Two days ago, I saw "Factory Girl," the overly simplistic, blatantly hagiographic biopic starring Sienna Miller as Edie Sedgwick. I liked it because it was highly stylized (I'm a fashion writer after all!) and Sienna Miller did a good job (I actually think she is as good in her acting as she is in being a fashion plate, even though her personal life overwhelms her professional accomplishments). If I were to see it again for the fashion scenes, I'd fast-forward through the bits in which Sedgwick is portrayed as a poor little rich girl who was exploited by all the men in her life, especially by Andy Warhol, whom the character modeled after Bob Dylan described as "a bloodsucker." The movie has spurred a spate of articles ruminating on Sedgwick's place in pop culture, including one in The New York Times about how the so-called Plymouth Rock Princess was the grandmother to Paris Hilton and other celebutantes who have become famous for being famous. I like this video montage of Sedgwick set to The Velvet Underground's "After Hours," as sung by the band's drummer, Moe Tucker.
Another cool chick from the Sixties was Francoise Hardy. I had my hair cut like hers in sixth grade. She was one of the best things in "Grand Prix," the surprisingly boring French racing flick by John Frankenheimer. My parents used to play "Tous Les Garcons et Les Filles" all the time when I was little. A song about how everyone but her has found love, it is entrancing.
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