them that is completely fascinating. I love edie, she is just so terribly beautiful. oh and for the person saying she can't model, that she can do I mean shes no twiggy but she was pretty darn good
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She couldn't write, she couldn't sing, she couldn't act, she couldn't model, she couldn't do anything. She sounds pretty dumb in this interview. She was just Andy's idea of a "poor little rich girl". But even that got old quickly. She did nothing with her life after Andy, she couldn't even do rehab right! even "Factory girl" shows that, though everyone says it's purely fictional.
Oh gosh, I can't believe I wasted almost all morning talking about someone as mediocre as Edie Sedgwick. I just hope there is not a bunch of dumb teenage girls that take her as a role model because they watched "Factory Girl", which is not even an accurate account of her life. These days though, nothing surprises me.
In life people will consider you first for your achivements, if not for your charisma and least for your personality. If is for your personality is because you haven't achieve anything in life tharefore not many people will remember you any way.
Anybody who's on a power trip could be eligible for the cateogry "sociopath". That could entail professors, doctors, mothers, laywers, Indian chiefs, sheriffs, managers, supervisors, designers, bill collectors.
Was Warhol a "good" person? Probably not but neither is your next door neighbor or Picasso or your boss.
You just have to make the best of it and, if somebody in the group becomes, famous, buy their work when it's cheap.
Andy coldly exploited clueless people. RIP Edie.
steveconn 6 hours ago
Is anyone on the internet at all, anywhere? Able to tell me any details about this interview? I'm studying Edie Sedgwick at university as she fascinates me and i need to know who interviewed her here? When? Where? What for? Anything? Any information would be greatly appreciated! Lovely video :)
cherishtigger 1 month ago
@cherishtigger The part where Edie talks about the whole Factory scene being "bullshit" was from the film "Ciao Manhattan", made just before she died. Very interesting movie, and a must-see if you're studying Edie.
smichelle65 4 weeks ago
A lot of people who post comments here know nothing about Edie and Andy or what really happened. Factory Girl was a load of old crock anyway. Snoop around and see what you can see!
MowgliX 2 months ago in playlist interview
...andy warhol?> superficial, artificial, pretentious, ugly fagot. whit. no. talent. what so ever. only B L A bla.
dalysima 2 months ago
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Chloe Sevigny was right when she said she was just a rich socialite who did a lot of drugs and didn't really accomplish anything.
spaceghost30082 2 months ago
interview ?
droitegauched 2 months ago
warhol was a no talent fag.
gsmarcano 3 months ago
ANDY> edie people make choices let's not blame it on andy if she was weak and did drugs it's her own fault . he was amazing read his book FUCK FACTORY GIRL
greengirlXD 4 months ago
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greengirlXD 4 months ago
Edie was truly beautiful and had tremendous heart despite how awful her life was... RIP Edie, always remembered by many -3
XstarberrysundaeX 4 months ago
i love her
NunuInvincible829 4 months ago
This is fucking great. Nice editing.
Ihuffglue91 4 months ago
Warhol had a very very dark side...did he have a heart at all?
Bruce99100 5 months ago 3
she was a beautiful creature
vampiregeek995 6 months ago 5
All of the comments on this are made by kids who watched Factory Girl and thought it was an honest account of Edie's life/depiction of Warhol's personality. Thumbs up if you DON'T believe everything that Hollywood tells you.
damnhippie16 7 months ago 54
@damnhippie16 Somehow, Hollywood can't make films about reality. They think reality isn't interesting enough. It has to be a *story* you know, and a lot of the time that's smarmy and sentimental. Well, Edie's real life certainly wasn't sentimental. I think Factory Girl was a very poor movie, but it did generate interest in Edie and the Warhol scene. My hope is that someone will make a *real* movie about what really happened. Meanwhile, there's Jean Stein's 1982 book Edie: American Girl. Read it!
MowgliX 2 days ago
@ingenalls100 That is "I'll Be Your Mirror" by the Velvet Underground.
HoopladoodleStudios 8 months ago
what is the name of the song at 1:18
ingenalls100 8 months ago
How old was she for this interview ? And I'm assuming she sounded like that because of her drug addiction ? Idk lol
loserfreaks 9 months ago
She's so adorable. Such a waste, such a terrible terrible waste.
sonoreo 10 months ago 23
damn
charlottecharlotte86 10 months ago
blaming Andy for Edies demons is Bullshit. Nothing anyone does makes someone take drugs--you take a choice..hell i can remember being enamoured with the idea of getting high from the anti-drug stuff at school or anti-drug messages in cartoons. PPL make choices. Also once someone has a smack habit--nothinu do makes a difference toil they dedide theyve had enough . some ppl like myself ar just natural born juniies and wether is smack , food or jumoing out or planes we will find something to buzz
growguyuk 10 months ago
What an absolute waste.
Agreed it was her choice to become part of Warhol's inner circle,but she was used and gone in seemingly minutes.
There is nothing glamorous in that at all.
If Warhol and other's had actually cared about people instead of using them to their own strange end's many would have fulfilled the immense promise they had,instead of losing their lives,or fading away damaged .
Everytime i hear the Cult's song Edie(Ciao Baby) a song i love i think of the senseless loss.
ianrlaws 11 months ago
She never fails to fascinate me. I remember first hearing about Edie, and watched several clips featuring her, was immediately enthralled by her presence and was eager to find out what she is doing now and if she is alive. Finding out about her demise, saddened me in a deep profound way. Which was odd considering how little I knew of her (still can't say I know her now), but it just goes to show you how much of a presence she had, and the contagious affect she had on people wanting to save her.
Ihkueren 11 months ago
@xXPinkGoddessXx stop trying to create a myth around her life, her problems stemmed from the fact that she was a drug addict, taking drugs is not an heroic act of rebellion, quite the contrary, it is an attempt at escaping responsibilities in the constant research of pleasure
quaxk 11 months ago 4
@dreamlandlover Doesn't that describe Paris Hilton? Not famous for any specific Talent (singing, acting, etc) yet a fashion icon that had her burst of fame? Edie appeared in some Warhol film projects, bit it was her personal social appearances that really made her famous. "the Poor Little Rich Girl" had a way tougher life than Paris, but for a quick modern explanation she'll do.
Edie had a very rough life for an heiress. I hope she rests in peace for her sake. Poor thing.
ManicMagpie 11 months ago
The factory was Warhol's vision of Nirvana, it would a nightmare to me!
nat00ben06 1 year ago
@MsMariah61 She was in some of Andy Warhol's films and she did some modeling. She was famous mainly because she was a promiment socialite associated with the whole Factory scene. However, I wouldn't compare her to Paris Hilton, because Edie was an intelligent, and yes a fascinating girl. Truely unique, and I guess she can be seen as a style icon these days because she had her on individual look.
dreamlandlover 1 year ago 2
I just recently(over 2 yrs) discovered the beauty and tragedy of EDIE Sedgwick.It's very hard if not impossible to beat the drug(H) alcohol,coke, or Dust and the family's ugly secret I wasn't there.I was born in '68.Weather it be Incest , Psychosis,or Absence. I love the woman/girl I see and hear on YouTube.And my heart & soul suffers with hers.
MrThinwhiteduke1 1 year ago
I hate how everyone fucking loves Warhol when they don't know shit about what he did to Edie. He's a prick.
xxDemixSelxx 1 year ago 6
warhol was painfully shy, easily intimidated and very socially awkward. He could not confront edie's drug problem like a real friend would have. he hid instead of speaking up properly.
samthor 1 year ago 4
@samthor I don't think that was the reason. Warhol's Factory scene had a view on drugs that was practically 180 degrees from how mainstream society sees them today. The reason that an underground scene was formed in the first place was so drug addicts, outcasts, trannies, sexual deviants, creative nutjobs, etc, had a place to cohabit and avoid public persecution. Andy's views on drugs were just as liberal as Edie's or anyone else's.
xXPinkGoddessXx 1 year ago
what a tragedy. Edie's real roll at the Factory was victim.
Bruce99100 1 year ago
i love edie sedgwick but she had problems before she went to the factory.
AbsoluteMAL 1 year ago
what an asshole Warhol was, such a beautiful yound lady what a shame
UAMAC 1 year ago
Uhmmm EUUUAGHH!
DanBlabbers 1 year ago
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why the hell would i care about a wannabee drug addict cunt and feel sorry for her in the movie factory girl...stop fuckign smoking kunt and learn a job like all of us.
jocelyna38 1 year ago
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why the hell would i care about a wannabee drug addict cunt and feel sorry for her in the movie factory girl...stop fuckign smoking kunt and learn a job like all of us.
jocelyna38 1 year ago
degenerate fags
NORMANGODS 1 year ago
It's so heartbreaking when Malanga says the bit about "Edie who?" Really leaves a bad taste in one's mouth about Warhol.
circethesorceress 1 year ago 2
Warhol was a goof!
corinnabambina 1 year ago
@corinnabambina hey she choosed him, she is responsible for her own fucking life..
jocelyna38 1 year ago
Pure Perfection....she was. I love her re-action about her family...
MUSICMOVIETRIVIA 1 year ago
where is the 0:52 part from? i would LOVE to know, thanks :)
stormyluvdu1nce 1 year ago
@stormyluvdu1nce It's from Edie's final film, Ciao! Manhattan. It pops up on Youtube occasionally but is always taken down.
xXPinkGoddessXx 1 year ago
@xXPinkGoddessXx THANK YOU! thats what i thought but i wasnt sure.
stormyluvdu1nce 1 year ago 2
@stormyluvdu1nce Just to let you know, it's on Youtube right now. Better watch it quick!
xXPinkGoddessXx 1 year ago
Edie and sienna...has got the SAME VOICE!!!!
anusup 1 year ago
damn, that's why you don't do drugs, kids.
xSinKittyx88 1 year ago
now, i wouldnt label him as a dick. he was an amazing artist with an amazing mind. but you have to remeber edie had a lot of problems growing up, her father raped her, and beat her. so i dont think this is all his fault.
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She looks like a scared little crackhead.lmfao...but she was pretty though....and she shouldnt have nyone to blame but herself no one held a gun to her head and said here take the drugs. It was her choice...yeah they were probably a bad influence on her but when it all boils down she put that upon herself...its all about common sense and she knew what the drugs could do to her. soooooo....
christinaaat 1 year ago
She looks like a scared little crackhead.lmfao...but she was pretty though....and she shouldnt have nyone to blame but herself no one held a gun to her head and said here take the drugs. It was her choice...yeah they were probably a bad influence on her but when it all boils down she put that upon herself...its all about common sense and she knew what the drugs could do to her. soooooo....
christinaaat 1 year ago
@christinaaat I don't think it's about common sense at all. Most of Edie's friends said she had a fierce natural intelligence and could articulate her environment more clearly than anyone else in the room. What it has to do with is psychological damage, and unlike common sense, it is very deep-seated and usually not realised on the conscious level. Some of the most brilliant minds have had similar problems, and many well adjusted, stable people are not intelligent at all.
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christinaaat 1 year ago
gorgeous from 0:42 to 0:48
lyceeee 1 year ago
she was extremly beautiful, hate how she ended up :/ and i blame the factory for it, even though i love art
UAMAC 1 year ago
So Im doing research on edie and my god pathetic pink goddess you're such an judgmental idiot. EVERY SINGLE video I have seen you leave your mindless, intolerant ,unusually angry, and arrogant posts. Nobody with self mindedness cares of your ridiculous and obsessed rants. SHUT THE FUCK UP!
1pranayama 1 year ago
@1pranayama Judgemental? Intolerant? Name examples or go away.
xXPinkGoddessXx 1 year ago
Watch "Factory Girl". It will be a good decision.
ThaWhiteMaori 1 year ago
Paul Morrissey, what a scumbag.
gunkadin 1 year ago
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I find this chilling... especially this bit 0:51 in that voice aswell! So doesnt sound like her....*shudders*
TheOriginalSimoneT 1 year ago
I find this chilling... especially this bit 0:51 in that voice aswell! So doesnt sound like her....*shudders*
TheOriginalSimoneT 1 year ago
@everlong606: I thought the exact same thing! (Especially as Edie's smile is so much like Jennifer's.
MissGoldenDreams13 1 year ago
Edie Sedgwick was a pawn her whole life, she was a rich girl ruled by her parents, then she was the tool of a madman.
beradification 1 year ago
correction, she didn't die in an abandoned swimming pool but after a party in 1971. She went home and died in bed, her husband found her.
TheGranule 1 year ago
Reply to pink goddess et al. Edie compromised her freedom by dying young alone in an abandoned swimming pool.
She was raised near Santa Barbara on one of the most beautiful ranches in the area. She went to NY when she was very young, and the vultures who feed on the very young in NY got to her. They sucked her dry, made up cruel songs about her (Like a Rolling Stone), and she went back to California to die.
When she died; some made fun of her, some regretted being vultures, some cared less.
TheGranule 1 year ago
How is dying young compromising one's freedom? It's certainly tragic, and an immense price to pay for living life on your own terms, and I completely understand anyone who says Edie's was a wasted life, but I don't agree that she ever compromised herself to anyone, and that to me is highly esteemable. We're all drawn to different traits and qualities in people, and that's ultimately what this debate amounts to. I was just trying to explain Edie's appeal to those who aren't fans.
xXPinkGoddessXx 1 year ago
@xXPinkGoddessXx
she compromised her 'freedom' every time she went to her dope dealer. She was a 'free' as her next hit of whatever drug she was addicted to. That is a coward's way of dealing with life. Yeah, life can be painful, so can over-doseing and dying in your puke. It is far better to be free, and addicted to life. Any damn fool can be addicted to death. If you can't face life don't make a virtue of it, and don't pretend it is anything other than a cop out to take drugs.
TheGranule 1 year ago
@TheGranule Edie was never psychologically free; I fully realise this. Humans are hardwired to possess obedience and fear to survive in the long run. Rebellious figures are almost always driven by problems as Edie was, but they consciously defy standards and expectations, and this is what is admirable about them, and what I refer to by Edie's "freedom". I don't think this kind of liberation is most important in life, but as I said, the traits we're drawn to is a matter of personal preference.
xXPinkGoddessXx 1 year ago 23
@TheGranule The whole "living in an abandoned swimming pool" scenario was NOT reality, it was for a MOVIE; Geez! True, the character of "Susan" in "Ciao Manhattan" is BASED on her, but; You probably think her mommy sold PIES for a living, too! You probably think she had an affair with Bob Dylan because you saw it implied in that ludicrously DULL "Factory Girl" film; But it was Bob Neuwirth, not Dylan (allegedly). Movies aren't reality, but I guess it doesn't matter, not with a goddess like Edie.
LeshaAnn 1 year ago 2
@LeshaAnn You are absolutely right of course. But some people believe a horrendously bad B-movie like Factory Girl is based on he truth somehow.
MowgliX 1 year ago
Why was Edie so important? What was her cause? How was she so brilliant? I'll never understand. "I'd like to turn the whole world on..." So brilliant. When you really think about it, REALLY think about it, it doesn't mean shit.
RhythmeMonotone 1 year ago
@RhythmeMonotone Edie didn't have a specific cause or achievements, nor did she possess brilliance in any one area. She is just the prime example of a person who soared through life on her own terms, to hell with the people and conventions around her. In a society where the pursuit of exploration has degenerated to one of preservation, Edie is immensely appealing, especially to the young. I also believe Edie was clued in to the illusory nature of the physical realm, but that's just me...
xXPinkGoddessXx 1 year ago
@xXPinkGoddessXx What do you mean by "clued in to the illusory nature of the physical realm"? I don't really understand that.
MowgliX 1 year ago
@MowgliX Ha, I don't even know myself! Just the way Edie lived and her outlook on life indicates to me that she saw far past the seriousness of everything on Earth, as though she realised magnitudes far beyond the life we see, and knew possibilities most people never comprehend. David Weisman summed it up perfectly by saying she was "cosmic mischief masquerading as dysfunction". Many people described her as "otherworldly"; it was a quality they could pick up on. Or just my own BS perhaps? Lol.
xXPinkGoddessXx 1 year ago
@xXPinkGoddessXx I believe that those with more problems are capable in a way of having that kind of "otherworldy" aura about them, mainly because they see life on a completely different plane than most people do. I myself have always been most attracted to those who have issues like bi-polar disorder or a history or psychological and depressive trauma. I think a lot of them begin to think that not much worse can happen in life, so in a way, their issues are what free them...at least in partly.
PeteyPoison 1 year ago 4
@PeteyPoison You've said it much better than I could, I fully agree. I also think this has a lot to do with why the greatest legends were very damaged and unstable mentally. It isn't so much the effect of watching a train wreck as it is the fascination we have with people who seem to inhabit different worlds. It's interesting to think that if Edie had been raised well in a stable home, she would have lacked the same charm and persona. That's why I think we must always take the bad with the good.
xXPinkGoddessXx 1 year ago
When Edie said "I'd like to turn the whole world on" she was referring to drugs (turning everybody on to drugs). That phrase kinda sums up Edie's attitude about the world; no one is physically immortal, therefore everybody should experience life to the fullest, if only for a moment. Edie definitely sensed she was different, but she never felt her life needed justifying, and again, that's why she gets people. Today there are right and wrong ways to live, but Edie never compromised her freedom.
xXPinkGoddessXx 1 year ago
@xXPinkGoddessXx I just saw this comment, and it's very interesting to me! I initially thought that Edie said that statement to say how people who haven't tried drugs before wouldn't understand the world that they 'created' for her, so that she wants to turn the world onto the experiences she's had with them... But yeah, it does make sense as well that she's exclaiming how everybody should experience life to the fullest.
Tanc12 1 year ago
@RhythmeMonotone lol well of course it doesn't mean anything to you. No one can interpret what the meaning is of things that come out of another persons mind. She had no cause. Humans are just fascinated by other ppls lives, and obviously, to several people, she was a fascinating person. Just because you personally aren't moved or interested in her, doesn't mean you can disqualify her as unimportant.
yahiela7 1 year ago
@yahiela7 The overall words "celebrity" or "fame" mean nothing to me. People are fucking people, and the fact that we as humans idolize, worship, or look up to any other human is incredibly ridiculous. We all have this same mind, we use it differently but all have the same ability, no one is any more fascinating or intelligent than any other. I stand by the comment I stated before, her words mean shit.
RhythmeMonotone 1 year ago
how she says "i'd like to turn the whole world on..." it's so out of this world with the images and music.
taty4ever 1 year ago
she was pretty dumb
verbod 1 year ago
@verbod Edie was brilliant. You are dumb.
Dealit707 1 year ago
@Dealit707
of course she was brillant, hahaha, like Sarah Palin.
verbod 1 year ago
@verbod you don't know if she was dumb because you were never around her, or spoke to her, or even saw her. You can't make assumptions if you don't know the person obviously.
yahiela7 1 year ago
@yahiela7
every one knows she was an idiot, wake up.
verbod 1 year ago
This isn't really an interview with Edie Sedgwick as much as it is ABOUT her..... a bit misleading of a title.
bradcorban 1 year ago
instant and available, yeah like hell ... it would want to be incredibly great because the price was overwhelming .... not worth a single beautiful life. At least Edie boasted nothing .... all the rest thought they were so 'cutting edge'. They were nothing, are nothing and in time will be remembered as nothing.
glossy104 1 year ago 2
If Andy hadn't been a famous artist he'd have been considered a real creep - superficial, spiteful, materialistic and used people.
However, if it hadn't been for Warhol creating this factory of stars, we'd never have got to glimpse Edie's charismatic personality, and incredible style. She wasn't dedicated enough to be come a real actress, so this was really the only way for her to become the star she wanted to be.
jadebrush 1 year ago
i swear edie kinda looks like jennifer garner!
everlong606 1 year ago 2
he wasnt even upset when she died and acted like he didnt even know her.after exploiting her and treating her devastatingly bad.he was a vampire.that preyed on people and exploited them.edie,sadly was not the only one.people dont know the real warhol.and he wasnt that great of a person or artist.poor edie died at the age of 28.and at 28 she looked like a wretched has-been.thats the beginning of most peoples lives.and alot of her demise had to do with drugs,and what went on with warhol.poor edie.
fuckleberry1 1 year ago
warhol in real life was a real dick.he was a pretentious ass.very verbally abusive.he never paid edie for any of the work on the films that they had done together.and as she ventured further & further into drug use warhol made no attempt to help her or even talk to her.she tried desperately to get close to warhol,but he would never let her.he treated many people badly & its no wonder he got shot.if u decide to read bout warhol & what a vampire he was i guarantee ur opinion will change.RIP edie.
fuckleberry1 1 year ago
Which attempts did Edie make at saving the many around HER who were spiralling out of control and into drug abuse? She gave a number of people drugs (which Andy never did), some of who were even younger than herself. So why the double standard? If everyone else's problems weren't her responsibility, why should they be blamed for hers? Andy may have not paid Edie (though did he promise to?), but she borrowed large amounts and even stole money and drugs from others. Again, why the double standard?
xXPinkGoddessXx 1 year ago
how old is she in 0:20
socialPUREchaos 1 year ago
How can you say that about Andy Warhol?!
I agree that perhaps he could of tried to help her more but however he NEVER forced drugs or make her do anything she didnt want to he was in a way just documenting her life. She was her own human being and as much as i feel sorry for her, you make your own life we could all go off the rails and destroy our lifes but at the end of the day its our own fault if we choose that path. Their has to be that defining time when she made her choices NOT ANDY
fuckyou1458 1 year ago
@fuckyou1458 Andy exploited a lot of people, & Edie was one of them. Because she was already such a troubled person, a lot of people felt that he shouldn't have messed with her head. In Beauty #2 he brought up sensitive subjects like her Father & dead brother that was unneccessary. However, he had nothing to do with her drug use, & was not responsible for her as a person or her choices.She had MUCH worse problems than Andy, & he didn't push her over the edge or make her crazy.
jarileigh 1 year ago 2
poor girl, she seemed like such a sweetheart.
kelz3030 1 year ago 3
She was an intelligent person. Edie allowed alot of that evil into her life bc she was ill. She was a carefree spirit, and suffered for it. Incredibly sick to the point where she begged her brother Jonathan to try to have sex with her. B4 anyone tries to berate my comment read Edie American Girl. Her brother says so. She was a victim of her father in many ways. I don't think Edie had too much energy to care much about others. It hurt too much after the death of her brothers.
ehouston 1 year ago
@ehouston Her brother Jonathan tried to have sexual relations with her when they were growing up, & she was on all kinds of drugs at the time, it probably had something to do with the past. Her Father was infatuated with her from age 13 on. He couldn't take his eyes off of her & said that she was "delicious" and she was allowed to drive his Mercedes & do anything she wanted, none of the other kids had ANY privileges like she had. Who knows the extent of what happened on the ranch?
jarileigh 1 year ago
I mean, ok, she wasn't really his responsibility but at least be a human being and stop enabling an obviously screwed up young woman.
Asshole.
rcmayo 1 year ago
Hope your putrid corpse is rotting in hell Andy for what you did to Edie.
Fuck you.
rcmayo 1 year ago 3
@rcmayo Agreed. He completely corrupted her.
professoralexa 1 year ago
if there was such a thing as hell. to bad it doesnt exsist.
daviddowns81 1 year ago
Odd how they use V.U. with Edie.
beatnikplaysatune 1 year ago
Why do we still remember Edie Sedgwick? Because of her role at the Factory, right? There can be no other answer, for most of us anyway. Because, in spite of the fact that he was a dreadful man in many ways, even now we cannot forget Andy Warhol. He is still riveting. I cannot doubt his greatness. The Factory people, including Edie, saw what they saw, and made their choices. They called Andy Drella. Cinderella + Dracula.
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philipthe1st 1 year ago
The song is - I'll Be Your Mirror - Velvet Underground ...sung by Nico ( There is a Youtube of the song)
ummerrahh 1 year ago
to amy4242, the song is called "it ain't me babe" which is a bob dylan original, well as far as I thought but that's def not dylan. I'm not sure who's covered it
Jeslexia 1 year ago
Close...but no cigar! Over a hundred acts covered "It Ain't Me Babe" (Johnny Cash, Nancy Sinatra, Johnny Thunders, Jan and Dean, Brian Ferry, Glenn Campbell). It was The Turtles first hit...I think it's the only cover version that made the charts.
ummerrahh 1 year ago
poor Edie. .............................as for Andy, in some of his photos his face is cold. his eyes hard as ice. he must have been through some serious shit growin up. it left its mark............as for his art, you cant deny the talent behind it. the man could paint! and produce!
acerb45666555 1 year ago
So Warhol was suppose to dedicate his life to making stars out of these bundles of no talent? He used them as they used him. Go cry for your American Idol rejects and stay out of the art scene.
ummerrahh 1 year ago 2
Well said.
thatBRITTANYgirl 1 year ago
does anyone know the song that plays for a few seconds at the very end?
amy4242 2 years ago
I'll be your mirror. A great song by the velvet underground
Nirvanabrazil 2 years ago 3
Warhol was a terrible person...a great mind, and a great artist, but a total dick.
unicuber 2 years ago 112
I agree with u.
it was all his fucking fault and after all of that , when asked about her death him saying that they weren't friends, what a fag, that's probably why some of the clips were hidden or destroyed they probably had evidence.
rbd7 2 years ago 3
@unicuber Yeah warhol asked a shitty question when edie died in his smug silly queer voice "I wonder who got all her money" thank God someone present had the balls to tell him "Edie didn't have any money, she spent IT ALL on you andy".
TheJomogogo 1 year ago 79
@TheJomogogo where did you see this in a video?
NE0NINDIAN 10 months ago
@NE0NINDIAN
Nah I read it somewhere
TheJomogogo 10 months ago
@TheJomogogo The fact that you used 'queer voice' in your comment makes you look pretty stupid.
10andpregnant 8 months ago
yeah, maybe a terrible person, a terrible mind and a terrible artist .... does doing something 'new' and 'different' define greatness? Never got the soup can thing - after all, it's a soup can.
glossy104 1 year ago
@unicuber That's a lie. Andy was a good guy.
Dealit707 1 year ago
@unicuber Why? He gave a lot of people their first break in art, and the Factory was sort of like a halfway house for people who didn't belong anywhere else. Many of them had great careers later, some did not. Andy really didn't force anybody to destroy themselves with drugs or alcohol.
Edie was beautiful and talented, but she just did too many drugs (every kind of drug on the market almost), was on heavy medication and she drank and smoked a lot. So of course she died.
MowgliX 1 year ago
@unicuber stop looking in the mirror.
gunkadin 1 year ago
@unicuber
most of the famous artists are. they wouldnt be able to be who they are if they were humble, kind, or giving people because thats too boring for this society. i think he just wanted to stay detached from everything and unfortunately it ended up hurting people.
xxscenicworldxx 1 year ago
Everyone can say the ppl at the Factory had it so tough, but really they had a choice.. stay or go. And obviosly most of them stayed.
Moniqueee15 2 years ago 3
of course they stayed.
superstaaaar1 2 years ago
oh ok sweet! thx
kuhlela 2 years ago
they treated her like shit. she deserved better.
hudsterboy 2 years ago 4
to suuuupersonic oooo how much do you want it for??? If you haven't sold it already since you did put that up 2months ago..
kuhlela 2 years ago
You can get copies of ciao manhattan on ebay, it's definitly worth watching :D
worldwind06 2 years ago
i can't help but think she wanted/needed what she got from her life at Factory...as messed up as that seems, some people would give their life for a visceral moment of experience. I think she was aware of the dark fate, but was willing to risk all for what she got out of her time in the Warhol scene. I'm not a Warhol fan, but I get why Edie would do what she did. I applaud her bravery.
SpittinGlitter 2 years ago 8
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MsNatFan 2 years ago
sad a beauty such as hers wasted by an untalented asshole like warhol it´s just sad
davidbravo1 2 years ago 4
Glad someone said it man... People just don't know. They think he was great all around.
Edie wasn't the only one in the Factory who was taken advantage of. Others did too like Danny Williams. A lot of the people in the Factory did cool things. But the credit always went to Andy even though he had nothing to do with it.
Many people talk about how back then young adults would show up dressed nicely.. and then a year later they leave the Factory Penniless and broke.
Andy never paid anyone.
TuxIsCool 2 years ago 11
@TuxIsCool Yeah Andy was a cheap ass. He filmed Bob Dylan and then didn't pay him. Dylan got mad and took one of his paintings.
oldskoolrocker87 1 year ago
@oldskoolrocker87 Did he actually promise to pay Dylan? I thought Andy gave him that painting as well.
xXPinkGoddessXx 1 year ago
@xXPinkGoddessXx Well Dylan thought he was going to pay him. He got mad because he was filmed and Andy didn't even consider paying him. So he just took one of his paintings as a payment. I'm sure Andy didn't like that at all.
oldskoolrocker87 1 year ago 2
@oldskoolrocker87 The way I read it Dylan just got bored and left, which I don't blame him for. He was probably literally watching paint dry.
xXPinkGoddessXx 1 year ago
@xXPinkGoddessXx Yeah, I bet he was bored being around those freaks.
oldskoolrocker87 1 year ago
@oldskoolrocker87 Didn't Dylan hate the artwork and use it as a dartboard until someone offered him a couch for it, so swapped it?
thearenaoftheunwell 1 year ago
@thearenaoftheunwell Thats what has been said. I don't know if that is true.
oldskoolrocker87 1 year ago
@oldskoolrocker87
haha yeah that sounds like something Bob Dylan would do...hahah
TuxIsCool 1 year ago
1:18 after hours!
caropex 2 years ago
my second name is sedgwick as well :)
kirstyms03 2 years ago 3
Another victim of the Vampire.
nicck 2 years ago 9
Hey, did you know theres a retrospective of Nat Finkelsteins work from 20th Jan - 14th Feb at a gallery in London called IDEA GENERATION. He documented Warhols Factory in the 60's. You should check it out! :-)
MsNatFan 2 years ago
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MsNatFan 2 years ago
I agree with LivingDeadGirl. She didn't show all her cards. Also, people often have inner conflicts. Agatha Christie said, "An artist never knows whether to commit suicide or throw a party." That sounds like Edie.
I also agree with ChoosyKitten, except that she wasn't really famous. She became a laughingstock , known mainly in New York City. In her own words, a joke. Nothing to be grateful for.
ZenPapageno 2 years ago 5
i don't know why you are all trying to define edie or even describe why she did things she did or why she was the way she was. the fact is, no one really knew the whole truth about her, not even then. they had good insights as we do now, but like the people who knew her said, it was hard to even get close to her. if she lived longer... maybe we would know more about her. or maybe we wouldn't :]
LiViN6DEADGiRL 2 years ago 29
@LiViN6DEADGiRL she was a junkie!
xSinKittyx88 1 year ago
What made her gorgeous? She was hideously out of her senses and seemed terribly insecure, she clung to the wrong people and they helped to bring about her demise, she could have done a lot better had she took a different path in life, and so what she was famous??? that did'nt help her did it? it's terribly sad that she died so young...
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kellskilleen 2 years ago
Edie was mentally unbalanced from childhood. Even if she'd been homely and poor (instead of gorgeous and rich) - with the genes she was born with, she'd have become a messed-up addict regardless. The difference is, she'd never have become famous, and would have died with none of us ever knowing about her.
And the reason we know about her is because she got her fame from hanging around with Andy Warhol. That, and her biography, which was published over 10 years after her death.
hebneh 2 years ago 6
i agree with you except for one thing, your genes don't make you an addict, getting on drugs is entirely a personal choice, on all cases
Torddik 2 years ago 8
I think edie sedgwick was gorgeous and glamorous and she was definately influential in fashion in her days and till today. I think anyone who denies that the factory and andy warhol's crew ruined her with their hard drugs is not seeing the big picture.
sofilust 2 years ago 7
The only worth while thing Warhol ever did was finance Paul Morrissey's films-Heat and Trash- both sensitively made, funny and warmly human films but even that isn't enough to counter the superficiality and emptiness his popularity has contributed to hoisting upon our culture...not saying this gal wasn't pretty or didn't have talent but ultimately her life was meaningless because no one in the group had the wherewithal to explain to Warhol that life is more than just being a fashion model
wenseone 2 years ago 2
I watched Factory Girl with Sienna Miller as Edie last night. The performance by Miller was absolutely brilliant. She was spot on as Edie. Whether you like Edie or not she was fascinating. And although I'm a Warhol fan, He really seems to have taken advantage of so many of the people that hung out at the factory.
collinwoodresident 2 years ago 8
I just watched this film as well. Flippin depressed now.
OnnaHype 2 years ago
I have the Ciao! Manhattan on VHS, does any Edie fan out there wanna buy it off me? I'll ship it to you :)
suuuuupersonic 2 years ago
I have the Ciao! Manhattan on VHS, does any Edie fan out there wanna buy it off me? I'll ship it to you :)
suuuuupersonic 2 years ago
edie sedgwick was a muse. she didnt sing. act. write. or anything like that.
she was a model, and a socialite, and inspired warhol, the factory, and the velvet underground.
dirtynuke 2 years ago
andy warhol was such a bastard in reality. its trendy to like him, so people say they like him. i can respect his artwork, but not him. he ruined a human being.
peacebetty 2 years ago 8
I think that this bitching and griping about Edie being "ruined" is bullshit. Warhol was a disconnected individual from the beginning, but I think it was her being sexually assaulting her that "ruined" her. You don't turn to hard drugs if you are a healthy individual, but when you need to constantly escape....you do.
chandru1103 2 years ago 6
Edie Sedgwick was a queen of Pop -of course there will be multitudes of lesser ones on here rejecting that...
tomk773 2 years ago
she was the first "it girl" ! if you haven't noticed most it girls can't really do anything; paris hilton, peaches geldof. they are just famous because they have this thing about them that is completely fascinating. I love edie, she is just so terribly beautiful. oh and for the person saying she can't model, that she can do I mean shes no twiggy but she was pretty darn good
viannafashionwhore 2 years ago 2
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She couldn't write, she couldn't sing, she couldn't act, she couldn't model, she couldn't do anything. She sounds pretty dumb in this interview. She was just Andy's idea of a "poor little rich girl". But even that got old quickly. She did nothing with her life after Andy, she couldn't even do rehab right! even "Factory girl" shows that, though everyone says it's purely fictional.
Annbeauj 2 years ago
Oh gosh, I can't believe I wasted almost all morning talking about someone as mediocre as Edie Sedgwick. I just hope there is not a bunch of dumb teenage girls that take her as a role model because they watched "Factory Girl", which is not even an accurate account of her life. These days though, nothing surprises me.
Peace out.
johnjohnb1 2 years ago
In life people will consider you first for your achivements, if not for your charisma and least for your personality. If is for your personality is because you haven't achieve anything in life tharefore not many people will remember you any way.
vjrei 2 years ago
Anybody who's on a power trip could be eligible for the cateogry "sociopath". That could entail professors, doctors, mothers, laywers, Indian chiefs, sheriffs, managers, supervisors, designers, bill collectors.
Was Warhol a "good" person? Probably not but neither is your next door neighbor or Picasso or your boss.
You just have to make the best of it and, if somebody in the group becomes, famous, buy their work when it's cheap.
grainofsandfan 2 years ago 2