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Mood:
- ContemplativeGloomySincere
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Plot:
- Musician's LifeDownfallAddictionCelebrity CultureDrug AbuseTerminal IllnessArtists and ShowbizLife is a Bitch more...
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Genres:
- DramaIndependentDocumentaryMusic
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Time/Period:
- 60s80s
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Style:
- Strong Female Presence
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Based on:
- Biography
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Nico Icon, 1995
English, German
Germany, USA
Profile of Nico Icon
The mood of Nico Icon is gloomy, contemplative, and sincere. The plot centers around a downfall, drug abuse, and terminal illness. It is a drama, independent, and documentary movie. Stylistically, Nico Icon stars a strong female character. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. Nico Icon happens in the 1960s and in the 1980s. It is drawn from a biography.
Summary of Nico Icon
This jarring profile of Warhol protege, Velvet Underground vocalist, and unrepentant lifelong heroin addict Nico (nee Christa Paffgen) gives an insider's look into the strange, tragic, but ultimately glamorous life of this 1960s icon. Nico moved from her native Germany to Paris, becoming a fashion model at age 16. Archival footage shows a glowingly beautiful Nico posing for Vogue and acting in television commercials. She even played a role in Federico Fellini's timeless 1960 film LA DOLCE VITA. However, as the film details, Nico slowly deteriorates in the New York City scene surrounding Andy Warhol and The Factory. Interviews by director Susanne Ofteringer with friends of Nico such as Paul Morrissey, Jackson Browne, and even her son Ari Boulonge (whose father is French New Wave actor Alain Delon), shed light on Nico's love affairs with Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, and Jim Morrison. However, what comes through most powerfully is Nico's downfall in New York City's underground, leading to her loss of beauty, disinterest in life, and eventually her mysterious 1988 death in relative obscurity in Ibiza. Footage of the icon herself is nothing short of dazzling, while the story of her life is as fascinating as it is harrowing.
Details
| Language: | English, German |
| Country: | Germany, USA |
| Release date: | 8 September 1995 |
| Runtime: | 70 min |
Cast and Crew
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