Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story (2000)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Directors:

Shelly Dunn Fremont
Vincent Fremont

Release Date:

18 May 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot Keywords:

Screen Test | 1960s | New York City | Archive Footage | 1970s

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Brigid Berlin	...	Herself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Honey Berlin	...	Herself (archive footage)
Richard E. Berlin	...	Himself (archive footage)
Richard Bernstein	...	Himself
Bob Colacello	...	Himself
Patricia Hearst	...	Herself
Taylor Mead	...	Himself
Paul Morrissey	...	Himself
Larry Rivers	...	Himself
Andy Warhol	...	Himself (archive footage)
John Waters	...	Himself

Runtime:

Italy:75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Vincent Fremont Enterprises

Movie Connections:

Features Painters Painting (1973)

Soundtrack:

Honey

Entertaining and insightful

One of the best things about this film is that, unlike many of the Warhol-superstar documentaries, the subject is still alive and participates by actually being interviewed (instead of just archival footage). It is a fascinating, funny, educational, and even touching portrait of one of the lesser known but most fabulous personalities to emerge from the New York scene.

In addition to the interviews with Brigid herself, there are some other great current interviews plus the requisite archival footage. I have added this to my collection along with the better known documentaries on Edie, Nico, and of course Warhol himself, plus some of the original films (such as Chelsea Girls).