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Beautiful Darling: The Life and Times of Candy Darling, Andy Warhol Superstar, a documentary film currently in production, will be a marvelous tribute to a brief, extraordinary life. Featuring loads of current and vintage interviews, film clips, photos, and never-before-screened archival footage, the film brings Candy and her world back to us after over thirty years. Click here to view the trailer! And click here to visit the film's site at www.beautifuldarling.com. |
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The Beautiful Darling project and producer Jeremiah Newton are profiled in the April '08 issue of i-D Magazine. |
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The project was also profiled in the August '07 issue of IndieWire magazine. Selections from the work-in-progress were screened in November '07 at Facets Multimedia, Chicago, IL, and at the Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, NY, as part of the MMI's Warhol film series. Manohla Dargis of the New York Times wrote of the museum's series, "For film lovers there is no more important show in town." Click to read the full article.
Send an e-mail to mailings@candydarlingsuperstar.com to sign onto our mailing list for more news of the film and all things Candy! Interviews for the film are still being conducted, and if you knew Candy Darling (who grew up as James Lawrence Slattery), please contact Jeremiah Newton at newton@candydarlingsuperstar.com. The film's producers are especially interested in the early years, tapes, photographs, etc. Beautiful Darling is produced by Gill Holland and Jeremiah Newton and directed by James Rasin. Executive producers are Paul Morrissey, Michael Newman, and Jeremiah Newton. |
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Candy's gravestone, in Jeremiah Newton's family plot in a quiet upstate New York cemetary. |
On the reverse, a quotation from Edith Sitwell's poem "Heart and Mind". |
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Candy Darling at rest: Candy's ashes were buried with floral tributes from friends on a rainy afternoon in late October, 2007. The ceremony was filmed for the documentary. Photo by associate producer Meg Newman. |
(l-r) Sound technician Robin Shore, editor Zachary Stuart-Pontier, director of photography Martina Radwan, and director James Rasin at the graveyard. Photo by associate producer Meg Newman. |
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Beautiful Darling at the Museum of the Moving Image: Producer Jeremiah Newton, director James Rasin, editor Zachary Stuart-Pontier, and executive producer Michael Newman take part in a Q&A session after the preview screening of selections from the work-in-progress November 10, 2007. Photo by associate producer Meg Newman. |
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"Candy and Jerry", photo by Laura Rubin. Prints are for sale at Laura Rubin's website. |
Candy with Jeremiah Newton. Photo by Francis Ing. |
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