I Shot Andy Warhol
- Director: Mary Harron
- Writer: Jeremiah Newton; Diane Tucker
- Producer: Tom Kalin; Pamela Koffler
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The SCUM Manifesto is regarded as a radical feminist classic - the Society for Cutting-up Men, written by a loose cannon who, it seems, totally relied on men to get by.
You can just hear all those radical fems screaming in cathartic shock - this film should get them screaming even louder.
Lili Taylor plays Solanas with exceptional skill - a multi-faceted performance - she is delusional, paranoid, annoying, extreme and, strangely, likeable and, unintentionally, very funny.
A difficult combination done perfectly.
Dorf as Candy Darling - is a surprising delight (he really is an under-rated actor) - the epitome of a gently played tragedy.
But...full credit must go to Harron, she of the lamentable American Psycho fame, has produced, possibly, the best film about The [self-important] Factory - many have tried (including Warhol) and failed.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 60s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but he continued to ignore her. So she shot him. This is Valerie's story.
Cast & Characters
Lili Taylor as Valerie Jean Solanas;
Jared Harris as Andy Warhol;
Martha Plimpton as Stevie;
Lothaire Bluteau as Maurice Girodias;
Anna Levine as Iris;
Peter Friedman as Alan Burke;
Tahnee Welch as Viva;
Jamie Harrold as Jackie Curtis;
Donovan Leitch as Gerard Malanga;
Michael Imperioli as Ondine;
Reg Rogers as Paul Morrisey;
Bill Sage as Tom Baker;
Jill Hennessy as Laura;
Coco McPherson as Brigid Berlin;
Myriam Cyr as Ultra Violet