Walter Steding,
Glenn O'Brien,
John Lurie,
Maripol,
Deborah Harry
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Inevitably recalling his earlier effort, the long-incomplete Downtown 81 (which was eventually finished and issued in 2001), Edo Bertoglio returns to the same subject with this documentary effort. The... read more
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Contemporary footage of various pseuds, wannabe artists and hangers-on fails to establish what made any of them interesting in the first place, and if you don't revere the cult of Warhol, the entire p... Full Review
I start to think there should be a charity called Amnesia International, which compels forgetfulness in former hangers-out with Andy Warhol. Full Review
This documentary about the Big Apple's artistic community in the Seventies and Eighties makes the Black Hole Of Calcutta seem more enticing. Full Review
But some are capable of articulacy and Bertoglio provides the odd ghostly image: primarily, middle-aged fashionista Wendy Whitelaw, who sprays her suburban lawn in regulation Factory chic. The happy e... Full Review
Arty-farty, cheap and dreary, Edo Bertoglio's post-mortem of New York's Seventies creative in-crowd is exactly the sort of self-absorbed guff that makes people glad to be square. Full Review
The film is flatly shot, as though to illustrate the dimensional difference between stills photography and cinematography. Full Review
Another week, another snippet of Warhol cine-marginalia. Full Review
Drugs and Aids have wiped most of these memories away. But the film is at a loss what to do about it. Full Review
What should be an intriguing look back at an exciting period in New York's cultural history becomes a scrappy, self-involved, and not-that-informative documentary. Full Review
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