Before there was edie, there was baby jane, girl of the year and andys first superstar. I have the film factory girl on dvd, which is a film based on her life when she got famous, and how andy warhol dropped her basically, and then she died after her battle with drink and drugs. Two high school girls were hired to work on some of the tapes. The picture of ingrid and edie together is telling. Starring nico, brigid berlin, ondine, and gerard malang, it was an experimental art house documentation of 1960s new york city and the factory scene as seen through the lives of residents of the chelsea hotel. Dylan was to be the subject of one of warhols screen tests, twominute silentmovie portraits starring. The factory girl 1814, by sarah savage commonplace. Ingrid is ingrid superstar, a warhol superstar, who was brought to the factory to.
Shes written several other history books for young readers, including the last safe house. Edie sedgwick, lou reed, international velvet, ondine, ingrid superstar, billy. The superstars would help warhol generate publicity while warhol offered fame and attention in return. Sienna miller electrifyingly embodies decadent 1960s new york artworld icon edie sedgwick in the cuttingedge biopic factory girl 2006. This indepth look at the teenage girls working in chinas exploding factory culture will give the phrase made in china a whole new meaning. The resulting cock book became a collective effort.
These personalities appeared in warhols artworks and accompanied him in his social life, epitomizing his famous dictum, in the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes. In addition to her talents as a film comedienne, ingrid superstar also wrote short poems and prose pieces, which were occasionally published, and sometimes gave public readings from her trip book. The cultural momentum behind warhols factory has an enduring appeal for queer people, teenagers especially. With the assistance of stephen shore, paul morrisey, ondine, nico, christopher cerf, alan rinzler, gerald harrison, akihito shirakawa and particularly david paul.
Warhol superstars were a clique of new york city personalities promoted by the pop artist andy warhol during the 1960s and early 1970s. Warhol thought her poems were good, really good, half poetry and half comedy. She is an actress, known for since 1966, 1967 and i a man 1967. Two decades after the peak of the factory scene found ingrid living in. Factory girl is filled with photographs far from your typical kodak moments, but its text brings the reader back through time and history to a point when young girls had to support their families by working in dangerous factories under crowded conditions.
Andy warhols greatest muse was the poor little rich girl edie sedgwick. Roshen doesnt want her father to sell their farm, so she goes away to work at a garment factory. Ingrid tried her hardest, not to demean her at all, because ingrid was a sweetheart, but ingrid just totally. Viva published her first novel, superstar, a semiautobiographical account of life at the factory, in 1970. Factory girl 2006 part 8 of 10 by zac smith january 29, 2008 after a random shot of warhol, and time lapse footage of the empire state building, we see black and white super 8 footage of a glassyeyed party girl wearing too much makeup. She truly believed in the brightness of her person and that she was meant for fame. Henry geldzahler, associate curator of american painting and sculpture at the metropolitan museum of art, paul morrissey, film critic and director, and international velvet and ingrid superstar, two of andy warhols factory girls join them in the studio. Edie factory girl david dalton, nat finkelstein on. Henry geldzahler, associate curator of american painting and sculpture at the metropolitan museum of art, paul morrissey, film critic and director, and international velvet and ingrid superstar, two of andy warhols factory girls, join them in. Edie factory girl is a privileged glimpse into warhol s inner sanctum, via revealing interviews with intimates, friends, and scenesters, in which edie orbits around the likes of bob dylan, salvador dali, betsey johnson, lou reed, judy garland, and many more, before departing as quickly as she came. Stephen shore, who had the run of the loft, took enigmatic, posed but casual portraits of the factory s denizens.
This new girl seems strange and everyone is weary of her, except for mary. Factory girl by george hickenlooper george hickenlooper. Jan 29, 2008 the woman speaks in a continuous but contentfree way, the specifics of which ill spare you. Factory girl is a story of a group of young uyghur girls, one of many ethnic minorities living in china, that will pull at your heartstrings. Ingrid is ingrid superstar, a warhol superstar, who was brought to the factory to replace edie in. Itgirls factory studies fashion biography hardcover 7 x 10 inches 160 pages 100 fourcolor and. Taxine or taxi, is edie sedgwick, the great female warhol superstar. Sarah savage, the factory girl 1814 1 the factory girl 1814, by sarah savage todays readers may find the factory girl confusing in its lack of industrial details.
After making her final film with warhol san diego surf ingrid left the factory and eventually moved in with her mother. That was a fact of factory life you couldnt know from the outside. Vreeland mary elizabeth winstead as ingrid superstar don novello as mort silvers. May, 2016 factory books is a new ebook series chronicling the world of andy warhol, the factory, and the lives of warhols superstars. Despite a dedicated performance by sienna miller, factory girl delves only. She truly believed in the brightness of her person and that. A story of the ive been working together with teachers in my school district to find new resources about the progressive era, and ways to teach that better to our students. Factory girl guarda ora nel cinema presto cinema lycos notizie trova movie commenti. Edies path quickly crosses with upandcoming visionary andy warhol guy pearce as hes assembling his factory of creative. Photographs by nat finkelstein text by david dalton. Join brigid berlinandy warhol associate, factory documenter, interview.
Paris hilton, another american heiress, has used her fame. Factory girl is a decent film on the life of edie sedgwick and her work with andy warhol. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of factory girl with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. The film should have been better considering the subject, but for what it is, its a watchable film, but. With sienna miller, guy pearce, hayden christensen, jimmy fallon. It is based on the rapid rise and fall of 1960s underground film star and socialite, edie sedgwick played by sienna miller, known for her association with the artist andy warhol. The only way to find a better job was to quit the one you had.
Filmed in part at the chelsea hotel with factory superstars like nico, ondine, brigid berlin, gerard malanga and mary woronov, the chelsea. Edith sedgwick post, who as edie sedgwick was heralded as the superstar of the 1965 and 1966 underground movies of. Factory girl nude scenes naked pics and videos at mr. As in real life, siennaasedie ditches classes at radcliffe to dig on the happening gotham bohemian scene of 1965. Andy warhol and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. A book of global significance that provides new insight into china, factory girls demonstrates how the mass movement from rural villages to cities is remaking individual lives and transforming chinese society, much as immigration to americas shores remade our own country a century ago. In factory girls, leslie chang tells the story of two such workers. An office temp from jersey, ingrid came from a humble, workingclass background, an offbrand edie made up, styled and christened ingrid superstar, just an invention to make edie feel horrible, in the words of factory scene poet and artist rene ricard.
From village to city in a changing china, former wall street journal reporter leslie t. At the same time, though, youll find surprising connections between. Factory girl is a 2006 american biographical film directed by george hickenlooper. You are a beautiful girl, beautiful, but you dont act very attractive, you know, and it. Nico, edie sedgwick, ultra violet, andy warhol pics youtube. Her character, ingrid superstar, was hired and promoted by warhol as an. In 1966, andy warhol released his first major film, the chelsea girls. Pop artist first he deliberately tried to be more swish than the others, then underground celebrity the factory, the warhol studio crashpad shrine, was completely done in mirrors and mylar, so that gerard and baby jane and edie and henry and paul and ingrid superstar and the velvets and ultra violet and candy darling and jackies and. She also wrote two books, superstar, an insiders account of life in the factory, and the baby, and contributed writing to publications like the village voice and new york woman. Ingrid superstar detail from a photo by stephen shore. Edies status as a warhol superstar and rising youthquake fashion model earn her.
The first recognised superstar was baby jane holzer, whom warhol featured in many of his early film experiments. Aug 3, 2016 warhols famous silver factory where distinguished intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, bohemian street people, hollywood celebrities, artists, and wealthy patrons gathered. Based on the rise and fall of socialite edie sedgwick, concentrating on her relationships with andy warhol and a folk singer. Name has published all tomorrows parties, a book of photos from the factory. Chang explores this boom thats simultaneously emptying chinas villages of young people and fueling its economic growth. Andy warhol, the pop icon who gave us soup cans and superstars. Andy warhol and ingrid superstar photographed by larry. Have a look at warhol gathering with his artist and celebrity friends see more ideas about andy warhol, warhol and artist. Roshen is sixteen and looking forward to becoming a. Oct 28, 2015 edie and andys friendship fizzled and by the late 1960s she left the factory to get medical help for her drug addiction. Memoirs of an warhol superstar, fascinatingly weaves through darlings nonlinear thoughts on womanhood, transitioning, marriage, andy, celebrity and the want and need for more than what was offered to her.
Oct 19, 2014 carissa werner is raising funds for edie superstar on kickstarter. I came up with the name ingrid superstar, because you cant top that. Jul 22, 2014 andy warhol and ingrid superstar photographed by larry fink saved from theswinginsixties the swinging sixties. Warhol would simply film them, and declare them superstars.
Mar 01, 2010 china has more than 114 million migrant workers, which represents the largest migration in human history. Her video work puts her in the ranks with video art pioneers of the day viva studied art in college and was a painter before she was an actress. The andy warhol diaries with the name game the first complete warhol diaries index by hackett, pat editor. Take a glimpse at the days nico, brigid berlin, and more of andy warhols superstars spent holed up in the chelsea hotel in a new book on his 1966 film the chelsea girls. May 18, 20 if the differences between your life and the lives chronicled in leslie changs book factory girls seem stark, youd be right. Based on the rise and fall of socialite edie sedgwick.
Hear from the cast and filmmakers of downhill at the imdb studio at acura festival village at the 2020 sundance film festival. Filmed in part at the chelsea hotel with factory superstars like nico, ondine, brigid berlin, gerard malanga and mary woronov, the chelsea girls was warhols first commercially successful film. Gerard malanga was the star of many warhol films, and is the only person whose real name is used in the book. I listened to the nico album titled chelsea girl, obviously and wore. George hickenloopers brief, sometimes impressionistic film is most illuminating when showing both the allure and the casualties of warhols free but detached factory scene.
The factory became a hangout for young artists, musicians and warhol admirers, including ingrid superstar, ultra violet and edie sedgwick. Andy warhol s seminal 1966 film the chelsea girls is an iconic document of the factory scene and 1960s new york. For the musician formerly known as ingrid superstar, see frankie cosmos. He later filmed empire, kitchen, my hustler and poor little rich girl. Factory girl by barbara greenwood goodreads share book. Jul 22, 2014 andy warhol and ingrid superstar photographed by larry fink. One of the books we used this month was factory girl, by barbara greenwood. The episodes in between include scenes of factory regulars ed hood, mario montez, ingrid superstar, and international velvet lolling on a bed. Cal green of wbais the critical people talks to artist andy warhol about his film chelsea girls.
Rosie is the author of the munitions girls, the canary girls, the factory girls and the gunpowder and glory girls as well as a series of. Brigid berlin is joined by vincent fremont, bob colacello, and gerard malanga in conversation of her new book of polaroids. Factory girl is an american biopic based on the life of socialite and 1960s underground film star edie sedgwick. Factory girl succeeds where so many similar books fail. This book is neither boring nor blank, packed as it is with interlaced biographies of warhols wacky acolytes, performers, and the supporting cast at his silver factory in manhattan zany figures like viva, holly woodlawn, ultra violet, ondine, nico, ingrid superstar, paul america, and more mundanely named yet intriguing individuals like baby. She was riveting to look at, a sprite of the zeitgeist, the. Later he moved the factory to the neighborhood near union square. Factory girl took great advantage of the justification for using all manner of filmmaking formats cutting to pointofview shots through grainy black and white 8 mm film camera viewfinders. There are a few moments when the factorys material environment appearsmarys work is reeling cotton. Factory girls is a story of twelve year old girl name emily watson who worked in a factory with very poor conditions and a news reporter wanted to do a story on the factory to bring awareness to the horrible work conditions. Film stills of andy warhols legendary the chelsea girls. Former wall street journal correspondent chang penetrates the teeming world of young female migrant workers and finds, rather surprisingly, that it holds a lot more promise than being stuck on the.
Jul 16, 2018 in this book a new girl name rachel moves into a spare bedroom of the flat when mary lives. Its an apt description, given that the factory founders. She made her first film with warhol, flesh, in 1968. The warhol announces andy warhols the chelsea girls book. The character of musician was inspired in part by bob dylan, who was romantically involved with edie sedgwick for a brief time. The warholstars timeline 1980s plus andy warhol timeline. Andy warhols 1966 movie the chelsea girls is the iconic document of the factory scene and 1960s new york. This was ingrid s entry into the warhol scene, brought in by chuck wein, who was also getting even with edie. Almost every detail about the woman known as ingrid superstar is sketchy, from her real name to the circumstances around which she arrived at the factory. A, a novel was the beginning of the end of their relationship. She has had a variety of jobs including waitress, fruit picker, barmaid, shop assistant and market trader selling secondhand books. Jun 05, 2009 john gittings discovers the hidden stories and surprise successes of china past and present in factory girls by leslie t chang, chinese whispers by jan wong, and lions head, four happiness by. Is portrayed by mary elizabeth winstead in factory girl.
This new girl rachel seems to have a lot of things in common with mary where they grew up, etc and rachel seems to know quite a lot about mary. Warhol adds, except the part where she takes too many drugs. When the new girl whos given the name of ingrid superstar asks what to do, brigid says, just be like edie. Warhols philosophies of art and celebrity met in a way that imitated the hollywood studio system at its height in the 1930s and 1940s. These personalities appeared in warhols artworks and accompanied him in his social life, epitomizing. Ingrid superstar very little is known about ingrid superstar.
It turns out this is not edie, but a girl who bears more than a passing resemblance. Part of the audience went a little berserk, said ingrid superstar of the 12 march show at the university of michigan, in ann arbor, when some punks heckled the group. Warhol, in effect, created with the factory his own universe like big brother and sought to make stars superstars out of real people, such as rich socialite edie sedgwick. The factory held the first two months of every workers pay. Take a trip back to 1960s new york with andy warhol, nico. Andy warhols the chelsea girls is memorialized in a new. My years in the warhol factory which recently got republished as an e book, mary woronov quotes a fellow scenester in that very peculiar mid60s manhattan scene as he drunkenly describes her. Greenwood, who has a knack for turning historical fact into riveting stories, uses archival photographs to create a compelling story. Factory girl also costars jimmy fallon, mena suvari, and tara summers as regulars at the warhol factory. At one point in her hypnotically vivid 1995 memoir swimming underground.