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BEAUTIFUL DARLING: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CANDY DARLING, ANDY WARHOL SUPERSTAR
by James Rasin
USA 2009 HDCAM 85 min. OV
sat 20 nov 18.00 h Murnau Filmtheater <Tickets>
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BEAUTIFUL DARLING, a documentary film, pays tribute to the short but influential life of an extraordinary person – the actress Candy Darling, born James Slattery in a Long Island suburb in 1944. Candy’s career took her through the raucous and revolutionary Off-Off-Broadway theater scene and into Andy Warhol’s legendary "Factory". There she became close to Warhol and starred in two "Factory" movies that still shock and amuse today: FLESH and WOMEN IN REVOLT. Candy used her Warhol fame to land further film roles, and her admirer Tennessee Williams cast her in his play "Small Craft Warnings". She dreamed of becoming a Hollywood star, but tragically died of lymphoma in the early 70s, at only 29. The film uses both current and vintage interviews, excerpts from Candy’s own diaries and letters, as well as vintage footage of Candy and friends.
„A tender biographical portrait... one of the best documentaries spun off the Warhol axis.“ (The New York Times)
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