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Rafi แก้ว M Yes! It's a mess! It's a hodgepodge of snippets - a collage - a 1960s charcuterie of bizarre characters, absurd story lines, and deeply depressing personal trauma and denial. But as far as this era's hodgepodge-mess indulgent drug-addled 'movies' go, this is one of the best. The arrogant surfer stealing the pie lady's silver and incessantly combing his hair, the adorable country boy, 'Butch,' who though appallingly stupid, was kind-hearted, and lived up to his name admirably. The ridiculous background note of the guy with the limo and the hippie computer nerds was clumsy and illogical, but it's coded message about hard work and responsibility provided some contrast. The searing depictions of shock therapy, Edie's recalling of her childhood abuse, the dreamlike wedding, flashbacks of peak drug experiences and hedonistic pool parties at Dr. Robert's are unforgettable. Great music, too. Will watch again soon. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/25 Full Review bill t Odd, maybe TOO odd about a former fashion model who goes home to detoxify her drugged body. Somehow a native Texan wanders in and find out her life story... Or something. It's all very seventies abstract and it's both very fascinating and very boring. Worth it for the curiosity factor if anything. Plus Wesley Blake is easy on the eyes. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member I was mesmerized by Butch, who was played by Wesley Hayes, but I can find absolutely no information on him from that movie on. He did a tremendous job as the naive but willing youngster brought into all the craziness that was Edie. What happened to him? Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Saw CIAO! MANHATTAN (1972) on TCM last night. Kudos to them for showing films like this--but it's a lousy film with a few good things. This is the experimental film blending a B&W film from the 60's and a color film from '72. The script makes no sense and most of the performances are horrid (they dub an older actor with a weird carton voice). But there's some decent music and the fascinating freak show of seeing Edie Sedgwick, the Warhol Factory Girl, beautiful, fragile, stoned and falling apart. She's interesting, but it feels exploitive to the max to watch her stumbling around with a shirt. 1 star. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member This interesting train wreck of a movie captures a time through a different time, each equally fucked up. CIAO! MANHATTAN more than anything, through all of its nonsense, captures the sad and miserable life of Edie Sedgwick who appeared to have it all when she in fact had nothing. She participates in her own exploitation and destruction all for the camera. CIAO! MANHATTAN cannot be deemed a good film, it's so totally inept, but it is an extraordinary work that captures the inner workings of a very sad life that was not destroyed by fame but by family and "friends." Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review s r Pretty bizarre, but it did capture the glamorous aspect of the 60s well. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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