It is utterly incomprehensible how this managed to make it to the big screen. The script fails to provide the background of any of the characters or the politics of the time in which they functioned, rendering the story superfluous. Guy Pearce is too "male" in every sense of the word to effectively portray the androgyny of Warhol. Hayden Christensen - a wonderful actor when he gets the chance - performs off the page as if he's still in front of the Star Wars green screen.
Miller - so promising in "Alfie" - is abysmal. Her performance betrays a stark lack of acting experience. Granted, the script and direction give her nothing to work with, but her countenance displays no knowledge whatsoever of the historical time frame in which Edie lived or what made her tick. Granted these are matters on which an actor should have their own personal "take". But Miller doesn't even bother doing that. She looks happy in herself just to be walking across the screen and she strives for nothing else. It's no surprise at all that she lost out to the lesser known Lena Headey for the lead female role in "300".
The screen lights up towards the end for 60 seconds, when Meredith Ostrom appears as Nico. Unfortunately she disappears just as quickly again.
The final cut is an atrocious insult to Sedgwick, Warhol, Dylan, the Velvet Underground and the audience itself.
Miller - so promising in "Alfie" - is abysmal. Her performance betrays a stark lack of acting experience. Granted, the script and direction give her nothing to work with, but her countenance displays no knowledge whatsoever of the historical time frame in which Edie lived or what made her tick. Granted these are matters on which an actor should have their own personal "take". But Miller doesn't even bother doing that. She looks happy in herself just to be walking across the screen and she strives for nothing else. It's no surprise at all that she lost out to the lesser known Lena Headey for the lead female role in "300".
The screen lights up towards the end for 60 seconds, when Meredith Ostrom appears as Nico. Unfortunately she disappears just as quickly again.
The final cut is an atrocious insult to Sedgwick, Warhol, Dylan, the Velvet Underground and the audience itself.