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Pie In the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story (DVD) Riding anfahrt berlin kontakt and perhaps inspiring seminal pop artist Andy Warhol`s 1960s redefinition of the concept of superstar, Brigid Berlin, the extravagant subject of the fascinating film PIE IN THE SKY: THE BRIGID BERLIN STORY, has persisted in presenting her personal struggles as the stuff of great art. The daughter of an extremely wealthy anfahrt berlin kontakt and prominent family with connections to the Nixons anfahrt berlin kontakt and the Hearst corporation, Berlin`s dramatic rebellion landed her as far away as possible from the suburban safety of her aristocratic background anfahrt berlin kontakt and squarely in the seedy anfahrt berlin kontakt and ground breaking realm of Andy Warhol`s factory. Infamous for her overweight exhibitionism, well-documented drug abuse, anfahrt berlin kontakt and loudmouthed bad behavior, Berlin is shown throughout PIE IN THE SKY as simultaneously tortured anfahrt berlin kontakt and inspired. Filmmakers Fremont anfahrt berlin kontakt and Dunn follow Berlin`s infamous use of taped conversations with her perpetually indignant parents as well as her role in the inspiration of Warhol`s artistic techniques. The film has a shambling distanced aesthetic, anfahrt berlin kontakt and uses both video anfahrt berlin kontakt and Polaroid photography, mixing Berlin`s personal revelations with archival footage of the heady Warhol days. Now past sixty, Berlin is portrayed as an emotionally unrestrained anfahrt berlin kontakt and pathologically tragic heroin of her own story, tracing an unlikely path to creative anfahrt berlin kontakt and personal freedom albeit dogged by unending eccentric obsession. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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