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A look into the many lives of Christa Päffgen, otherwise known as Nico; from cutie German mädchen to the first of the supermodels, to glamorous diva of the Velvet Underground, to cult item, junkie and hag. Many faces for the same woman, whom, you realize, just couldn't bring herself to care enough to live.
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00:02From Fox Lorber Home Video, Nico Icahn.
00:08She had it all.
00:10A pop culture icon of the 60s.
00:14Beautiful, talented, tormented.
00:17From supermodel to chanteuse, femme fatale to drug addict.
00:26She was almost proud of the fact that her teeth were rotten,
00:29and her hair was grey, and her skin was bad,
00:33and she had needle tracks all over.
00:36A doomed superstar whose life was filled
00:39with sex, drugs, and rock and roll.
00:52Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground,
00:59and Jim Morrison were all drawn into her mystique.
01:11A goddess who despised her own beauty.
01:14Hauntingly sad and desperate, Nico's tortured past
01:18shaped her downward spiral, turning her own son onto heroin.
01:22No one loved me though.
01:25And Nico loved no one.
01:27She's gone to break your heart in two.
01:33It's true.
01:36This is the end.
01:38Beautiful friend.
01:41A deeply disturbing chronicle of a woman who lived life
01:45on her own terms.
01:49Regrets? I've no regrets.
01:52No.
01:54Except that I was born a woman instead of a man.
01:58That's my only regret.
02:01It hurts to set you free, but...
02:06...but she...
02:06...but...
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