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Poor Little Rich Girl

film by Warhol [1965]

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"Poor Little Rich Girl" is a 1965 film by Andy Warhol, categorized as an underground film. These films are made and distributed outside the commercial industry, often as artistic expressions by their creators. Underground films, like Warhol's, tend to have more freedom in form, technique, and content compared to mainstream movies.

Warhol, a leading figure in the Pop art movement, created many experimental films. "Poor Little Rich Girl" is noted for featuring Edie Sedgwick and is characteristic of Warhol's style, which often explored themes of celebrity and consumer culture through unconventional filmmaking techniques and lengths.1

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