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Wednesday, February 28
Factory Girl
Pop Tart
Trailer
There are three impersonations goings on here and they run from good, to not bad, to I can't tell if that was good, bad or juss plain ooogly. Guy Pearce's gaunt features fill in quite goodly into Warhol's blotchy skin. I dunno what Warhol's muse for a moment Edie Sedgwick (said girl in factory) sounded like, but Sienna Miller showed us her tits, so that's the not so bad bit. As for the one I can't make up my mind on, well that distinction belongs to Hayden Christensen who portrays 'the musician', a folk icon that isn't Bob Dylan but is Bob Dylan. Now there's a reason why the character's not called Bob Dylan in film, but we're not here to discuss legal matters or that lil girl turned porn star [NSFW] from Family Matters. Christensen is an enigma. I love him in some movies and want to burn down the theater after catching him in others (mainly the Star Warseses, but that's more Lucaseses' fault than his). While most despise his impersonation of Bob Dylan, I still can't finger out whether to label it disingenuous or genius.
As you can tell, most of my attention was focused on the male characters (cept for Jimmy Fallon, who is the biggest non-actor since Jennifer Hudson, although she's physically bigger than him, DUHVS!), which shouldn't have been the case unless this film was titled The Artsy Gay Man of The Factory & The Man Who Is Not Bob Dylan and Hated The Factory Headed By The Artsy Gay Man. And although I was entertained from start to finish, this male dominance is the main issue I have with the film. There's too many other things drawing our attention away from the factory girl herself. During the credits, we are treated to a lil Edie slideshow, featuring a bunch of talking heads from her life and times. We learn more about her in these few minutes than we did during the entire 90 fictional ones that proceeded it. Kinda odd then that director George Hickenlooper didn't go the documentary route, considering he's so effin best in that genre. If you don't know what I mean, then you boviously never saw his brills Mayor of Sunset Strip [TWS review]. Since there probably won't be another movie about Edie made, I guess we'll have to make do with this one
Unsatisfied with this?: Besides Mayor, you should totes Netflix I Shot Andy Warhol [Trailer]
Possible Porno Name: Back-Door Whore-e Girl
Apt MPupil3: Garbage's 'Stupid Girl' [d]
Famous For 15 Minutes: 17 people in film and TV have been credited for playin Warhol, including but not limited to David Bowie, Crispin Glover and Hank Azaria... 's voice
John Grisham's Jizzum (aka Verdict): Jeepers Worth A Peepers
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