Warhol Gallery

I caught Factory Girl, a mess of a film about the sad life of Edie Sedgwick. What interested me was it's another picture featuring a portrayal of Andy Warhol.

Warhol had such a specific look and voice that he must be fun to play. In The Doors, Crispin Glover got the part. In Basquiat, it was David Bowie. In I Shot Andy Warhol, Jared Harris. And now, in Factory Girl, it's Guy Pearce, of all people. Pearce has such a physical presence, whereas Andy Warhol was practically ethereal.

I wonder who'll play Andy when someone makes the story of the Velvet Underground? Until then, someone should make a mini-festival out of these four films.

PS Factory Girl also features an absolutely horrendous Hayden Christensen as the "Musician." He's obviously supposed to be Bob Dylan, but the producers didn't want to be sued, so he's never named.