I've seen this video a couple of times, and I've seen parts of it many times and it always gets my attention. There's something oddly hip about it, even today. Maybe it's living in an empty swimming pool or just wasting the days sleeping that appeals to me, or maybe it's seeing a topless girl with a nice body seem entirely unglamorous, or is it just the kooky narration?... but there's a fresh insanity about this that makes it worth watching. I don't know, but anyway, I dig it .

This movie had a DVD release about 20 years ago and I highly recommend viewing this movie with the audio commentary because then it becomes a documentary about Edie Sedgwick. Without that commentary, you have a quasi drama(maybe a little sci fi?) movie based around a fictionalized version of Edie Sedgwick. This character is burned out from the same setting but is living in an empty pool with a palace of pies owner for a mother. She recounts her life showing off early breast implants much of the time. That's when the movie shifts to black and white archival footage. There's a rich and powerful shadowy figure stalking her. We never really know why. She had a love interest named America. Cant remember if that was Captain or Mr. A Jesus looking type character is the rich guy's henchman. The movie tries to be alot of things. Whatever plots they were trying to develop never get resolved.

What we learn in the audio commentary is what the footage actually means regarding Edie Sedgwick. Roger Vadim has a role as a doctor because he was deeply enamored with Edie Sedgwick. Some footage from a gathering in '68 is significant because it showed Edie falling apart and this happened around the time she abandoned Andy Warhol for Bob Dylan. A betrayal Warhol never overcame.

The later footage includes real ECT sessions which Sedgwick consented to have filmed. That's electroshock therapy which was something she began to enjoy as a kind of high. There's also some film of her wedding.

We learn about other people always around Andy's Factory like Barbara Polk and other models. We also get more explanation of the story they were trying to tell.

I'd give this a 8 with audio commentary by the directors and a 6 without it. On its own, its just showing footage with a vague story tying it all together.

Andy Warhol darling and Factory superstar Edie Sedgwick is the star of this docudrama where she plays a thinly disguised version of herself. It makes for fairly alarming viewing though, with Sedgwick totally strung-out for the whole runtime. She died 3 months after filming was complete of an overdose - the news of this event is even edited into the end of the film. If you watch this, I daresay you will not be surprised by the proximity of this terrible turn of events, as this hitherto bright girl can barely speak properly here. There is definitely a dubious exploitative aspect to this, as we are watching someone drown to an extent, albeit Sedgwick actively did want her story told and wanted it made. Nevertheless, this remains a troubling film in many ways, yet one which is compelling and unique despite all this.