This movie features Edie Sedgwick as Susan. Susan is supposed to be a former debutante (?), who has ruined her life and good fortune with excessive drinking and drug use. There is not much plot to this. Just Edie trying to dance and tell stories about the "good old days".
The movie is very ugly and brutal. Edie ( Susan) is not shown in a good light. It's painful to watch her. One wants to step into the film and save her. Or at least comfort her. Edie/Susan has lost most of the charm and polish she had when she was in New York. She is a shell of the person she was -or at least the person they portray her to be in the 1960s. The end is inevitable.
It's very sad to see the old Edie, bright and laughing in the footage. She seems to have fun at times. She even did got married and appears to be getting on the right track of things. But it's too late.
I do think this film is important, in a way, to show the reality of drug use.
Ultimately, there will be many more Edies and Susans. And once again, there will be no easy answers... The soundtrack has some good songs. The one that is played at the end of the movie is very poignant. The song by Richard "Kim" Milford at the end of the film is terribly haunting. I think it's called Justice.
I would recommend the late Jean Stein book, Edie, instead of this.
I do hope this sad girl is resting in peace.
She was a good artist and had a beautiful smile.
Rest in peace, Edie.
The movie is very ugly and brutal. Edie ( Susan) is not shown in a good light. It's painful to watch her. One wants to step into the film and save her. Or at least comfort her. Edie/Susan has lost most of the charm and polish she had when she was in New York. She is a shell of the person she was -or at least the person they portray her to be in the 1960s. The end is inevitable.
It's very sad to see the old Edie, bright and laughing in the footage. She seems to have fun at times. She even did got married and appears to be getting on the right track of things. But it's too late.
I do think this film is important, in a way, to show the reality of drug use.
Ultimately, there will be many more Edies and Susans. And once again, there will be no easy answers... The soundtrack has some good songs. The one that is played at the end of the movie is very poignant. The song by Richard "Kim" Milford at the end of the film is terribly haunting. I think it's called Justice.
I would recommend the late Jean Stein book, Edie, instead of this.
I do hope this sad girl is resting in peace.
She was a good artist and had a beautiful smile.
Rest in peace, Edie.