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"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:
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. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022. (p. 20)