Factory Girl (2006) - full transcript

My great-great-great...

...great-uncle was a signer

of the Declaration
of Independence,

and my mother's side
started building New York

before the Revolution.

You get the idea.

I went to a party once,

and there was a palm reader
there, and...

when she looked
at my hand, she just...

She froze.

And I said to her, "I know."



My life line is broken.

"I know I won't live past 30."

You know those photos
of smiling families

you always see on a mantelpiece?

I can't even look at them

because you never know
what they're hiding.

A Lifemagazine photographer

came to our house to photograph

the ideal American family.

And we looked happy
and pretty, but...

underneath it just
wasn't that way at all.

Looks like the country
is disintegrating,

lost all its hope.

There's always hope,



no matter what's happened
before.

Yeah?

Where's the hope in that?

You know, when he
first started painting,

everybody thought he was mad.

Can you imagine?

God, wouldn't it be wonderful

to know that students
were looking at your work,

analyzing it?

That depends on
what they're saying.

I mean, people say
he's a no-talent freak.

- Well, I mean,
he's changing the way

that we look at the
world, isn't he?

I think people
who manage to do that

must have the hardest
time in life.

Are you sure you'll
be okay in New York?

I'll be fine, I've got
Chuck to look after me.

Oh, Syd, why won't you come too?

'Cause my folks would kill me.

Where I come from, it's not
easy to get a scholarship.

You know, I'm not
so sure about Chuck.

He can be a real shit sometimes.

Don't worry.

Edie!

Chuckie, how can you
want to go home?

We're in Manhattan.

To become an artist,

I had to get out
of that classroom.

And to me New York was
Jackson Pollock sipping vodka

and dripping paint
over a raw canvas.

There's so much to see, Chuck.

Look where we are.

Yeah, we're taking
New York by storm.

Two zombies.

Chuck and I had come down
together from Cambridge.

You know, he was
a flamboyant socialite

who carried a pocketful
of calling cards.

He made me feel I wasn't alone.

Can we play the game?

I don't want to.

- Come on.
- All right, go.

- Lamb.
- Chop.

- Pony.
- Snout.

- Shy.
- You.

You think I'm shy?

Sometimes.

- Guess I can be shy sometimes.

Forgive me,
Father, for I have sinned.

What are your sins, my son?

Well, I have this friend Mark.

And, well, he buys all these
clothes from Bloomingdale's.

But because he's from London,

everybody on the Cape
keeps talking about

his "fabulous English look,"

which really is so good.

He was at a party up
there last weekend,

and Norman Mailer walked up

and punched him in the stomach.

And when Mark asked him why,

he just said it was
"for wearing a pink coat."

I know I should've
been happy for Mark

that Norman Mailer punched him,

but all I could think was,

"Will Norman Mailer
ever punch me?"

I didn't even have a pink coat.

Or get invited to those
glamorous kinds of parties.

Andy, why do you
come to confession?

Well, because it's a sin not to.

Edie, come on now.

It's going to be over
by the time you're done.

You're not even
going to meet him.

We're going
to be late, very late.

Well, I just don't understand.

Why are Jasper's selling
and mine are not?

And who would it be so
people know about art?

Well, we know how to buy it.

I wonder if Picasso
knows who I am yet.

Who cares about these people?

They're so '50s, so boring.

Not very chic.

Very English.

I love the English, don't you?

Mick Jagger is so sexy.

I always hear
he has a really big cock.

What?

Andy, what are you doing
here all by yourself?

Well, I'm not by myself, Syd,

I'm here with Lex and Molly.

Of course you are, sorry ladies.

May I steal him away?

How's the movie business?

Oh, well, it's busy, but I
wouldn't call it a business.

I mean, I haven't made
any money off of it yet.

Of course you haven't, Andy.

The movie business is the
most fickle in the world.

- You know that.
- I know.

Listen, I have met
the most remarkable lady.

- Oh.
- Old money, very old.

Oh good, does she
want to buy a painting?

Who is she?

Oh, thank you. Oh!

That's her.
That's Edie Sedgwick.

- Oh.
- What good manners.

Chuckie, pay attention
to these gentlemen.

You just might learn something.

Oh.

She's so beautiful.

It's like a morgue
in here, please.

Her father struck oil out West.

She escaped to art school
in Cambridge or somewhere.

Made her way down
here last year.

She's done some modeling.
Tried to get into a gallery,

but no one has ever seen
anything she's done.

When you said old money,
you made her sound 50.

Is that the Andy Warhol?

Want to meet him?

Of course.

Edie, this is Andy.

-Hi.

Oh, it's just
amazing to meet you.

I think you're just a genius.

Oh.

No one is doing anything
like you right now,

and that in itself is
a sign of brilliance,

don't you think?

I'll leave you two alone.

Oh, there's four olives.

Oh, is that really bad?

Well, not if you eat them

because I just couldn't
bear the thought.

Oh, well I don't
really like olives,

but I'd love you to be
in one of my movies.

I would love for you
to eat my olives.

Oh.

And what would I have to do
in one of your movies?

Just be yourself.

Well, which one?

Well, you talk to Chuckie

'cause he handles
all the little details.

You're the boss, applesauce.

What'd I tell you?

Is she a star or what?

Oh, I would sure
love to work with her,

I've never seen a girl
with some many problems.

Andy, in your films,

what are you hoping to do?

We're just trying
to make it so bad,

but doing it well.

You know, where you
get the most scratches

you can on a film.

Or all the dirt
you can get on a film.

Or...

Zooming badly, where you zoom

and you miss the
most important thing.

And...

Your camera jiggles
so that everybody knows

you're watching a film.

How do you
work with your actors, then?

What do you tell them?

Well, I don't like
to tell them what to do.

I mean, I just think
people are so interesting.

Some say
your work is pornographic.

Oh, yeah.

Isn't that great?

So...

Do you work in hay?

Oh yeah, we're
making a cowboy movie.

Who are all these people?

Oh.

Well, that's Rotten Rita,

and Silver George,
Debbie Dropout.

The Turtle.

I don't know who that is.

Who's that?

This is Ondine and Brigid.

This is Chuck and Edie.

Hello.

Andy, I got a new
book to draw in.

It said on the front
The Topical Bible.

I didn't know what
the theme should be,

so I thought,
"What rhymes with topical?"

And then I started rhyming.

Topical, bopical...

And then I got to "C."
Cockical.

I mean, it's perfect, right?

An entire book about cocks.

Yeah, that's great.

Her last book was called Scars,

but Cockshas a nicer ring to it,

don't you think?

Like a cock ring.

I wish my phone had a cock ring.

Yeah.

So, who's gonna be in your book,
anyone famous?

Maybe we can
get the President's.

Oh yeah, Johnson's Johnson.

Brigid, you got to call
your father.

Are you insane, Andy?

Do you know what my father
would say to me?

Maybe he'd want
to be in the book.

Yeah.

Brigid's father has an empire.

He's very rich.

Oh, you should do your
cock for the book too.

Oh, this one is mine right here.

Hey, Bridg.

What if the cops come here?

Where's the sign?

Who took the sign down?

Hey, Andy, we're ready.

Oh, we're gonna do the movie.

You want to see?

I can give him a tranquilizer.

Tranquilizer?
I'll take one of those, Mary.

Will you put
the microphone in lower

so we can see it?

Yeah, neat.

Have you used one before?

- No.
- It's easy.

Why don't you turn it on?

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

Andy Warhol's Horse.

Which one of you has a gun?

Which one of you has a gun?

Look at the size of it.

I want to ride it.

You've seen bigger, yeah.

Hello?

Easy boy, easy.

What do you think
of The Factory?

Do you like it here?

- Of course.

I think it's always
good to get beyond

your experiences, you know?

And I hate it when people
take themselves too seriously.

Don't you?

Oh, yeah.

I read somewhere that you
were born in California.

Is that true?

Yes, but we were from
back east originally.

Well, Fuzzy got sick.

And so he wanted to move
to a warmer climate,

and he bought a ranch
in Santa Barbara, California.

And that's where I was born.

Who's Fuzzy?

Oh, Fuzzy's my father.

Oh.

My father.

And is Chuck your best friend?

He's my best girl friend.

Who's your best boy friend?

Oh, that's easy.
That would...

Actually, it's not that easy.

I would have to say
my brother Minty.

Oh, well,
you should bring him over.

I can't. I wish I could.

He's dead.

Well, who is the first boy
you made it with?

The first boy I made it with
was at Silver Hill.

Oh, the hospital?

Oh, I hear it's very chic.

Didn't Cornelia Vanderbilt
go there?

All I had to do was walk in
on Fuzzy fucking our neighbor.

And then, when I told my mother,

well, Fuzzy said
that I was imagining it.

There has to be a better way.

But even after all the pills
that he pumped me up with,

I knew what I saw.

And so he sent me
off to Silver Hill

just like he did
with my brothers

Minty and Bobby.

It was sort of the Sedgwick way.

Who was the first boy
you ever kissed?

Fuzzy.

Silver Hill.

I can't take it anymore.

I want to die.

Why do you want to die?

Because my credit's
no good at Bonwit Teller.

Because I just stole

$30 worth of underwear
from Bergdorf's,

and I think I might do it again.

Is that you, Edie?

I thought you might
be lonely on the watch.

Don't lie to Wanda.
I've known you for too long.

But really, Wanda,
everything is just super.

I met the most fantastic people.

I went to this gallery.

You know, Roy Lichtenstein
and Jasper Johns

and Andy Warhol.

And I may get a show there.

And somebody asked me

to be in a movie, Wand.

Wouldn't you love
to be in a movie?

Are you still seeing a doctor?

- In today's news,

rioting continued in Alabama

as civil rights
demonstrators converged

on the courthouse steps
in downtown Selma.

...who could grant any wish.

- Andy was a little boy

who needed to be taken care of.

I mean, his mother moved
in with him when he was 22.

As a child, he had this
horrible nervous condition.

It made him feel
like an outsider.

- Thanks, Mama.

- I like your Sunday
personality better.

- Hello?

- Hello?
- Hello.

Hello. How are you, dear?

- Well, Andy, I'm just
about ready to flip my lid.

Henry Winthorpe III
just left The Factory.

- Oh, the toothpaste heir?
- How were his teeth?

- Oh, I didn't notice,
but his cock was beautiful.

- Was it big?

- Listen.

- Did he know
you were taping him?

- He insisted.

Andy, I'm getting
such good tapes.

- Jeannie!

- I don't care
if she is wearing a wig.

It's a movie about boys.

It's supposed to be
an all-male cast.

- But Edie looks like a boy.

Like a beautiful boy.

- And I think she's fantastic,

but she shouldn't be in this.

It throws off the whole concept.

It's supposed to be about thugs

and JDs and hooligans.

- Oh, I know.

- I know.
- Is she gonna say anything,

or is she just gonna sit
there like a mannequin?

I just don't think
she's cut out for this.

- Well, Gerard,
maybe Edie doesn't think

that you're cut
out for it either.

- Vinyl, a film by Andy Warhol

starring Gerard Malanga.

- I'm a troublemaker.

A hooligan.

A real motherfucker.

So if you got a problem,

I can stick it
where I can put it

whether you want it or not.

- Why is he doing that?

Why doesn't he stop?

- In The Factory you were
accepted and encouraged

and even expected
to be different.

Andy made me feel comfortable,

and I believe that he
felt comfortable with me.

No, I'm serious.

Let's say you're on a TV show
like Steve Allen

and he says, "So, Edie,
any plans for getting married?"

-Okay, fine.

But I could only marry four,
maybe three people.

- Oh, who?

- The future Earl of Litchfield,

but he'll have to be
the last, I think.

- Oh.

- And oh, Mick Jagger.

- Oh, yeah.

I hear he has a really big cock.

- And then who?
- Nureyev.

But I don't think
he likes women.

- Are you allowed
to say that on television?

- Oh, Andy, we couldn't
say anything on television.

They'd have to tape
our mouths shut.

- It's so much more fun
in New York

since you showed up.

- Those were really
the happiest days of my life.

When we were experiencing
life on our own terms.

And what better
way to say goodbye

to Edith Minturn Sedgwick,

the Mayflower girl.

- Andy, what do you
think of Edie's new look?

- Oh, it'll be great.
- I can't wait to see it.

- Andy took ordinary
objects and made them iconic.

And I always thought
that he was throwing

America back in its face.

You know, turning the assembly
line into a punchline.

- Hello?
- Andy.

- When are you going
to show me your drawings?

You've showed them
to Gerard and Brigid.

- I want them to be
the right ones.

- Well, just put
anything together.

We'll make a show.

Ileana Sonnabend is coming

to New York next month,
I'll introduce you.

- Really? I will.
- This weekend I'll...

- Oh no, not this weekend.

We're supposed to go
to Fire Island, remember?

- Well, when am I
supposed to get it done?

- It'll happen.
- I wouldn't worry about it.

- That's easy for you to say.

You have nothing to worry about.

- Oh, that's not true.

The Sculls canceled a whole
order of Brillo boxes.

- Andy, I know plenty
of people in New York

who are looking
to buy great art.

- Edie, I just think
it will clash terribly

with the Biedermeier chairs.

- Well, you can just say
whatever color you want.

- I just picked up a new blue
from Pearl that's fantastic.

- Well, Mrs. Shingle,
just so you know,

my mother had one
done last month,

and she was so happy with it
she ordered three more.

Your mother always
did have excellent taste.

Taupe I think would work best.

- I wonder if people
are gonna remember us.

- What, when we're dead?

- Yeah.

- I think people will talk about
how you changed the world.

- I wonder what
they'll say about you

in your obituary.
I like that word.

- Nothing nice, I don't think.

- Oh, no, come on.
- Let's say...

"Edith Minturn Sedgwick,

beautiful artist and actress."

- And all-around loon.

- Remembered for setting
the world on fire and...

- Escaping the clutches
of her terrifying family.

- Made friends with
everybody and anybody.

- By creating chaos and uproar
wherever she went.

Divorced as many times
as she married,

she leaves only
good wishes behind.

That's nice, isn't it?

- Well, I hope I die first

because I'd be too sad
if you died before me.

Tell me other places
you lived after that.

- I lived in Paris

when I studied art.

- The French, they're
just so good-looking.

- Andy, we should go.

You know, actually,
when I say it

it makes sense for you
to be there right now.

- But I didn't think they
liked new art anymore.

- You just take some of the
flower paintings and the movies,

and they'd appreciate you so
much more than they do here.

You know, here people
don't really know

why you do what you do.
But in Paris, they don't care.

So you're free to express
it however you want.

Or they only care
that you know why.

- Oh, well, I just do it
because I'm ugly

and there's nothing
else for me to do.

You're not ugly, Andy.

- Well, I do have my good days.

- Three shrimp cocktails,
extra lemon, extra cocktail.

And then I'll have
the salmon grilled.

- Is it fresh?
- Oh yes, ma'am.

- No butter, but extra parsley.

Oh, and lots of
Russian dressing.

- $200?
- And you?

- Oh, I'll just have
a peanut butter sandwich.

- I'll see what I can do.

- Oh, and put
everybody on my tab.

- Yes, ma'am.

- I don't understand.

These are all your bills?

- I know, they're huge.

You might have
to start paying me.

Either that or I'll have to move

into a one-bedroom or a studio.

Oh God, where would I keep all
my clothes in a studio, Andy?

- What should I do?
- Oh, nothing.

I just think what
you're doing right now

is so glamorous.

- Really?
- Yeah.

- Darling, where did you
get that blouse?

It's simply divine.

- It's Donald Brooks.

- Here, try it on.

We're about the same size.

- There I was
in the midst of Harry Carey

when it hit me.

24 hours in the life of Edie.

One day. One movie.

- You are so much fun.

How come you don't
spend more time with us?

- Because of my lips.

- Your lips?

- They have a hard time

kissing Andy Warhol's ass.

- Yeah, that's great.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.
- Right?

- How well do you
and Edie speak French?

- So, Andy wants to take
us to Paris with him.

- Oh, fabulous!
- Let me settle the check.

Waiter!
Everybody, we're leaving.

Brigid. Oh, darling,
we're leaving now.

Would you charge
it to my account?

- If you could wait
here for just a minute.

- A minute?
- Why, that's a complete lifetime.

I mean, there are things
that are born, live,

and die in a minute.

Well, don't ask me what, dear,

because I couldn't tell you,

but I have to go to Paris.

No, you just tell
Mr. What's-His-Name

to send me the bill.

Oh, and how's my hair?

- Stunning, madam.

- Well, I don't know.

I guess I'm bored with it.

So I'm just going
to quit painting

and we're going
to make movies now.

Make Edie a big star.

Well, I'm not going.

I have nothing to wear.

-Why don't you just
try on some clothes?

- I don't feel like trying on...

Why do I have to try on clothe?

- You have a whole closet full.

- Do I look different?

You know, I ran
into an old friend

who said every time I saw him

I looked so different
he hardly knew who I was.

Well, do you think that's true?

- Edie Sedgwick

in Andy Warhol's
Poor Little Rich Girl.

- Bravo!

- Oh, that's so nice.

- I just love that he
doesn't speak any English.

Aru, I want to touch your cock.

- Oui, Andy, oui.

- Oui. Isn't he great?

I can't tell what he's saying,

but he just keeps
talking about Edie.

Just take your pants down.

- Andy, critics
may love you in France,

but here they say your
work is superficial

and that you wouldn't be
where you are without Edie.

- Oh, well, I don't pay
attention to what they write.

I just measure it in inches.

- Edie, I understand
you're an artist too.

- That was a very long time ago.

- Edie's too beautiful
to be an artist.

I think artists should be ugly.

No, Edie's a superstar.

- Superstar.

- That's crazy.

- There's one more thing
on the sidewalk.

- Look at that.

- Oh, that's what he said.

- I got it.

- It's like a madhouse in here.

Oh, Andy, this is
my mother Alice!

She just flew into town
to help me furnish.

- Oh, hi.

Oh, you're so beautiful.

It's so nice to meet you.

- No, no, no, no, no, no.

- Careful with that box, love.
- It's Waterford.

Betsy Johnson.
I know, isn't she fabulous?

She asked me to be
her first model.

Anyway, I've got to go.

Ciao.

Oh, he made it,
isn't he beautiful?

His name is Waldo

and I got him an
Abercrombie flannel.

Did you have a nice trip over?

Oh, Mum-mum, aren't you proud?

Pretty soon money will
be falling off trees.

I won't need any help at all.

- There's a novel idea.

- But, Mom,
don't you think that Fuzzy

would get a kick
out of all of this?

- Oh, please.
- Your father's so square,

he doesn't even
pee in the shower.

-Mum-mum!

- Hello.

- I think your daughter
is gonna be super famous.

- And what would be the value
in that, Mr. Warhol?

- Oh, well, I think everybody
wants to be famous.

- Well, I had much
higher hopes for Edith.

- Oh.

- You know, I used
to dance twice a day.

I'd do this jazz ballet.

And I'd wear leotards
and black tights,

and I was too lazy
to take them off.

And I decided to go with it.

- Divine one,
I am entirely superficial,

and I intend to stay that way.

But you, my dear,
you are the real thing.

America's next "It" girl.

We'll put you under contract.

- People started to notice,

and it sort of caught on.

You know, the earrings,
the thick black eyelashes.

It was all a part of the show.

- This is Andrea Romando
with the BBC.

I'm here with Edie Sedgwick

at the infamous Factory.

She is known as
Andy Warhol's superstar.

And in New York,
she has been dubbed

the Queen of Underground Cinema.

Edie, how does your
family feel about

you having this title?

- They hate it.
- They hated the idea

of my doing any modeling
to make my own way.

And as soon as I
started all of this,

they're sending
telegrams saying,

"Oh, you've got to
go model, please."

- At an Andy
Warhol art exhibition...

- The glamorous
Miss Edie Sedgwick

unraveled her long white...

The Plymouth Rock princess

and her commoner companion
Andy...

In town last night

at Max's Kansas City...

Hollywood legends...

- The first girl
to bring sex appeal

to American high society.

- I'll have a porterhouse.
- She'll do the sirloin.

- Actually, I think
I'll try the chicken tonight.

Coq vin, please.

- Miss Sedgwick?

- Why don't you have
the grilled fish? No butter.

We don't want you blowing
up now, do we, honey?

You game for a steak, Warhol?

You sure look like
you could use one.

- The Met is thinking of buying
some of Andy's work.

- Oh, lovely.
- How about this?

I've just been commissioned
for a 30-foot bronze stallion

in downtown Santa Barbara.

- Oh, Edie does horses too.

- Well, where do you
think she learned that?

Has Edie told you
about my studio?

- Yeah.

- I've seen some
of your work, Warhol.

You're really more of a
printmaker than an artist.

What's your family do?

- Well, my father
was in a coal mine.

- Andy and I are thinking about

making some more
movies together.

- If you can call them that.

- You can call them
whatever you want.

Like Dorothy, or...

- Ondine.

- Hillary.

- You know, this whole
time I'm thinking,

"Who is this guy
who has my little girl

all turned around?

He must be some kind of man."

Then I talk to you
for two minutes,

and I have to smile

because I don't have a thing
to worry about, do I?

You're a full-blown queer.

- Andy, we can go now.

- Edith.

Don't you dare make a scene.

- Minty had been...

I guess an embarrassment
to the family

because he was different.

He was...

He was a homosexual.

And Fuzzy knew it.

And when Minty came clean,

Fuzzy called him a faggot.

You know, he just, he broke him.

And when they closed
the casket lid

on my brother Minty...

I remember Fuzzy
just standing there.

No reaction, just...

standing there.

like a stone.

And for days, the whole family

just sat around the ranch

as though nothing had happened.

And at his funeral,
no one cried.

No one.

Not even my brother Jonathan,

and I ran at him,

and I pounded my fists
on his chest.

And he didn't cry.

I...

I had to cry for all of them.

- Oh, you made it.
- That's great. Oh, hi.

Look who's here, everybody.

Hi.

- Hey, Mick, how are you?

Oh, it's great to have you here.
I love the album.

- Jesus, Richie.

- The tissue's hardened, Brig.

You got to really push.

- Hey, Brig.

What are you girls up to?

- Cocktails, darling.

- Adderall, Digoxin,
and Dextromethamphetamine.

- It's certainly more
kick than a martini, no?

You go to med school, Brig?

- My parents have had me
doped up on diet pills

since I was ten.

- Well, my parents
plopped me in the bins

before I could drive.

- You're an Aquarius,
aren't you?

- No, I'm an Aries.

- I know an Aquarius
when I see one.

I just adore Aquariuses.

You thirsty for a poke?
It's divine.

- Edie, why don't
you tell us a story?

Tell us about Arthur Bainbridge.

- Charles, I do not want
to tell that story.

It's so sad.

- Oh, I've read about him.

His mother's family
made a fortune

out of real estate.

- That's him.

Well, we went out a few times.

You know, nothing chic,
but all very fun.

And one night we were all set

for this date
at Tavern on the Green,

only Chuck and I got into this

very deep and long conversation

about the tarot
and the "I Ching"

and all this completely
fascinating stuff,

and Arthur shows up,

and he's just so possessive.

And I didn't want
to hurt his feelings,

I knew he'd be furious

if he knew that Chuck was there,

so I had him hide in the closet.

And Arthur got down on one knee

just like in the movies,

and asked me to marry him.

He bought this ring
from Tiffany's.

And, well, he kept
going on about children

and Connecticut,
and can you imagine?

- Could you?
- No.

No.

But he was in tears.

A boy who has
everything in the world

was just reduced
to absolutely nothing.

And then Chuck jumped
out of my closet

laughing hysterically,

and Arthur was just mortified.

- Oh, he was boring.

- Yes, but he was sweet.

I mean, Chuck, you really
are completely ruthless.

- Hey, Rich.

Did you see my mother's face
when she met Andy?

I thought she was gonna burst.

- I know, my mother's horrified.

Brig keeps threatening to
invite him to Christmas dinner

if she doesn't up
our allowances.

- Well, no wonder you
never run out of money.

- Edie.

- Syd!

What are you doing here?

- I've been sent to find you.

- Oh, that sounds mysterious.

Who sent you, the Red Chinese?

- No, but...

I am working
for someone pretty big.

- Rockefeller?
- Bigger.

- Bigger than Rockefeller
and the Red Chinese?

Well, pray tell, who?

- Why don't you come
with me and I'll show you.

- Who's that?
- Taxi!

- Oh, darling,
I landed straight down

on my Margaret Jarrold pumps.

Thank God I didn't
break an ankle.

You know, when I came
to New York, I was a bit...

- Second Avenue
and Fifth, please.

- Oh, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no.

- Open the windows, dear.
- Windows.

But I realized
that I wasn't an artist,

but who was I, a model?

That didn't seem
to fit either, you know?

- That'll be 85 cents, please.

- Shit, I don't have any cash.

You gotta be kidding me.

- Well,
I never carry any either.

- What?
- Well, here, take this.

- What's that?

- That is a beautiful ring

just for you.

Are you coming?

- You're still sculpting,
I hope.

- That was just my great escape.
- Do you remember that time

when we went to that restaurant,
oh, what was it called?

Durgin Park in Faneuil Hall.

And all the waiters
were so crusty, and, oh!

- Watch it.
- Watch it! Jesus.

- And then I was dancing on
the tables, do you remember?

And I think that they thought
that I stole something,

when really I only
meant to borrow it.

Oh no, it wasn't you!

- I don't know what
you're talking about.

- It was Don-Don.
- And Chuckie was there.

- Edie. Edie, Edie, Edie.

- I nearly died laughing.

- Edie, I have somebody
that I want you to meet.

This is Edie Sedgwick.

Edie, how about a picture?

- Well, hello.

Put your arm around her!

- Hey, how about one shot?

One shot, Miss Sedgwick?

- I got to go to work,
sweetheart.

- Well, I wasn't
interested in him

because he was famous.

It wasn't as if he was the first
famous person I'd ever met.

But he was so different.

- We caught a couple
of your films last week

at the Cinematheque.

- God, you did?

And?

- It was... They were good.

No, no, no, they were good.

We just, well, we didn't really
understand what they meant.

- I don't know if they're
supposed to mean...

It's just sort of
like, you know,

I'm watching
a Henry Moore sculpture,

but a little bit out of focus,
you know?

- Well, I don't know if it
clears it up for us, but...

- Sounds very, very pretentious.

Can I get a little
milk for my coffee?

And what about you?

Your songs are pretty profound.

What are you trying to say?

- I'm not trying
to say anything.

I don't know, I guess
I write about what I see.

That's really good.

- It's a doodle, it's not...

- No, no, no, no,
that's a good drawing.

So, you're an artist?

- Oh, no, not really.

Anymore.

- What?

You're not drawing anymore.
Why?

- I don't know, it's just
hard to find the time

to sit down and be alone.

I just find it hard
to sit still.

- Seriously, you gotta
find the time to do this.

- The music was just hypnotic.

- I just think he's so maximal.

- Isn't he?
- And he just has that power.

You know people
who have that power.

- Like Superman?

- You can't really explain
why it is. It just is.

Well, what do you say
to someone like that?

I mean, he's just so famous.

- We didn't really
talk, you know.

- Oh, you didn't?
- It was just nice to meet him.

Andy, what do you think of this?

Très chicor très fou?

- Oh, très chic, definitely.

- Well, I have to watch
my spending.

- Especially on clothes.
- Oh.

- You know, I already
stopped wearing underwear.

Shit, what other sacrifices
do I have to make?

- Who do you think you are?

Your family is so rich.

I mean, you're living
on Easy Street.

Oh!

Oh, Mama would love this.

- I can buy it for you.

- Oh no, you need
to watch your spending.

So, tell me more things.

Who else was he there with?

- I don't really remember
that, you know?

But it was just something
about those lyrics.

What he was saying
was really poignant.

Like he really had
something to say.

- I was just saying that he
really had something to say.

- How much is this?

- Seven.
- $7.00?

- $7.00.
- Oh no, that's too much.

Well, I could give you $4.00.

- What do you think?

- I think you look beautiful.

- Oh, I don't know.

- What's wrong?

Is this about
that Syd character?

- Have you ever analyzed
things to the degree

where you can't really
remember the difference between

what's real and what you've
created in your head?

- I know that I'm real,

and I know that you're real.

And I know that that's real.

- I don't know,
I just wish that life

could be more simple, you know?

James, dear, what are
you doing here so early?

- I...
- Sit down.

- We had an appointment
at my office at noon,

Miss Sedgwick. It's30.

You've known me
since I was three, James.

Call me Edie.

- Your...

spending, Miss Sedgwick.

You're going to
be bankrupt soon.

- James, you take
life too seriously.

How could I possibly
be bankrupt?

My grandfather
invented the elevator.

- Then you should be familiar

with the concept of up and down.

When you got here,
your trust f...

Thank you.

Your trust fund was up.

After a year and a half,

it's almost in the basement.

- Oh, shit.

- What, what, what?

- Well, what about all
the money that I'm making?

- Well, you keep spending it.

Your father is
very upset with you

cavorting with drug addicts
and fringe elements.

- You tell Fuzzy for me

that those are some
very talented people.

- If you don't
change your friends,

you'll get nothing from him.

- Rich, will you make sure
the oven's off?

I'm sorry, I have to go.

- Oh...

- Oh, looks like Cupid's been
busy as a bull dyke.

You look beautiful, honey.

- Hello.

What are you doing?

Thought you weren't
gonna paint anymore.

- Oh, look, it's Judy Garland.

Wouldn't it be funny
if it turned out

she was really a man?

- Wouldn't it be funny
if it turned out

Gerard was really a man?

- When you get through
sucking on that,

come over and see for yourself.

- Only if I
can record the slurps.

- Oh, Andy, Sam called.

He's sending a limo for us
for the show tonight.

- I hear rock stars like limos.

- I think it's just delicious

that Edie has a boyfriend.

- I'm not looking for
anything like that.

- Oh, okay.

- Don't be jealous, Andy.

- He's nothing like you.
- Oh no, I'm not.

I've just never made it
with a rock star before.

It must be neat.

- I'm not making it...
- Why do you do that?

Why do you have to
make me feel guilty?

I hate it when people
make me feel bad.

- Well, you lied to me.
- You said you didn't talk to him,

and then that picture
in the paper...

- Andy, this is absurd.
- It was a photograph.

You know, we barely met.

You meet people all the time.
Do you fuck them?

- Well, I just think sex
is too abstract anyway.

- Andy, what do you think

about the war in Vietnam?

- I don't know, ask Edie.
- What do you think, Edie?

- Well, we prefer
I Dream of Jeannie.

- Andy,
in the story of your life,

who would you want
to play Andy Warhol?

- Oh, Edie.
- She's so perfect.

She does everything
better than me.

- Hi.

- Hello.
- Andy, I need to talk to you.

I've gotten myself
into a little pickle,

and I was just
wondering if you could

maybe pay me for
some of my work?

- Edie, you know the movies
haven't made any money yet.

So you just need to be patient.

- Well, I can't be patient.
- I have nothing to live on.

- Andy, you and I both know...
- Sam.

- ...that you are never
giving up painting.

You've just been saying
that to get publicity.

Well, guess what.

- What?
- It worked.

- Great.

- Come on, everyone
wants to meet you.

This way.

- Hello, kitty-kat.

- Hello.

That's a wonderful scarf.

- Thank you.

Left my tux in the shop.

- You here to buy a painting?

- Tell me, why are
all these cats gonna

pay a fortune for a soup can?

I mean...

- You just have to look
beyond the obvious.

- Am I stupid, or...
- I don't get it.

- Am I stupid?
- You're being a little stupid.

I mean, don't you
think it's intriguing?

Not just a little bit?

You know, it may
just be a painting,

but it's an idea.

And the man behind that
idea is what's interesting.

- I think the man has
got his priorities

all out of whack.

Whole world's burning up,

and this cat's making...

gods out of garbage.

- Well, the whole world
may be burning up,

but that doesn't mean
that we have to be cynical.

You see, when I
look at my drink,

I don't see that
it's half empty.

- What, it's half full?
- No.

Oh, no, it's time for
you to go to the bar

to get me another.

There, your smile.

- Got the whole world
on a string, don't you?

But inside there...

Well, it's as empty

as your friend's soup can.

I'll see you around...

Superstar.

- Well, you're just
so smart, Chuck.

I just think you
should start directing.

I mean, you did
the camera so good.

We always need people like you
just to make things happen.

- Well, I mean, I'm really
just here for Edie, you know?

- Oh.

Well, it's just such a pity

that she should get
all the attention

when you're the one
who found her.

I hope she still wants
to do more movies.

- She does.

We do, we love movies.

I mean, in fact, I had this...

- I just don't know
if she's being...

Well, I mean, you know
her better than me.

But, it seems like when
the camera's on sometimes

she just doesn't seem...

I don't know, I just wouldn't
want it to be disappointing.

- It won't.

I can have her say
anything you want.

She trusts me more than anyone.

- Oh.

- Yeah.

- Oh yeah, that's much better.

It's less baggy.

- Did I smudge it?

- There.

Darling, you look fabulous.

El fabulisimo grande.

- Hey, Andy?

We're ready.

- Okay.

- Beauty Number Two,

an Andy Warhol production.

- Daddy, will you
pass me my martini?

- Edie?

- Yes, Chuckles?

Chuckles, didn't I
give you that name?

Edie, do you like horses?

- Horses have whiskers.

- Yes, horses.

Do you ride?

- Since I was a little girl,

I've just adored them.

Daddy taught me to ride
before I could walk.

My first horse...

- Your father
was a handsome man?

- Oh, Fuzzy?

He still is.

- How about your brothers?

They were quite attractive,
too, weren't they?

They must have had
a lot of women then.

- What?

- Did they find you attractive?

- Of course.
- I was their family.

- Did you find them attractive?

Do you...

- Can you change the question?

- Find Gino attractive?

That's what I was
going to ask you, Edie.

- Gino?

He's devastatingly
handsome, isn't he?

- Kiss him.

Are you scared?

Come on, Edie.

Like you mean it.

Gino, she likes
when you get rough.

She likes those tough men.

Strong men are what turn you on,

isn't that right, babycakes?

- No.

- Not like your brother Minty.

Your father wasn't so keen
on him, was he?

Who was he keen on?

You?

- Okay, enough! Enough!

Andy, are we finished?

- No, Edie, we're still rolling.

We'll send you one of our

brand-new WNYJ baseball caps.

I don't know
if it's a boy or a girl,

I can't tell by the name anyway.

And it's 56 degrees in New York.

How's the traffic?

- Okay, it's looking clear.

- Sedgwick!

Edie Sedgwick!

- Hello.

- What, are you
trying to kill me?

How'd a nice chick
like you get mixed up

in the whole acting racket?

- It was Breakfast at Tiffany's.

You know that poster with Audrey

and her hair's pulled back

and she's smoking through

the black cigarette holder?

- You want to live in a movie?

- I never saw the movie.

So then you haven't
read the book?

- Well,
Audrey isn't in the book.

- Book's a bit different.

Book's about a working girl
and a writer.

An artist.

You see, the artist
steals the girl's stories,

makes a fortune, and the girl
doesn't get anything.

- Why do you have
such a problem with Andy?

- Because of what he worships.
- And what about you?

I mean, I saw your face
in those flashbulbs.

You pretend to be
some sort of crusader,

but I saw you basking in it.

- Oh, don't get us confused,
sister, all right?

Those bulbs,
they get a message out.

- What exactly is the message

aside from "Look at me"?

- Nah, I'm just a guitar player.

- That's all.
- No no.

You're an overpaid prophet

and I'm a poor little rich girl.

- Lady, you don't
know shit about shit.

Open your eyes, you know?

Take a look at the world
around you.

- It's very easy for you...
- It's not all Park Avenue.

You do know that, don't you?

- ...from your wonderful,
very glorified position

where you have your cars

and your houses
and your fucking bike.

- You think I give a shit
about any of this?

- I think...
- You think I actually care?

- It's obvious you do.
- It's not real, babe.

Big house?

- Big house.
- Big family, too?

- Big family.

- Tell me about your house.

We lived on a ranch.

We lived on two ranches
in California.

- Two ranches?
- Two ranches with...

- Must have been a big family.

- It was a big family.

We had horses and cattle,
and we had...

- Lots of brothers and sisters?

- We had eight
brothers and sisters.

Now I have six
brothers and sisters.

- Well, what happened
to the other two?

- Minty...

hanged himself at a place
called Silver Hill,

which was sort of...

a rehabilitation center.

And...

- Bobby...
- Jesus.

- ...who was my elder brother,

ran his bike into a bus
on Fifth Avenue.

But the funny thing was

was that I was in a car
accident on the same,

it was New Year's Eve and...

Well, he died, and I didn't die.

- Babe.

- I was out with a couple
of heavies tonight.

We talked about you all evening.

- Oh, yeah?

- Yeah, guess who.

- Diana Vreeland?

- No.

- John Lennon?
- No.

- Edie Sedgwick?

- No, I haven't seen her.

Don't know where she is.

- Hey, you wanna hear
my new idea for a movie?

- Think I can invite
her for dinner?

- Who?
- Edie.

- You wanna introduce her
to your mother?

Why?

- Well, I hadn't
thought, I don't know.

Might be nice.

- Geez, Andy,
you must really miss her.

You never invite
anybody else over.

- Oh, cut it out.
- You can't be that mean.

- Well, you never
invited me over.

- You need to lose
25 pounds first.

My mother's not gonna feed you.

She's nastier than you are.

- She is not!

- I draw too, like Andy.

- Oh, you do?

- My husband work
in coal mine back then, yeah?

And he very, very good-looking.

Beautiful white hair.

Every girl want this boy,

but he want me.

But I no want.

- Well, why didn't you want him?

- I 15.
- Oh.

- But then one day,
he bring chocolate...

For purposes to marry him.

So for this candy, I marry him.

Oh!

You make my Andy so very happy.

- Oh.

- Oh, my special boy.

With you, I think,

all his skin blotches go away.

- Mama, dost.

- Let me help you with that.

- You the boss, applesauce.

- You know, Andy,
I've been spending

a lot of time with Billy.

And I think that the
more I think about it,

I really think
that you should meet.

You'd really like each other.

- Why would he want to meet me?

- Well, because you're a genius.

And he's a genius.

Well, isn't he a genius, Julia?

- Oh, my boy a genius.

- Can you imagine how, I mean,

if we made a movie or something,

wouldn't that be fun,
how explosive that would be?

I just think if we
took him to The Factory

everybody would
respond very well.

Plus, he'd look beautiful.

- Edie, I just wanted
to get that for you.

I know it's only $50, but, well,

I just like the word "genius".

I just think you should
say it over and over.

- Genius, genius,
genius, genius...

- Yeah, I dream of genius.

- Genius?

- He used that word?

That sounds like your word.

- Well, genius,
brilliant, superstar,

they're just words.

What's important
is the sentiment.

- What's important is the word.

- Well...

You say you want to
make a movie with me,

let's make a movie.

- Why?

You want to make
a movie with me,

I need to know why.

- Oh, babycakes.

You're gonna hurt that
enormous brain of yours

with all that thinking you do.

Oh, Andy, don't be nervous.

- Oh, he's here. Chuck,

get the camera ready, he's here.

- Oh, hello.
- There she is, baby.

- You know Andy.

- Hey.
- Say hello, this is Andy.

- Hi.

Oh, you're such a beauty.

Oh, here, would
you sign my book?

- Yeah, man.

- Oh, great.

Thank you.

- So, this is everybody.

This is The Factory.

Should we start?

What do you think?

- Yeah, let's...

- I think we should
discuss salary

in the beginning so there's
no misunderstanding.

- Oh, Drenna never
pays the actors.

- You expect him
to work for free?

I could give him $11.

- $11?

He's got $11. $11.

Maybe we just take
11 of these instead.

- No, man. Don't sweat it.

I think my grandma's
got like 11 of these

stacked in her
basement, you know?

So...

So...

- Oh, oh, oh, you
want to make a movie?

- Oh, yeah.
- Where do we start, Andy?

- Yeah, do you want
to just sit down here

in front of the camera?

- You know what, man?

Nah, I don't wanna sit.

Can I just stand
in front of the chair?

- Oh, yeah. I mean, you know,

you can do whatever.

It's your screen test.

- No, it's not. It's yours.

Come on, man, direct me.

- Well, sit down.

- I'm sorry.

- You could just look
at the camera maybe.

- Yeah, I could do it.

So this is where you work?

This is where you paint
your cans of beans

or whatever?

- Yeah.

- It's a big space, man.

- Thanks.

- Right in the city.

Must be real expensive.

- Oh, no.

- No, it's not.
- Guy like you...

must be really generous?

I mean...

- No.

- Taking care
of all these people.

Do you smoke, man, or you
just do that faggy speed shit?

- Just the "faggy speed shit."

- Come on, man.

No, man.

Keep it, that's for you.

- Here.
- Yeah.

- I think we got it.

- Well, great.

Yeah, that was so interesting.
Thanks.

- Don't you think, Chuck?
- Yeah.

- Okay.
- Got everything you want?

- Oh, yeah, it was neat.

- All right.
- Thanks.

- Let's split.

- Well, I guess you
can't have your cake

and Edie too?

- What the hell was that?

You understand that...

- He's your what?
- He's my friend.

- He's your friend?
- He's my friend.

- Baby,

your friend is a bloodsucker,
you know that?

You're his prop.

Okay?

You're disposable to him.

Man, you should
fucking hate him.

He'll fucking kill you.

- I can't hate him!

- Come on, man. Let me out.

I'm not kidding, man.
Let me out.

Edie, come on.
Come with me.

You're so scared, baby.

You're so scared
of losing everything

that doesn't mean anything.

Take care of yourself, babe.

- It was the biggest
mistake of my life.

He was the first
and the last person

that I ever loved like that.

And I know everyone says
that about their first,

but when he and I were together

it felt perfect.

- Are you filming right now?

Oh.

So this is the movies.

- Andy, Andy,
I saw the craziest thing.

- I always thought
they'd be bigger.

- Do you want me to talk?
- Ingrid, tell us

another one
of your hilarious stories.

- You're going
to be such a big star.

- Ingrid Superstar!

- Well, you know,

I've never done
nothing like this before.

- Just be like Edie.
- Except the part

where she takes too many drugs.

Is there another part?

- Oh no, I don't
do the heavy stuff.

- I think Edie and Ingrid
look like sisters.

- Andy, she doesn't
look anything like me.

- Andy, she doesn't look
anything like me.

- Oh. The resemblance
is uncanny.

- Tell me about the first time
a boy touched you.

- Oh yeah, Charlie Connell
paid me a nickel

to put his hand up my dress.

After that, it was so easy

I charged all his friends
a dime.

Seriously, by the time I was 15,

between me and my friend,
we had 68 bucks,

which was enough
for a bus ticket

and cab fare and a hot
meal at Cafe Figaro,

where you guys picked me up.

- Miss Sedgwick, open up!

Miss Sedgwick!

- Merry Christmas, Mrs. Whitley.

- Christmas was last week,
Miss Sedgwick.

So was December.

November was the month
before that.

And we all know
when October was.

Happy New Year.

Your rent's three months late.

- Taxi!

- I need money, James.

I need it now.

- It's all spent, Miss Sedgwick.

- I need to pay
for my apartment.

- Your father pays half your
rent every month, period.

He calls it tough love.

In my opinion, young lady,

he's been quite generous.

- You want to know
what tough love

was for me, James?

Trying to keep my father

out of my bed
since I was eight years old.

- My God.

Does your mother know?

Did you ever tell her?

- Yeah.

- What did she say?

- Nothing.

- Miss Sedg...

Edie, I can help you.

You can have what I've got here.

Oh, child, child.

Child.

- Hello?

Andy, it's Edie!

He's not here.

- So, Silver...

Can I borrow some money?

- Yeah.

Let me have 50,
and I'll give you 10.

- I'm serious.

- You know, sweets...

Andy's not the
only game in town.

I have a friend Max.

He's friends with a friend

who knows Alfred Hitchcock.

I think it could be
good for your career.

- I started to scheme
about how to get drugs.

I shot heroin
to come down from speed

and keep the big sadness at ba.

But I got completely
out of control.

- She really is like a
glamorous Viking, isn't she?

- An East Berlin original.

- You're so beautiful.

- Well, we're sponsoring
a new band.

Oh, what are they called?

- The Velvet Underground.

- Oh, yeah.

And since I don't believe
in painting anymore,

we thought it would be a nice...

- A way of combining
music, films and art.

- Nico, how about a photo?

- Hello, M-Mum-mum.

- How are you, dear?

- Is Fuzzy there?

- You're not going to ask
for money, are you, honey?

- No, no.

I just wanted to say hello.

- Oh, yes, of course.
- Let me get him.

Fuzzy, darling,

it's Edith on the phone.

- You talk to her.

- You've got to talk to her.

- Fuzzy.

- It sounds
like she's desperate.

- I hate the bitch.

- Talk to her,
she's your daughter.

- Tell her
to go make her movies.

- He'd love to talk, darling,

but he's tied up at the moment.

- Take care, Mum-mum.

- Call you right back, okay?

- I'm just so tired.

- Andy Warhol
superstar-slash-socialite

Edie Sedgwick was
taken to Lenox Hospital

today after starting a fire.

- She almost burned down
the whole fucking place.

- She suffered
first-degree burns

on her arms and legs.

- What do you want me to do?

- I don't know.

See if she needs anything.

I'd help her if I could.

- What's up, baby?

- Richie, honey, I need
to ask you a favor.

Richie, darling!

It's been ages.
How's your father?

- He just bought my mother
a 10-carat stone.

If anyone else, you'd think
he was screwing the Rockettes.

Diana, I'm calling
about Edie Sedgwick.

- Yes?

- She's been trying
to reach you.

I have her here.

I'm gonna put her on.

- Hello.

- Edie.

Divine one, how are you?

Your pictures were incredible.

I'm afraid we can't sign
you right now, darling.

- Why not?

- The board feels, they feel...

Andy Warhol's mise-en-scene,
it's become too seedy.

The drugs, darling,
the riffraff.

The patina is damaged.

They think you've become vulgar.

- Vulgar?

How?

- I don't know, but it's better
than being boring.

Now do take care of yourself.

- You what?

- I hope you're happy.

Everyone in New York
is laughing at me.

I can't leave my apartment.

I can't get a job.

Your movies have made
a fool out of me.

- Oh, no.
- They've made you famous, Edie,

and that's what you wanted.

- No one will have
anything to do with me

because of you.

- But every teenage girl
from Jersey

wants to look like you, Edie.

- Andy, I have nothing.

You owe me that money.

I need that money.

- But I gave you $50.

I gave you money.
Did you spend it already?

- 50 fucking dollars?

- Well, I'm sure if
you wait a year or two,

someone from Hollywood

will put you in a movie
with Tony Perkins.

And then you can earn
all the money you want

and spend all that too.

- You think that I'll
go to Hollywood?

You think I can't
function without you?

I'll be fucking fine.

- Are you going to live there

with your boyfriend
and his wife?

- You filthy, filthy, fucking...

- Edie, enough!

- You fucked me up!

- That's enough!

- It's your Factory!

You fucked me up,
and you know it!

You look at me.

Look at me!

Look at me!

- Enough, enough.

- Look at what you've created!

You're the boss, applesauce.

- Andy...

Who is this you
are talking about?

- I don't know
what to say to her anymore.

And I don't know what I did.

She's such a beautiful girl,

but it's like she just wants
to be ugly now.

I don't understand why
anybody would want that.

How do you stop somebody

from not doing something

if they don't want to?

- Well, we will say
a prayer for her

and then we will go
and light a candle.

- I never met anybody
like her before.

- Who is he?

Don't you remember?

This is my friend Max.

The guy who knows the guy

who knows Alfred Hitchcock.

- Oh, right.

Is your friend
stealing my silverware?

- No, he's just borrowing it.

Is that okay?

- Just because I let your friend

fuck me last night

doesn't mean that he
can take my silver.

Did he film it?

- Yes, and you were great.

Are you done?

- Yeah, that's a wrap.

- How do I look?

- You look groovy.

Hey, Edie,

can he borrow your coat?

- That looks really good on you.

- Thanks.

- All right, sweets, I gotta go.

- Don't go.

Don't leave me now.

Maybe I'll come back later.

Don't forget to blow
out all these candles.

God, maybe you should
just sort of...

Ciao.

Take off her coat, man.

- She said I could borrow it.

- No, no, no.
- Either you take it off

or I'm gonna take
it off for you.

It's your choice.

- Hey, man, she just said
that he could borrow-

- Take off the fucking coat!

- Hey, man, just
mellow out, man.

- Now get the fuck out of here.

Get the fuck out of here!

- Okay.

We were just leaving, man.

- Don't fuckin' touch me.

- Peace, man, hey, yeah.

Bye, Edie.

- Syd, is that you?

- Let me see.

What are you doing?

- I said it all to him.

I told him.

I said it to Andy.

I said it all to him.

Is that why you're here?

Are we going upstate
like he said?

'Cause if we are,

I just need to put
a few things into a bag.

- He's out of town, all right?

But maybe,
maybe when he gets back.

All right?

- Did my father call you?

Is that why?

Is he gonna lock me up again?

- No.

- Oh, Syd, will you
stay the night with me?

- No.

Edie.

- Lately, I...

I feel like I'm gonna die.

- You're not gonna die, Edie.

You're gonna be fine.

I promise.

- Yeah?
- Yeah.

Hey, how about I buy
you something to eat?

Can I do that?

- Looks like an accident.

It may be a while.

- Where are we going, Syd?

- I want to show you something.

Do you remember that girl?

- Yeah.

What was I thinking?

- The only reason
I ever went to that class

was because of you.

It's true.

Do you remember her?

- No.

- Edie!

- I'm not saying that
anyone else is responsible.

I made decisions, life
decisions that I regret.

But I really feel
like I can do this.

I can stay off the drugs,

and I realize that it will
be a battle every day,

but...
so far so good, right?

But I'm home.

Santa Barbara is my home.

And I have a small show.

Did I tell you that?

I mean, it's nothing major.

It's just in a frame shop,

but it's something.

- Well, I just think
people forgot what emotions

were supposed to be.

I mean, it's too hard to care.

I mean, you know, I still care,

but it would just be so much
nicer not to care.

It's just easier being detached.

- What about Edie?

- Oh, what about Edie?

I haven't seen her in years.

- You know she died yesterday?

- Oh, yeah.

- Do you think
your breakup had something

to do with that detachment?

- Well, it wasn't a breakup.

I mean, that makes it
sound like we were...

I mean, this is gonna be
really hard if we have to...

You know, it was
just so long ago.

I mean, I hardly
knew her at all, so.

I wonder if people
are gonna remember us.

- What, when we're dead?

- Yeah.

- Well, I think
people will talk about

how you changed the world.

- I wonder what
they'll say about you

in your obituary.

I like that word.

- Nothing nice, I don't think.

- Oh, no, come on.

It'd say,
"Edith Minturn Sedgwick,

beautiful artist and actress.."

- "And all-around loon."

- "Remembered for setting
the world on fire."

- "And escaping the clutches

of her terrifying family."

- "Made friends with
everybody and anybody."

- "Creating chaos
and uproar wherever she went.

Divorced as many times
as she married,

she leaves only
good wishes behind."

That's nice, isn't it?

- Edie seemed to understand
from the beginning

her life was going to be short.

She was a blip
on the radar suddenly.

It just blew out everybody.

You would walk into a room

and Edie was there.

Edie was what you saw.

- There was something
so vulnerable about Edie.

She was a person
that everybody adored

and kind of worshipped,

but you knew that she
was basically fragile.

- Time sort of stopped
when you were with her.

She was an exquisite creature.

She had sort of a gamine look.

Very long legs, very pale face,

very pale lips.

And a waif, in a way.

And I think probably

the weakness of her
showed there.

Andy was very struck by her,
and,

Andy would always
invite somebody, to say,

"Would you want to be
in one of my movies?"

And of course, Edie took
Andy very seriously on that.

- Who was Edie Sedgwick?

Edie Sedgwick was a combination

of all the tragic women

who came before her.

- She looked great
in front of a camera.

And she loved being
in front of one.

- Edie was taken advantage of,

and hugely because she was
so loving and trusting.

She was very trusting.

- She looked into your eyes.

She listened to
what you had to say.

She made you believe
that you were

the most important person
to her or on the planet.

- Yeah, I think
Edie took on Andy

as the father
that she didn't have.

- Everybody I know that really
knew her wanted to save her.

That was one of the things,

trying to keep her off drugs,

trying to get her
to pull her life together.

- If you said "I love you,"

she just brightened up.

So you got an
immediate response,

and I think that's how she
caught people really strongly.

- She had her own
sense of style,

which no one had
ever seen before.

She invented
an entirely new look.

- She inspired us all to want
to take care of her.

But believe me,
that was some job.

- And of course, she had
a terrible time with drugs

and also the character
that comes with that.

Endless searching through
her bag to try to find a key

or to try to find lipstick
or whatever.

But still enchanting anyway.