Nico - Icon

nico icon is the utterly haunting documentary about christa paffgen, german model, singer and occasional actress who became the pop icon, nico. her tumultuous life started as a '50s supermodel, leading to roles in fellini's la dolce vita and warhol's chelsea girls, eventually becoming the goddess of the cult band velvet underground. this luminous work explores the deep inner scars that were buried beneath nico, the blasé femme fatale turned junkie. featuring amazing archival footage and interviews with '60s legends viva, paul morrissey, jackson browne, velvet underground members john cale and sterling morrison as well as nico's son ari, who was introduced to heroin by his own mother. nico icon seamlessly glides from the vastly entertaining to the sadly shocking, all at a furious pop-collage pace.