Cashing in on Warhol
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I’ll come right out and say it: I sort of idolize Andy Warhol. And yeah, that’s definitely a pretty easy thing to right now, since the eighties came back around again and all that, but I really do think that Warhol was to the second half of the 20th century what Picasso was to the first. I have all the research papers to back it up, too; I’ve written three.
So, this movie coming out about Edie Sedgwick, “Factory Girl,” has two main problems that become apparent just from the trailer. Namely, they are Guy Peirce and Hayden Christenson, the dreamboats cast to play Warhol and Dylan, respectively (though Dylan has been fictionalized in this movie - the character’s name is Billy Quinn, which is lame.) I think one thing we can say about both Warhol and Dylan is that neither of them were, even when they were young, extraordinarily attractive people, so like, what the fuck. Casting these two dudes may give us some indication of what I’m afraid this movie is going to be: sort of stupid.
I really hope not. Warhol and Dylan’s battle over Edie Sedgwick is sort of an allegory for the forces that were shaping the American cultural consciousness. It would be a real shame to waste this making some superficial bullshit movie packed with celebrities. And everyone will be running around talking about how much they adore Warhol and what an impact he had and all that - like getting all into Nirvana after Kurt Cobain done killed hisself.
December 26th, 2006 at 7:52 pm
what? dylan was really good looking in the sixties. ask any lady. what really like about the dylan/warhol dispute is that warhol gave dylan a elvis painting and he traded it for a fucking couch… too beautiful.
December 27th, 2006 at 11:07 am
he was good looking because he was not bad looking. and really talented. it’s not like he’s some dreamboat.
December 30th, 2006 at 5:58 pm
it’s not like he’s some dreamboat, like greg wasserstrom.