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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 read more... film, like its predecessor, leads viewers on a tour of the New York avant-garde scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Using archival footage and interviews with such individuals as Deborah Harry, Glenn O'Brien and Victor Bockris, Bertoglio conjures up a re-evocation of the said time and place, and draws on the vivid, colorful and anecdotal recollections of his participants - thus revealing how collective experiences helped shape and define a particular environment and atmosphere in a Manhattan that no longer exists. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 47 min.

Directed by: Edo Bertoglio

Release Date: October 30, 2008

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Connie Ogle
March 12, 2009
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald

Audiences already interested in the period will enjoy Face Addict best, but Bertoglio makes it surprisingly inclusive and accessible.

Anthony Quinn
August 22, 2008
Anthony Quinn, Independent

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

Nigel Andrews
August 22, 2008
Nigel Andrews, Financial Times

I start to think there should be a charity called Amnesia International, which compels forgetfulness in former hangers-out with Andy Warhol. Full Review

August 22, 2008
Sun Online

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

Kevin Harley
August 22, 2008
Kevin Harley, Total Film

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

Elliott Noble
August 22, 2008
Elliott Noble, Sky Movies

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

Mike McCahill
August 22, 2008
Mike McCahill, Daily Telegraph

The film is flatly shot, as though to illustrate the dimensional difference between stills photography and cinematography. Full Review

Peter Bradshaw
August 22, 2008
Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK]

Another week, another snippet of Warhol cine-marginalia. Full Review

James Christopher
August 22, 2008
James Christopher, Times [UK]

Drugs and Aids have wiped most of these memories away. But the film is at a loss what to do about it. Full Review

Trevor Johnston
August 22, 2008
Trevor Johnston, Film4

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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