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A WALK INTO THE SEA: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory -  (unrated)

2007 - USA - English - 78 minutes - Arthouse

Directed by: Esther Robinson

Featuring: Brigid Berlin, Billy Name, Edie Sedgwick


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For filmmaker and editor Danny Williams, life with Andy Warhol was a factory of insecurity. Though Williams was Warhol's lover, his story and his innovative work have been notably absent from the Warhol canon-until now.

Williams disappeared in 1966 at the age of 27. Now his niece, documentary maker Esther Robinson, investigates her uncle's short, poignant life. Included is an analysis of his 16mm film "Factory" (shown in its entirety here), and interviews with Factory stalwarts Jon Cale, Billy Name, Brigid Berlin and Paul Morrissey. By conjuring the man she never knew, Robinson instills in her uncle's story a sense of mystery, sadness, and the impossibility of historical reconstruction.

"Fascinating stuff."
—David Edelstein, NEW YORK MAGAZINE

"Captivating, astute and artful!"
-Aarron Hillis, Premiere

"Teddy Bear" Award for Documentary, 2007 Berlin Film Festival



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Posted by : bo Date Added: 5/12/2007 10:46:40 PMreport this post 
saw this at the tribeca film festival. i'm not even a huge fan of warhol but this was fascinating. a gripping mystery about a filmmaker who might have proved the most talented of the factory bunch (warhol included) had he lived. or maybe he's still living, who knows?

Posted by : JerBlunck Date Added: 5/12/2007 10:51:05 PMreport this post 
A beautiful documentary. The Danny Williams footage is like a window into a parallel universe. Amazing. See this film!

Posted by : bittermuse Date Added: 6/12/2007 9:47:22 AMreport this post 
i saw this at tribeca fest. and it's the best doc. i've seen all year. constantly surprising, with a look at the warhol world that's more complicated and telling (and funny) than other films i've seen about the factory. really a crazy story about what it means to disappear from a famous group & from your family, and then (worst?) from your rightful place in history.

Posted by : vava Date Added: 6/12/2007 8:13:42 PMreport this post 
my brains, my eyes, my ears, my heart
all were so happy and satisfied watching this film
which I have now seen three times.
the footage danny shot, edited in the camera, he knew what the hell he was doing from within his soul, shining out.
the sound design is perfect, and the video interviews are shot in such a way that I found myself wondering how they looked so good next to Danny's luscious footage.
one of my favorite docs ever.

Posted by : jbulluck Date Added: 10/12/2007 12:26:59 PMreport this post 
I caught this eerily personal film at Silverdocs in DC. This film's magic, almost brutally intimate and I left feeling like I'd had a conversation about death and feeling guilty. For ignoring the meek? Missing the subtle? I don't know, but it's gorgeous, the soundtrack's phat, the interviews clever and the story poignant.

Posted by : catlas Date Added: 12/12/2007 7:20:04 AMreport this post 
A beautiful and moving film whose inquiry and poetry will carry you away.

Posted by : J Marston Date Added: 12/12/2007 8:36:00 AMreport this post 
One of the most beautiful, lyrical, mysterious films I've seen. Absolutely gorgeous.

Posted by : JJ Date Added: 12/19/2007 5:42:45 PMreport this post 
What a beautiful and complex piece of experimental documentary film. It will surely leave a long lasting impression on lives of all who see it.

Posted by : into the war-hole :) Date Added: 12/21/2007 8:55:05 AMreport this post 
Just saw this last night and have been gripped ever since. Having dangled on the periphery of the early 80s Factory, I can see just how Danny's story was an "exploding inevitable." His tender soul and artful expression made him a lamb to the slaughter. One had to be glib, chronically impressed, ready to forever remain an "artist's accompaniest" or be cut off. Sad that Warholia was the only place where such ideas and experiments as Danny's were allowed to incubate (and be exploited.) Otherwise, Danny might have always been the orphan in the sea into which he devolved. This film was dank and beautiful-- and the pieces of Danny's own work were and are stunning, arresting, evocative and pioneering. Rather like the young DW Griffith of his time. Fascinating to see Mr. Morrissey squirm and wrestle with the fictional/factional poles of his remembrances, relegating Danny to a little more than a projectionist of his own films, while decrying Andy's own ceaseless, self-centered exploitation of others. Andy was the Mr. Appleseed of his day- and the fruits of his labors are the society in which we live. Sad that Danny Williams- rather a standout in that crowd- suffered from AW's passive/aggressive, neglectful abuse. Bravo to Esther- to whom this must have been a particularly poignant journey!!

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     Total Comments:  15   Lowest vote: 3  Highest vote: 5
Average Score: 4.2 out of 5
 

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