Paul America,
Baby Jane Holzer,
Isabel Jewell,
Edie Sedgwick,
Viva
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Edie Sedgwick,1960s heroine of decadence, is exploited from beyond the grave in this clumsily pieced together film taken from two unfinished Sedgwick vehicles -- one by Chuck Wein from 1967 displaying... read more
Directed by: John Palmer, Allen Ginsberg, Baby Jane Holzer, Bhavananda, Brigid Berlin, David Weisman, Edie Sedgwick, Isabel Jewell, John Palmer (II), Pat Hartley, Paul America, Roger Vadim, Viva, Wesley Hayes
Release Date: January 1, 1972
DVD Release Date: December 10, 2002
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August 9, 2009Give credit to Edie Sedgwick's death for the popularity of this film, but even if she had lived it would've been an incredible and strange scrapbook of what the 1960's culture represented and how it worked. It's interesting to see because it's basically almost a documentary.
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January 27, 2012fb542335186It's been mentioned before, but Edie is the only real draw to this film. She is incandescent (probably because of the massive amounts of speed she was on) in the "flashback" 1967 scenes, and bordering on grotesque in the "modern" 1971 scenes. Either way, you can't really look a... read more
Critic Reviews
November 27, 2007
Variety Staff, Variety
May 21, 2005
Roger Greenspun, New York Times
At bottom Ciao! Manhattan is cruel exploitation -- though the film is dedicated to Miss Sedgwick's memory, an ultimate indignity. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
You'll hate yourself in the morning, but you'll sit through it. Full Review
November 30, 2007
Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com
Not a great movie, but absolutely essential viewing.
November 27, 2007
Douglas Pratt, DVDLaser
Whether [Edie Sedgwick] is acting or stoned-for-real with a model's instincts propping her up, her performance is wonderful, highly amusing at all the right moments, yet melancholy in a way which is f...
May 24, 2003
Film4
The narrative is rambling, but there are some genuine, inspired comic moments. Full Review
March 22, 2003
John G. Nettles, PopMatters
Ciao! Manhattan is ultimately a testament to the odd, elastic nature of the '60s. Full Review
July 8, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
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