Description:
I Shot Andy Warhol--starring Lili Taylor, Jared Harris, Stephen Dorff, and Martha Plimpton--is the story of Valerie Solanas, the radical feminist and author of SCUM Manifesto (Society for Cutting Up Men) who made headlines in 1968 when she attempted to kill Andy Warhol. I Shot Andy Warhol moves beyond the simplistic view of Valerie as a deranged lesbian acting in revenge for being shunned by the Factory crowd to present a complex figure whose brilliance and passion were clouded by mental instability and a history of abuse.
Review Quotes:
"An entertaining and dynamic work that goes about as far as a narrative film can in both analyzing a complex personality and portraying a cultural scene."--Variety
"Contains the best evocation of the "60s yet captured on film."--Movieline
"Mary Harron . . . certainly ought to be admired for spotting the opening passage from "The SCUM Manifesto," the cri de coeur of the outraged feminist loner named Valerie Solanas, and finding within it a kernel of a scrappy, vibrant, unexpectedly touching film with a ragtag heroine no audience will easily forget."--Janet Maslin, The New York Times
"It's dazzling and serious, with flurries of impulse playing around a persistent core of madness. . . . Harron comprehends and dramatizes the milieu through which Solanas moved and also understands that this eccentric woman had glints of real perception."--Stanley Kauffman, The New Republic
"Director Mary Harron's immensely entertaining and provocative first film gives Solanas another shot at the spotlight."--Rolling Stone
"I Shot Andy Warhol is as riveting as its title. . . . In her startling debut feature, [Mary Harron] has had the inspired audacity to tell the true story of Valerie Solanas."--Entertainment Weekly ("A" rating)