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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0767685949238
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: New Video Group
Manufacturer: New Video Group
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Video Group
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 20, 2001
Running Time: 75 minutes
Sales Rank: 14734
Studio: New Video Group
Theatrical Release Date: May 18, 2001
Editorial Review:
Description:
Brigid Berlin's story takes us on a journey through the life of a blueblood socialite turned Andy Warhol bad-girl. Friends and admirers such as John Waters and Patricia Hearst, as well as Berlin herself, tell the story of a high society girl who rebelled
Amazon.com:
In this intimately etched portrait of the former Andy Warhol insider, director John Waters calls Brigid Berlin 'My favorite Warhol star.' It's easy to see why. She rebelled against her blue-blood upbringing to hang with the misfits and artists who populated Warhol's Factory in the 1960s. Hilariously and harrowingly candid about her strained relationship with her estranged family, her tempestuous friendship with Warhol, and her lifelong struggle with her weight, Berlin, now in her 60s, remains an indomitable force. As she proclaims, 'I didn't ask to be born. This is what they got, so this is what they got to contend with.' --Donald Liebenson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Key Lime
Pie in the Sky is the story of a high-society girl (Berlin) who mortifies her parents with her willful self-destruction. I felt so incredibly sad for them. There is a chunk of our society that loathes the rich. Likens them to 'evil' as a matter of fact. Because they worked hard to earn their fortune and, you see, this is a 'bad thing'. So, Brigid's parents were very very wealthy, ergo, bad evil people (as the lib's will have you believe)and thus, there is no way Brigid can be held responsible for ... Read More
Rating: - The "Overweight Troublemaker" Tells All
Brigid Berlin was the child every parent fears having. Born in 1939 to media mogul Richard Berlin and his socialite wife Honey, Brigid seemed to be on the fast track to a world of wealth and social registers--but she had a weight problem, and when mother Honey focused upon this Brigid rebelled. It was a rebellion that would ultimately lead her reject her parents, their way of life, and their values as absurdly superficial.
In 1964 Brigid met rising artist Andy Warhol, who had a knack ... Read More
Rating:  - One Kooky Lady....
Like just about everyone associated with Andy Warhol, Brigid Berlin is absolutely bonkers! Having always been fascinated by Andy and his entourage, I was well aware of Brigid Berlin, his star of many of his underground films, the most famous of which was probably "Chelsea Girls." This film is an engaging look at one of the Factory's survivors, of whom there aren't many. That Miss Berlin came from a family of such prestigious roots, her father was William Randolph Hearsts top assistant, and mother ... Read More
Rating: - One of the best documentaries I have ever seen
I loved the portrait of this amazing woman. She was very intelligent and very crazed and more than anything, hugely fascinating. One thing I loved so much was that it touched on so many faces of this New York rebel......from her childhood to her parents social status to BB's own expression as an artist and a hugely compulsive cleaner. It covers her genuine friendship with Warhol and sheds a very compassionate light on the emotions of an overeater.
Wonderful documentary that will leave you with ... Read More
Rating:  - Interesting but poorly focused
I liked this movie, but felt it was overlong and dwelt too much on Berlin's present-day family problems and eating disorder. It's fine to establish that these exist, but devoting so much time to them was a waste. Much more intersting was Berlin's privileged childhood, her time in Andy Warhol's Factory, and her own artistic endeavors. I knew nothing of the latter and would have much preferred to see more of that and less of Berlin obsessing over food or her mother.
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