The Most Dangerous Party in New York: How Andy Warhol Destroyed Every Old Money Woman Who Loved Him скачать в хорошем качестве

The Most Dangerous Party in New York: How Andy Warhol Destroyed Every Old Money Woman Who Loved Him

In this documentary, we investigate how Andy Warhol's Factory exploited wealthy young women from 1964-1968, particularly Edie Sedgwick, descendant of Theodore Sedgwick who arrived with $80,000 trust fund, became Warhol's leading superstar through amphetamine-fueled silver room culture, then died broke at 28 after Factory extracted her money and youth while other society women like Baby Jane Holzer survived by escaping early. ------------------- Gain FREE access to secret full-length documentaries on wealthy families "too scandalous for YouTube" by joining our newsletter: https://www.substack.com/@oldmoneyluxury ------------------- On January 13, 1966, Andy Warhol crashed the New York Society for Clinical Psychiatry's annual dinner at the Delmonico Hotel with Edie Sedgwick, strobe lights, and the Velvet Underground, forcing psychiatrists to watch a 22-year-old heiress dance through chaos they couldn't diagnose. Edie Sedgwick was born April 20, 1943, into the prestigious Sedgwick lineage descended from Theodore Sedgwick, who served as Speaker of the House under John Adams and successfully freed Elizabeth Freeman from slavery in 1781. Her father Francis "Fuzzy" Sedgwick was institutionalized repeatedly for mental illness, warned by doctors not to have children due to hereditary psychological instability, yet had eight children while subjecting them to violent rages and boundary-crossing abuse. Edie was hospitalized at Silver Hill psychiatric facility in Connecticut in 1962 at age 19, diagnosed with schizophrenia following disordered eating and psychological collapse from her traumatic childhood. On April 20, 1964, her 21st birthday, she received $80,000 trust fund disbursement worth roughly $780,000 today, then moved to the Hotel Carlyle suite and began the expensive Manhattan lifestyle that would consume her inheritance. Warhol met her at a 1965 dinner party and immediately recognized her value: a beautiful girl from an old family with substantial money and enormous psychological need, exactly what his Factory operation was designed to exploit. The Factory at 231 East 47th Street was covered entirely in aluminum foil and silver spray paint by Billy Name, creating a reflective environment where visitors felt they were already inside an artwork being documented. Warhol distributed Obetrol amphetamines to his "superstars" while rarely taking them himself, maintaining control while keeping others productive, talkative, dependent, and awake for days in the silver room. Edie appeared in at least 15 Factory films between 1965-1966, all unpaid, while her trust fund financed the Hotel Carlyle lifestyle and amphetamine dependency that the Factory's social economy demanded. By 1966, her $80,000 was gone, consumed by 14 months of Manhattan living combined with drug costs, while Warhol's portrait business charged other wealthy women $25,000 per silkscreen set for the cultural endorsement his signature provided. Baby Jane Holzer survived the Factory because she arrived already wealthy through marriage, had external identity independent of Warhol's approval, and drifted away when the scene stopped being fun rather than staying until destruction. Brigid Berlin, daughter of Hearst Corporation CEO Richard Berlin, survived through her distinctive personality that made her too valuable to discard, eventually finding sobriety and Christian faith in the 1980s. Ultra Violet, born Isabelle Collin Dufresne into French aristocracy, survived by maintaining European skepticism toward American spectacle and later published honest memoir "Famous for 15 Minutes" describing Warhol's coldness and calculation. The Sedgwick family tragedy deepened when Edie's brothers Minty died in motorcycle accident April 12, 1964, and Bobby died by suicide October 16, 1965, both beautiful young men destroyed by inherited psychological damage. Valerie Solanas shot Warhol three times on June 3, 1968, nearly killing him and ending the Factory's open-door policy, transforming the permeable silver room into a controlled, gated operation at 33 Union Square West. Factory casualties accumulated predictably: dancer Freddie Herko jumped from fifth-floor window October 27, 1964; Andrea Feldman jumped from building August 8, 1972, age 22; Candy Darling died from lymphoma March 21, 1974, age 29; Jackie Curtis died from heroin overdose May 15, 1985, age 38. Edie died November 16, 1971, age 28, from accidental barbiturate overdose four months after marrying Michael Post, buried in Stockbridge's Sedgwick Pie cemetery facing inward toward Theodore, the patriarch who couldn't protect his descendants. Warhol died February 22, 1987, leaving a $220 million estate built substantially on the labor, images, money, and emotional resources of vulnerable young women who paid with their inheritance, youth, health, and often their lives for temporary celebrity.