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Factory Girl (2006) DVD Review
Factory Girl (2006) DVD Credits:
Factory Girl (2006) Directed by:
George Hickenlooper
Factory Girl (2006) Written by:
Captain Mauzner
Factory Girl (2006) Cast:
Sienna Miller, Hayden Christensen, Guy Pearce, Mena Suvari, Jimmy Fallon, Peter Bogdanovich
Factory Girl (2006) Released by:
Not available at this time
Region:
1
Factory Girl (2006) DVD Release Date:
16th July 2007
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Factory Girl (2006) Synopsis:

"Factory Girl" is set in 1965, the year Sedgwick met Andy Warhol and became known as his muse and later died of a barbiturate overdose in 1971 at the age of 28.

Factory Girl (2006) DVD Review:

Factory Girl tells the unfortunate story of Edie Sedgewick, a rich girl who had the spotlight for a brief period, long enough to get her on drugs and essentially ruin her life, and although there is no one to blame but herself for the drugs, Factory Girl tries to turn the focus onto blaming the people that used her and never paid her, as though more money would have helped the addiction that ended up killing her. This tragic tale may be fascinating to some, but as fantastic as Sienna Miller was, I was more sickened than sympathetic while watching Factory Girl. This isn’t to say that I sided with Warhol, played by Guy Pearce who is easily hated, but rather felt that the entire film was filled with ridiculous people more apt to act like children despite the harsh realities of the world they lived in.

Although his appearance within the story is far to brief, Edie’s romantic involvement with Bob Dylan (Hayden Christiansen) brings at least one character with some sense into the film. Christiansen’s Dylan is one of the poorer performances in the film, despite noble attempts, but fortunately he doesn’t sing. Edie’s relationship with Dylan causes problems with her and Warhol, who up to that point had put her in several films and had made her a star despite never paying her. This injustice is petty, just as is the things they fight over, and it is hard to feel sorry for her knowing that her rich father still pays for half of her rent.

There is no doubt that the performances are heartfelt and honest, making them the highlight of the film. It is difficult to feel too sorry for any of the characters as they seem to dig their own grave, so however sad the film might be there is something that makes the film far more performance enthralled rather than worried about telling a complete and coherent story. Sienna Miller is completely engaging without inspiring the least amount of sympathy in her performance, but this may be due far more to the subject than the performance, which is fantastic.

The DVD has an unrated version of the film, with a sex scene that is rather steamy and I imagine was not the original theatrical cut. It goes on longer than necessary, but attractive people pretending to have sex seems to sell DVDs better, so these scenes were added back in. The DVD also has a commentary track by George Hickenlooper, the director, and a making-of featurette. There is also a featurette about the real Edie Sedgwick, Sienna Miller’s audition tape and a video diary that Guy Pearce made on-set.

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Factory Girl (2006) DVD review written by: Ryan Izay

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