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Edie Factory Girlx$5.71
  (18 reviews)
Best Price: $5.71
She was riveting to look at, a sprite of the zeitgeist, the living distillation of the over-amped vision of New York in the mid-sixties. Like many exotic creatures that Andy Warhol shed his light on, she initially bloomed—became the symbol for all that was hip and stylish—and just as quickly began to disintegrate. Told with unsparing candor and with candid images that capture her at the peak of her Factory stardom, Edie Factory Girl is the short but enduring cultural story of Edie Sedgwick—releasing in time for the film of the same name starring Sienna Miller, and including rare photos of Miller as Edie. David Dalton was just a teen when he became one of Warhol’s first assistants, and was present for the arrival of Edie: witnessing her rise, her Factory superstardom, and subsequent unraveling. Like an anthropologist thrown together with a tribe of "wild" people, Nat Finkelstein entered the Factory just as Warhol was emerging as the supreme catalyst of the sixties. Among the freaky menagerie, Nat found Andy’s misbegotten princess the most fascinating and enigmatic character of her time, and with a compassionate lens recorded her fragile, fleeting beauty. Edie Factory Girl is a privileged glimpse into Warhol’s inner sanctum, via revealing interviews with intimates, friends, and scenesters, in which Edie orbits around the likes of Bob Dylan, Salvador Dali, Betsey Johnson, Lou Reed, Judy Garland, and many more, before departing as quickly as she came.
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DAZZLING - JUST LIKE EDIE
By AV22X600W3JZ5 on 2006-12-08
it's difficult to assess in a literary manner a book about edie sedgwick, because like her life, all works about her come through as fragmented/torn in pieces/collage-type depictions. it's only because edie's life really was like such. i had the book for a week before i started to read it and associate the text with images. i think david dalton did an admirable job of capturing the nature of edie's lightning flash through life, in and out of warhol and dylan, icons of the era, because it was like that, david was a witness, as were the commentators in the book, including myself. the book layout is helter-skelter, and so was edie's life. love it or leave it, the book is a faithful impression. it's not for criticism, it's to have for a midnight snack before being unable to sleep. all in all i can say if you want a real taste of edie sedgewick in the mid-sixties, this is it. billy name.
Brilliant Edie Bio
By A1DK3CL4SQNENY on 2006-10-24
This may be the book of the future: brilliant text, stunning photos,amazing layout- like a Warhol original with all the boring parts left out. David Dalton makes the Factory come alive in all its speed freak fury- A book as a drug.
If nothing else worth it for most of the photos alone
By A3LPD7NTGFH7V4 on 2007-03-02
Each page has a gorgeous full color photo or photos of Edie, some of which I have never seen before but most of them I have in other books. A lot of the color photos also appear in Nat Finkelstein's The Factory Years which gives a greater photographic over view of "the factory". The pages are thick and glossy and technicolored like a Warhol painting and the font, utilizing many different font sizes in one paragraph, can be a bit challeging to read. The text is primarily a rehash of snippets from George Plimptons Edie: An American Biography which is far superior in content and photos although all of the photos are black and white. Over all a nicely done tribute to a fascinating and tragic person but more of a photo album/coffee table book than a biography. A definite must for any Edie fan.
This is a comment from Nat Finkelstein.
By A22I1G7C1OPTZ7 on 2006-12-09
I think that it is not at all coincidental that these bitter, derogatory and possibly libelous comments
all come from the same area in California? Be that as it may, the attacks upon me have nothing to do with reviewing the book itself.
A) I did not write the text. The text was written by David Dalton and (with her permission) excerpts from Jean Stein and George Plimpton.
B) Is a reviewer trying to claim that the photographs are not of Edie but oh maybe
Misha or a geneticaly engineered clone? No little man, they are the real Edie.
C) There are over 100 illustrations, many of which are never before published....although some thieves do violate my copyrights and some rip off my website.
Finally, the comment that I am a "bitter old man " is not only wrong but potentially slanderous. The truth is I am a happy man - I have a wife who loves me, money in the bank, two great dogs, rent paid and food on the table.....what more do I need ? Oh yes, I get laid. Can you say the same little ghosts?
P.S. I don't care what you say.......but spell my name right.
a tragic attempt
By A3QSPUHJRVPL7K on 2006-11-21
I am shocked that more Edie fans are not speaking out about this book. not
only is poorly designed, badly printed and full of photos that any edie
lover would have seen before, but it is full of such a deep undercurrent of
disrespect and hatred of edie in the writing you wonder why the authors
bothered to write it.
even if you're really broke this isn't the edie book for you. low
rent it is, but you'd be better off with jean stein's/plimpton's edie:
american girl
- Beautiful
By A2YD0OMQF3UGZH on 2006-10-11
It's a beautiful book, the pictures are wonderful. I haven't gotten down to reading it yet as I just received it, but it's worth it for the Edie end papers alone. One thing is I don't see are any rare photos of Sienna as Edie, as the description touted. Not that I care or wanted that but it's strange that it says it contains them and as far as I can see they're not there.
- mtvish collection of edie
By AGD0FZO4GM0Z5 on 2006-11-15
i'm a big edie fan but am disappointed with the content. there are anecdotal inserts of her life by various persons in her crowd thus don't buy unless you are more into the images. even the images are not that many and i don't like how it is printed against these flourescent colors. not my favorite edie book.
- NOT a good Edie book
By A326ANF24360SQ on 2006-11-28
I wish i could return this book. The authors did a panel last night at the Strand Bookstore and Nat Finkelstein had nothing to say but derogetory and rude comments about Edie. One of the panel members even walked out. On top of that, it is poorly written and not insightful. I would recommend Edie: An American Biography or Edie: Girl on Fire.
- Nice to look at but not a good read
By ABTPHF5S7KE8J on 2007-01-05
I bought this book when it came out after seeing an ad for it on TV. The photos are cool and its a nice book to have laying around to page through. However, I am trying to get through the text of the book and its a hard read to get into, so far, it's either put me to sleep or I find I have to concentrate so hard on the text that it puts me back to reading my college text books. Its pretty grim and it uses alot of ambitious writing to get this point across. Its as if the author was trying to impress a professor or something when he put this together, as if he was trying TOO HARD. So, if you are looking for a light read, I really can't suggest this one, its over the top in my opinion. A coffee table book if you are into cool retro imagery or a huge Edie fan, try it, the photos are cool. I can see how Edie devotees are pissed off in what I have read so far, its more of a portrait of a monster than a tribute in my opinion, so if you are in this camp, just look at the pics, leave the text!
- Nooo Good
By A1AR9QJT2GS2TL on 2006-11-21
this book is nothing but trash and lies. i want my money back. nat finklestein is a bitter, old man
- Finkstein & Fields arguing on Amazon might be better...If it's real. I suggest you read their messges to each other.
By A3NM7S35G74KU0 on 2007-02-28
I knew nothing about Finkelstein until I bought this book. His photographs of Edie Sedgewick are so absent of shading truth that at first I was startled by what I saw. Before this book, I'd seen her only in images of black and white, which leave the mind open to interpretation.
Color forces you to see intriguing and harsh truths. I spent hours studying his shading and her facial pores. Yet one of the most striking photographs he took of Edie was in black and white when she had a lace shawl over her head. One can play around with black and white photos in the dark room. But in one photo in particular, he captured a death's-head. He writes in this book that he saw what was coming and purposely took the photos of her in the shawl that showed her in such a dark way. Whether that's so or not, he captured a young girl with death already there.
Everytime I came across a picture that startled me or made me look twice, it was taken by Finkelstein. In this book and the other book that came out right before the movie, "Factory Girl," (Weisman's "Edie, Girl on Fire,") Finkelstein's photographs captured me every time. He shows a girl who is tired and pounding on the make-up in an attempt to seem like she once was. His photographs show that she was already dead inside long before she actually died at age 28. Where was he when Jean Stein's book, "Edie," first appeared in...was it 1981?
As for Danny Fields, he's a raw gem that has contributed to our history in a great way that he seems to underestimate. Maybe the "feud" with Finkelstein is just a ruse. When you're dealing with people from Warhol's orbit who are still floating around out there....You never know for sure.
- Factory Girl revealed...
By A2KAWB77GXDJNM on 2006-12-12
A friend got me this book as a gift. It is filled with very authentic and stylish photographs. The writing is frank and honest - and I'm sure for that fact alone, certain fans will be uncomfortable with this gritty portrait of Edie Sedgewick. Still, the images and text seem to capture a loss of innocence. The sense of psychadelic drug-enduced desperation is visceral - almost reminiscent of MIDNIGHT COWBOY. I have seen Nat Finkelstein's other books and would say that this is some of his best work. I'm not usually a fan of the coffee table genre, but this sizeable tome would do any Charles Eames bench proud.
- Great Book
By A2Q6X90FYCUUVK on 2006-12-13
I don't know why there are a bunch of odd folks trying to convince people not to buy this book.
They must have there own agenda.
I am a long time Edie fan, and have several books about her, and this is by far the best photo book of her.
Billy Name was there and I would think he would know what he's talking about when he approves of this book.
It's beautiful...
- This book is TRASH
By AVT4TRVG0RV8K on 2006-12-08
DO NOT buy this book. There is nothing new here, the photos are all recycled and there is no meaningful insight into Edie besides some underlying bitterness. Save your money and buy Edie: American Girl for an honest biographical look at Edie and Edie: Girl on Fire which is a great, large book with many rare photos and quotes from the people who knew her best. Ditch this book and save your money.
- Edie: Factory Girl
By A1ED9CAQZBJL41 on 2007-03-18
Nice looking Edie book with rare interviews & photos. Unfortunately, seems to concentrate a lot on the negative aspects about Edie & her life. Better off buying a copy on Edie:Girl on Fire!
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