Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story

 (2001)

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One of the best documentaries ever on one of my idols
Aug 18, 2007
Mojomann1 - imdb.com
This is an amazing documentary on a truly unique woman, and I purchased this immediately upon its original release on VHS. Many people may label her as "eccentric", "odd" and "rebellious", and while she has been all of these things,... Full review
Worth it, despite difficult moments.
Feb 25, 2006
onepotato2 - imdb.com
Forget the throwaway title, this documentary about the wayward, moneyed Brigid Berlin is the equal of Terry Zwigoff's Crumb; a similarly troubling yet funny biography.Berlin is astonishing in her obsessiveness and her audacity. She manages to convincingly take credit for... Full review
Entertaining and insightful
Jul 05, 2004
CarPort1 - imdb.com
One of the best things about this film is that, unlike many of the Warhol-superstar documentaries, the subject is still alive and participates by actually being interviewed (instead of just archival footage). It is a fascinating, funny, educational, and even... Full review
Interesting life of spoiled rich girl
Apr 20, 2004
- imdb.com
This interesting documentary of Warhol superstar Berlin (aka Brigid Polk) traces her life from the beginnings as the wealthy daughter of a Hearst employer and his socialite wife Honey. Berlin's life-long struggles with dieting and with her parents and siblings... Full review
Burned but still sparking
Sep 27, 2001
patrickf - imdb.com
One of the many amazing documentaries charting the rise & fall of the satellites in the Warhol constellation ("Edie", "Nico Icon" etc.)This creepily voyeuristic - yet fascinating - film charts Berlin from overweight, unhappy, heiress to spaced-out Warhol "superstar" to... Full review

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Film Journal International
Brigid Berlin's story is a great one, a true reflection of the last half of the 20th century. Berlin's story has shock value to spare, but is always invested with such a fabulous wealth of humor and humanity that you can't take your eyes off the screen and, indeed, are left wanting even more. ... Full Review

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First up was "Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story", another doco about a member of Andy Warhol's factory. Brigid was the daughter of Dick and Honey Berlin, both New York socialites (Dick was extremely high up on the ... Full Article

Overweight, hyperverbal heiress Brigid Berlin always loomed large in Andy Warhol's films, and her legend loomed even larger in Factory lore. As the subject/star of Vincent and Shelly Dunn Fremont's bio-doc Pie in the Sky , Berlin lives up to... ... Full Article

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