Andy Warhol & Edie Sedgwick INTERVIEW 1965

Andy and Edie on the Merv Griffin show in 1965.
Interesting to see how Andy and Edie interact. Some funny moments here for sure for the shy (but media savvy) Prince of Pop Art.

[@Jocelyn_Jade]

Edie invented the look that Twiggy later capitalized on. Edie should be the one that’s famous, but as always, the originators go unnoticed. The imitators are the celebrated ones.

[@Desmodromic100]

Twiggy was 1963.

[@Jocelyn_Jade]

@@Desmodromic100 Nope, Twiggy got her pixie haircut in 1966, one year after Edie. She started carnaby street fashion in 1967.

[@asbisi]

The style went main-stream with Twiggy. She was "the girl next door" - Edie not so much. It is sad, but there it is.

[@janetclaireSays]

As usual the drug addicts die young and do not reach their potential.

[@glassarthouse]

i don’t quite agree. Andy Warhol made doing that kind of thing his purpose. As a creative director, he would have been using sedgwick to spawn the look. it wouldn’t matter to either one who took credit for it.

[@eily_b]

"What kind of emotion can you put into a Campbell's soup can?" - Edie ♥

[@joannehack7588]

Apparently, a lot

[@passenger62]

Andy was from a relatively humble background. His mother used to feed the family on, amongst other things, watered-down Campbell's soup. In a way, those works are auto-biographical.

[@komicsreviewer8505]

Thats preciesly the point

[@marks.3303]

It's easy to forget that Edie Sedgwick was actually quite intelligent and articulate. Sadly, abuse and drugs took their toll so quickly.

[@sexobscura]

then she wasn't so intelligent, then

[@shaftlamer]

are you pretending you knew her?😂

[@marks.3303]

@@shaftlamer Well, I can watch a video and I can read books about her. There's nothing unusual or controversial in what I said. Her image is of a drugged-out lost girl who died young. In this video she's clearly intelligent but sadly she was sexually abused by her father and she ended up destroying herself with drugs. None of this requires actually knowing her personally.

[@Gigi1111Layna]

It's sad to see how Andy had used Edie, she wasn't being herself here, she was being what she thought Andy wanted of her. Yes..she was very intelligent and deeply troubled and confused too. She couldn't understand why Andy and others in his world would use her and not love, appreciate her for who she truly was. As opposed to her family's type of "love." She was disposable to Andy, and especially after he used her to get that higher status of buyers in the N.Y scene. Andy was a disgusting man. Soulless. Edie had more soul in her pinky finger than he ever could dream of having.

[@sexobscura]

@Gigi1111Layna I wasn't aware you knew Edie (and Andy) so well. If she were so intelligent, she'd have been aware of the score in all its details. She didn't because she wasn't. People like to sentimentalise and romanticise the gone because it's easy to do (much easier than dealing with a living, breathing personality). Warhol was intelligent and is astoundingly famous (as is Sedgwick). Humans exploit others because (unfortunately) that's just human nature

[@irotiqafilm]

i love edie trying to save it and trying to make it as normal as possible

[@fattymcfatso1083]

Tragic that the original longer version of this has been removed. YT sux balls.

[@johnnyconnelly7278]

Such a bright girl destroyed so quickly..

[@brianwalsh1401]

Unfortunately that was mostly at the hands of her parents. It's where most peoples issues arise.

[@jude999]

Eaten up and spit out.

[@deviritter5232]

The biography of Edie Sedgwick was fascinating. A collection of interview snippets from everyone on the scene.

[@fattymcfatso1083]

I don't really like that bio pormat . . Seems lazy . .

[@flywings111]

@@fattymcfatso1083 I don't think the book would've been better had the writers written their own opinion about Edie. Collectings short interviews from dozens of people who knew Edie and met her in her life was the best way to introduce her and her life.

[@Qwacked8999]

she messed w Bob Dylan

[@marykarp3617]

Edie did a great job explaining his work. She died to young.

[@leahflower9924]

But she breaks just like a little girl lol

[@frankscott927]

Way too young. Poor thing.

[@alisonmccourt9180]

Too

[@CrookedEyeSniper]

Mary Karp She died? I thought she played Tony Soprano's wife?

[@gregmarek9319]

That was Falco. Sedgwick died in 1971.

[@troygaspard6732]

I had no idea this existed. I read George Plimpton's biography of Eddie Sedgwick, it is the best chronicle of Warhol's Factory scene.

[@diletante6800]

Yes. Never seen actual footage of her!

[@darlataddeo6376]

I loved that book! Read it several times over.

[@caranelson7457]

Brilliant book!

[@jameskennedy721]

Warhol made a career out of not saying much . He had talent , but he was hard to pin down about what he was all about .

[@fattymcfatso1083]

In the longer version Andy actually goes through some of the items in his bag.😃

[@thedonwesley5279]

Any idea where to view full interview??

[@AzimuthTao]

It's kind of a shame that Andy decided to do his "aloof artist" schtick because he actually had so much to say about art. Edie was very good at attempting to explain it but she was trying to showcase her own hip vibe. Egos.

[@joecampos5624]

She was amazing she should of been in real movies she was a superstar

[@timgreenglass]

she stars as herself in "ciao manhattan" and shes incoherent thru all of it, high on dope. what talents did she have, apart from warhol exploiting & then abandoning her?

[@alexanderleonovych1882]

@@timgreenglass yes. She couldn't memorize lines either. Her life was her movie. She was just fascinating.

[@busterhymen6377]

@@timgreenglass Egfuckenzactly, she was a junky

[@fattymcfatso1083]

@@timgreenglass i thought he was brilliant in caio manhattan

[@flywings111]

She simply wasn't capable of becoming an actress in real movies. She was highly disorganised, she was constantly on drugs and couldn't have done all the hard work and discipline that goes into acting seriously. She was brilliant as being herself though.

[@CuteButPsycho123]

Crazy, Andy’s outfit is what people are wearing today in 2023

[@justeping9469]

I believe it's call "minimalistic". That style of dressing never really went out of style. It's just popular these days because of the "hipster culture" that make it cool again. Been dressing like this myself for years now and love the look. It literally never goes out of style.

[@user-fz8wr9es9c]

I thought exactly the same thing👍

[@lilivonshtup3808]

Even their hair styles and coloring were ahead of their time. The original hipsters.

[@dreamidiomas]

@@lilivonshtup3808 I original no moral values attention whore idiots.

[@scarlettphoenix7024]

They were so playful! Adorable

[@poetryjones7946]

Ashtray on Merv’s desk - everyone smoked back then. You could even smoke in restaurants, libraries & hospitals.

[@glassarthouse]

This is an excellent example of what he was doing with the art world. By creating this negative gravity, he was pulling everyone in to help him shatter the illusion of the art world. I think what he did was great and it was so specific to a time and place.

[@en6278]

I think your overthinking his intent. he was running a business empire. If you read his diaries it was all about making money & getting new customers to buy his art. He was obsessed with how much his art was worth. So dont act like he was trying to shatter anything. He was profiteering from it. He didnt have the usual pretensions about art or care about explaining it. but he was still playing along with all the inflated pricings that occur in the art world. He also knew many other artists who he greatly respected like Hockney. He wasnt trying to shatter his illusions. But I dont think he really believed he was a great artist in the same way. I thnk he really just wanted to be part of the rich celebrity elite. Cause he'd been excluded so much as a child. art was his way in.

[@glassarthouse]

@@en6278 lol

[@en6278]

@@glassarthouse he'd LOL at your pretentious take on what he was doing. It wasnt that deep, Mary lou. He literally did screen print portraits of people for money. Didnt even do most himself. It was a business not some mission to shatter any illusions!

[@glassarthouse]

@@en6278 lol yiu want to prove that i am ignorant. I’ve read the diaries. i have done much more. i like the way you flatten meaning away and insist on a brutalist take that ignores the craft to his performance. i insist on LOL’ing.

[@en6278]

@@glassarthouse what craft? he had assistants do the work cause it was things anybody could do. he hated being asked about any meaning behind his art cause there wasnt much to say. he just celebrated american images & icons. he was in awe of other artists work & said his stuff was nothing in comparison. he is still mostly known for a soup can image & screen print portraits anybody could do. If thats your idea of a supremely talented artist then poor you.

[@windstorm1000]

Shes like Twiggy meets James Dean. Completely facinating

[@joshuatrees797]

An immensely creating era. So many originals.

[@Paul-dw2cl]

They’re weirdos, but we all have to admit- for good or bad, they were way ahead of their time… this is 1965?!

[@fattymcfatso1083]

Way ahead of their time . . I dunno . . the beat movement had been going on for over a decade at this point . . the coffeehouse hipster movement was nothing new in 65 . . I'm sure it seemed that way to middle america, though

[@alanrogs3990]

I'd gladly have these "weirdos" now compared to what we have today.

[@angelicaquirarte]

Hahahah yeah sure you have to make more rechearch they were just frivolous and pretentious

[@aerodynamicbullshark]

This is amazing

[@Moonlight-mz7mu]

Ugh edie my gemini rising queen

[@falloutmanize]

I was JUST looking at her natal chart while watching this! Ha.

[@Moonlight-mz7mu]

@@falloutmanize hahaha in particular i think she has a very interesting chart, i think she must have been a very perceptive person

[@tls4022]

OMG she's a gemini rising? No wonder I found her so relatable, I'm a gemini rising and her chattiness, openness and bubbly personality I can recognise!

[@melissam9555]

OMG! People who were labled artists used to create art.❤️

[@michaelwilson2340]

I kept expecting Merv to do a Rick Moranis and go "Oooooo".

[@relax2dream164]

This is the cutest I’ve ever seen Andy Warhol look. Edie was good for him. He for her…not so much!

[@2_thumbs_up_baby]

I thought so too on both counts

[@leahanthony6594]

The people in production did a phenomenal job casting Sienna Miller to play her in the movie Factory Girl. She looks and sounds exactly like her.. uncanny.

[@iWatchtrashTV]

That movie was trash

[@leahanthony6594]

@@iWatchtrashTV Nowhere did I say the movie was a hit. However that actress sounded exactly like her.

[@justeping9469]

@@leahanthony6594 I would have to respectfully disagree. Although there were times here and there. Where you'd see and hear certain or specific nuances of Edie's body movement. The way she acted, and her speech/language. but it wasn't exactly spot on.

[@charold3]

I love it that Andy agrees to Merv’s suggestion he does pop art. Most artists would be appalled at the suggestion they belong to some “movement.”

[@fashionexpert6943]

He was the movement.

[@capitanfuturo594]

@@fashionexpert6943 Exactly.

[@TheWorld_2099]

@@fashionexpert6943 My exact comment

[@Brandi_Aguilar_Funny_Vlogs]

Edie was so darn cute. So sad she wasn’t with us for very long.

[@neilus]

Certain people just seem like they are doomed because they are so beautiful...Edie definitely falls into that category.

[@maxxlindley9425]

no artist should ever have to "explain " his work...in the immortal words of Andy himself, "So what?"

[@MrThermostatic]

This not speaking routine was mocked in an 'all in the family' episode. It was one of Mike's hippie friends who kept shaking her head and eventually Gloria had to tell her to shut up!🤣

[@richatlarge462]

"Robin". Archie told her to open her eyes wide to recite the Gettysburg Address.

[@richatlarge462]

Andy was 37 here. I don't know why I've always thought of him as older in that era.

[@jchow5966]

I love it!!!!! ☮️💟.

[@patriziagarcia3686]

1965 yo apenas venía en camino a este mundo😢

[@bryanspindle4455]

I never saw the appeal of Warhol or his art.

[@josephbryant6758]

Sounds like you have good taste and common sense.....

[@leahnicole0315]

Same.

[@CrookedEyeSniper]

Crispin Glover was even weirder back then.

[@kevinlakeman5043]

Nah, he was just a poseur douche

[@christophermorgan3261]

Warhol was attracted by the social register New England society that Edie Sedgwick came from.

[@tomlew55]

Freaks. Dire Straits song "In the Gallery" says it all.

[@MDali-el4zm]

Edie was a natural beauty and the center of attention. Warhol wished he was her.

[@wildandbarefoot]

It's like "what's my line"... lol

[@GemPotagueule]

Or "where's my mine"

[@justynjonn]

OMG is that Rene Taylor next to Andy?!!! Oh to be there!

[@kathyroot579]

I think that was Peggy Cass.

[@mikedtw]

I believe you're right, Rene Taylor. And she makes Andy look sooooo tiny sitting next to him, yikes!

[@en6278]

she is a great speaker for Andy cause in his diaries he is always stumped whne people ask him questions about his art. I dont think he wants it to have any deep purpose but everybody else does. Edie is attempting to give it purpose even though its kinda bullshit really lmao. but she is at least trying to explain it. Andy has nothing to give.

[@Crowmother13]

Poor little girl . Really heart breaking. She was a lost, mislead, child-addict .

[@GemPotagueule]

The mic must have been heavy cause we keep seeing it.

[@fattymcfatso1083]

trying to pick up andy's whispers

[@Owen-wx5ex]

I love his style

[@susanborkenhagen58]

There was a lot of smoking on TV back then. You would never see a lighter and an ash tray on a talk show today.

[@fattymcfatso1083]

Up until the early 80s really you'd see a lot of smoking on TV interview shows.

[@petejones879]

She was gorgeous.. Bit skinny but hot and mesmerising

[@MrEdkern]

BOB DYLAN'S SONG LIKE A ROLLING STONE IS ABOUT EDIE SEDGWICK

[@marykarp3617]

There was obviously a connection there that Dylan denied. The poor girl.

[@megshafer]

Nope....song was not about her. Leopard Pill-Box Hat was...I read everything Dylan. Was raised on his music.

[@MrEdkern]

@@megshafer not a chance. Like a rolling stone nailed her and was about her

[@mojolightnin6846]

The Cult did a sing about her, actually, "Edie (Ciao Baby)"

[@marthabixler1606]

Just like a woman

[@allcatz]

LOL Andy Warhole

[@WmsYTpage]

In the beginning of David Bowie’s recording of “Andy Warhol”, David actually says that’s how you pronounce Andy’s name correctly: “War-hole. As in... ‘holes’”.

[@carsonlaura]

Poor little rich girl.

[@7colliemac]

A very troubled young lady, but ahead of her time, she was Twiggy before the UK Twiggy, she wore mini skirts, dark eye make up & short hair, but she was never recognised for her fashion sense in conservative USA .. dead from an a overdose/suicide in 1971.

[@fattymcfatso1083]

she was basicaly replaced by Twiggy

[@megshafer]

Twiggy was first. Twiggy was fresh and clean looking and was 2 years earlier in the UK.

[@7colliemac]

@@megshafer I don’t think so.

[@flywings111]

@@megshafer You are wrong. Twiggy became famous in 1966 and this interview with Warhol and Edie is from 1965. Edie was a fashion icon already before Twiggy became famous.

[@frankscott927]

They were about 1,000 dollars at that time. Could you imagine ?!

[@GemPotagueule]

I just check and $1,000 in 1965 was equivalent to about $9,405.59 nowadays

[@thedonwesley5279]

Pretty sure Dennis Hopper was the first and only to buy one at the first gallery show 200$

[@freeroamer9146]

Anger manifests itself in the strangest ways. 😐

[@Nudiescorner]

If she would have lived..She would have been the most spectacular movie star ✨🌟

[@Mister_Listener]

No she would not have been a star. Warhol’s movies were crap, and she did not know how to act and didnt understand hard work. She never held down any modeling jobs either, because she was constantly high.

[@GemPotagueule]

The more I learn about Warhol, the less I like him.. He destroyed at least 2 women.

[@fattymcfatso1083]

he ran through dozens of people - men, women and everyone in between 🤔

[@ferdinandthecrow]

He didn't make anyone do anything.

[@GemPotagueule]

@@ferdinandthecrow yes, he didn't make them do anything, he did it himself

[@cactaceous]

Women destroy themselves, darling. Blaming others is rather pathetic. Playing victim even more pathetic. People should take responsibility for what they choose to do with their time.

[@stefs7141]

They were already destroyed

[@davidorama6690]

That host. What a time for women.

[@ChristopherA87]

I’m going to leave this here: Gaga, of whom I am an avowed fan, 100% pulled full inspiration from Edie and gave her the life she was meant to have, in a way

[@j-rodthelibrarykid1166]

Love both of them but. No.

[@AntajuanGrady]

Funny or maybe iconic how Edie's look could very well in the 2020s just like it did in the turbulent 60s!

[@moysesp.6372]

So funny

[@HelloOki]

Edie very intelligent and charismatic

[@BlueSky...]

Smurf Griffin.

[@dyoung3648]

He was handsome as a young man.....

[@cutiekatt7988]

Just used people up like soup.

[@johncartledge7313]

He treated her terribly i have no doubt he added to her depression because of the way he treated her so so tragic this poor girl what happened to her

[@jonp3890]

Her father treated her even worse, imo.

[@johncartledge7313]

@@jonp3890 awful shame i watched the movie again not long ago and my heart was breaking for that girl awful shame

[@jonp3890]

@@johncartledge7313 Ciao, Manhattan? I did, too, about a month ago. Reread most of the book, too, but got so depressed I decided to put it down and not finish it.

[@johncartledge7313]

@@jonp3890 yes its so very sad i cant think of many more horrible things than people who treat other more vulnerable people badly espescially when they are intelligent enough to know how fragile the person is absolute cruelty this poor girl wasnt strong enough for this world and the vultures in it so beautiful poor girl

[@Rocasso]

Lol😂

[@paullangton-rogers2390]

A few years after this Edie was dead from heroin. Others like her who were part of the Warhol factory and part of his entourage ended up dead the same. Some people blame Warhol or accuse him of being indifferent towards the young people he employed and used in the factory in his film making period, several ended up dying from drugs. It was a crazy time though. Warhol himself died after getting shot during that period. Luckily he was revived and given a second chance, which was almost a miracle after the bullet damaged seven organs in his body. One guy he employed danced right out of a window in the factory and died on the street below, whilst high on speed.

[@jodifritz9456]

VIVA was no better either...she was also VERY MESSED UP. SILLY .....THIS WAS NOT ART. HARDLY...

[@juliao8428]

Edie didn't die of a heroin overdose.

[@j-rodthelibrarykid1166]

Prescribed legal drugs, specifically barbiturates killed Edie. Not illegal drugs

[@Sul00777]

Art is the living 3-d world

[@rosine749]

If he didnt talk over her so much we would hear the answers, such as "thats where a lot of the talent has to go".

[@britlew5933]

I bet not much later he regretted not having bought a Campbellsoup painting.

[@lesmoore3638]

What a talent. The world was blessed to have his talent.

[@dsc5085]

Who?

[@lesmoore3638]

@@dsc5085 Warhol, and I believe I was being sarcastic.

[@angelicaquirarte]

Hahahahaah

[@shojaejlali1290]

Isnt edie Sedgwick the woman " like a rolling stone" was written about?

[@carieevans3787]

Why though? If you're coming on a show to do an interview, why on earth would you play this weird role where everything has to be dragged out of you? lol. So strange. Dont come at me folks, this is very odd. On another note, she is beautiful!

[@light_and_sound]

What kind of emotion can you put into a Campbell's Soup Can? Comfort, Satisfaction, Excitement, the feeling of redundancy, nostalgia...

[@anrefg]

That interview was awkward. Warhol is really nervous but I think everybody has their first time doing something.

[@fattymcfatso1083]

Andy never used anyone who didn't wanna be used. . .

[@albalincoln7718]

I dont think Edie wanted to be "used" all these factory artists struggled with something in their lives and chose to come out on the other end as something brighter, bigger, usually is under some form of art because its a good mask

[@JorgeAl]

My God ...Renee Taylor!

[@richtorres5115]

It really hurts to see Andy so obtuse and deliberately aloof… even without speaking his ego speaks volumes.

[@angelicaquirarte]

Agree hollyweird is weird

[@iadorenewyork1]

He was very, very shy.

[@Mister_Listener]

@@angelicaquirarte ok but that’s a total myth. warhol and edie were in no part attached to Hollywood filmmaking whatsoever. Their scene was NYC artist colony/drug users, nowhere near the work ethic and discipline and TECHNIQUE required to be successful in Hollywood.

[@oleeb]

Who is the guy sitting next to Merv?

[@mellow5123]

Horrible how Warhol exploited her. Nice to see Renee there. Should have included her more in the discussion.

[@anixgarcia]

Sylvia from the Nanny that you?

[@angelicaquirarte]

Yeah i love her

[@MrEdkern]

Warhol dumped edie soon after this interview. Dylan warned her. Listen to dylan"s LIKE A ROLLING STONE.

[@iwatchtrashtv213]

Wrong. That was not about edie. Bob wrote that song before edie ever made it to NYC lol yall need to do your research. warhol didn't discard Edie. Bob NUEWIRTH convinced edie to leave the factory with Hollywood aspirations. Edie Dumped Andy

[@MrEdkern]

@@iwatchtrashtv213 bull....

[@jdh6752]

@@MrEdkern It's true. There were a crowd of them out at dinner and she got up and shouted in Andy's face "I don't need you!" then walked out. And that was that. Andy was upset.

[@Jocelyn_Jade]

@@jdh6752 That’s from a movie, lol. They never documented how they broke up.

[@jdh6752]

@@Jocelyn_Jade It was documented by Gerard Malanga and others who were present.

[@teresas8173]

“Pop Goes the Weasel” ..... 😑

[@rickjohnson8707]

I KNOW RIGHT

[@EdDunkle]

Yeah, fuck that band.

[@valueofnothing2487]

Who was trolling who?

[@randycushman1669]

Pop goes the weasel. She died at 28. FTW.

[@petejones879]

It's not surprising Andy doesn't do many interviews.. The questions asked were pointless and meaningless

[@martianboy74]

Andy looks like he's wearing Rag & Bone and Edie's style is timeless. Her intelligence and poise, and slight vulnerability are a rare combination.

[@jungli2481]

Is that sylvia in the nanny? Sitting next to Warhol Frans s s mum

[@quester09]

Peggy Cass

[@markusschultz7720]

Renee Taylor, yessss!

[@clarklk]

Is that Peggy Cass that Andy sat beside? If not Peggy, who was it?

[@gi8710]

Andy take us for idiots

[@angelicaquirarte]

Hahaha he was a real clown

[@superorangeish]

Andy's "I'm too hip for the room" thing is a total turn off To me anyway

[@joannehack7588]

🌚

[@angelcitystudio]

this is excruciating to watch.

[@blueridgepics]

Thanks Andy, for being your unapologetic self.

[@josephrohland5604]

Justin Beiber is Edie Sedgewick.

[@circussounds855]

Andy sort of made himself look foolish here.

[@coldude2559]

🤔🤔🤔no different to the " Art" we are seeing now on instagram and Tiktok🤔🤔 in my view only popular because of who he knew.

[@fellspoint9364]

Imagine being so cool that you can’t speak.

[@angelicaquirarte]

Yeah a clown

[@fashionexpert6943]

​@@angelicaquirarte Imagine being some Angelica something and calling THE ONE WARHOL a clown. Stick to yourself.

[@reubensane5539]

The world was so conservative and they were shattering that glass ceiling.

[@blobcity3591]

Playing the shy geniuses jeez people are out there building actual civilizations I hate these pretentious people

[@angelicaquirarte]

Agree thats bassicly the 60s in his prime just playing arround and being pretentious ,pretty etc i just don't get it

[@zoef234]

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