I Shot Andy Warhol
|
United Kingdom / United States, 1996 (fiction, 103 minutes, colour, English)
|
|
Also known as
"Ela Baleou Andy Warhol", "Ho sparato a Andy Warhol", "Strzelalam do Warhola", "Um Tiro Para Andy Warhol", "Yo disparé a Andy Warhol"
|
Film Description:
"A journey into the cultural whirlwind of events surrounding Valerie Solanas' shooting of pop-art superstar Andy Warhol."
-- WorldCat
(source)
|
| Film Credits (partial): |
| Written by: |
Mary Harron, Daniel Minahan |
| Based on: |
The Letters and Diaries of Candy Darling, a book by Jeremiah Newton |
| Produced by: |
Tom Kalin, Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler, Lindsay Law, Anthony Wall |
| Principal Cast: |
Lili Taylor, Jared Harris, Martha Plimpton, Lothaire Bluteau, Anna Levine, Peter Friedman, Tahnee Welch, Jamie Harrold, Donovan Leitch, Michael Imperioli, Reg Rodgers, Bill Sage, Jill Hennessy |
| Cinematography: |
Ellen Kuras |
| Film Editing: |
Keith Reamer |
| Music: |
John Cale |
| Production Company: |
Playhouse International Pictures, the Samuel Goldwyn Company, BBC Arena, Killer Films |
(sources)
Quotes about I Shot Andy Warhol
"Periodically, [Valerie] Solanas is seen, in black and white, reading to the audience from her Manifesto—a document that seems to be less on the lunatic fringe the more she reads."
-- Mary G. Hurd
(source)
"By focusing on a figure who gained notoriety, I Shot Andy Warhol challenges the biopic's naturalization of the connection between celebrity and 'greatness.' Although [Valerie] Solanas is publicly renowned, [Mary] Harron's film acknowledges that her violent act against Warhol had negative repercussions. As the end title cards explain, Warhol never fully recovered, physically or mentally, from Solanas' attack. As an anti-biopic, however, I Shot Andy Warhol also celebrates Solanas' qualities, casting her as a neglected, transgressive provocateur."
-- Janice Loreck
(source)
"Schooled in the Factory period by years of working on documentaries dealing with the subject, [Mary] Harron built an eerie time capsule. With its intoxicating depiction of drugs, freedom, art and misogyny, the film [I Shot Andy Warhol] replicates the chilling and forgotten preconditions of feminism."
-- B. Ruby Rich
(source)
Bibliography for I Shot Andy Warhol
Book Chapters
-
Loreck, Janice. "I Shot Andy Warhol: Fame, Notoriety and Mary Harron's Anti-biopics."
In ReFocus: The Films of Mary Harron, edited by Kyle Barrett, 17-33. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022.
Brief Sections of Books
-
Barrett, Kyle. "Dream of the '90s: Mary Harron in Indiewood."
In ReFocus: The Films of Mary Harron, edited by Kyle Barrett. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022.
(pp. 61-63)
Web Sites about I Shot Andy Warhol
