I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)

Directed by

Mary Harron

Genre

drama film, biographical film, crime film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 93 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is the true story of Valerie Solanas, a writer and radical feminist. It follows her life in 1960s New York and her growing obsession with the artist Andy Warhol.

intimatetensemelancholicgrittyslow-burnfrustratingcharacter-drivenunflinching

What happens

I Shot Andy Warhol is a 1996 biographical drama film about Valerie Solanas' life and her relationship with Andy Warhol. The film marked the feature film directorial debut of the Canadian director Mary Harron. The film stars Lili Taylor as Solanas, Jared Harris as Andy Warhol, Martha Plimpton as Valerie's friend Stevie, and Stephen Dorff as Candy Darling. John Cale of the Velvet Underground wrote the film's score despite protests from his former bandmate Lou Reed (with whom he had collaborated on Songs for Drella, a concept album about Warhol's life, earlier in the decade). Yo La Tengo plays an anonymous band reminiscent of the Velvet Underground. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Teddy Awards, the film was selected to be shown at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2016. On June 12, 2026, Janus Films released a 4K restoration of the film for its thirtieth anniversary. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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