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Directed By
Mary Harron
Written By:
Mary Harron, Daniel Minahan
Cast:
Lili Taylor, Jared Harris, Stephen Dorff, Martha Plimpton, Donovan Leitch, Tahnee Welch, Michael Imperioli, Lothaire Bluteau, Peter Friedman, Jill Hennessy, Craig Chester, James Lyons, Jamie Harrold, Edoardo Ballerini, Lynn Cohen, Myriam Cyr, Eric Mabius, Isabel Gillies, Anna Thompson, Reginald Rodgers, Isabel Gillies
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I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
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Movie Review by Zara 
January 24th, 2007
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For 50 cents, I'll tell you a dirty word
I don't understand why Andy Warhol was considered such a great artist. I've taken an Art History course and we covered pop art, but I still fail to see what it was about this odd looking man who barely spoke and when he did it was to talk about a "style" that no one else got but pretended to act as if they knew what the hell he was talking about. I wanted to watch this movie to understand why he was so pivotal that someone deemed it necessary to shoot him.
The movie details the life of Valerie Solanas, a woman who was exceptionally bright growing up and received a degree in psychology. A lesbian who decided that men were not important to the development of the human race, Solanas kicked around New York City in the years that were the height of Warhol's popularity, begging and prostituting for money. Over the course of her years there, she wrote a manifesto abbreviated "SCUM" (Society for Cutting Up Men) as well as a play which she hoped that Warhol would produce. When he ostracized her for her paranoid habits, she decided to shoot him and turn herself in so that she could get her mission the attention that she wanted.
The movie is entertaining, although I might concede that those who were not familiar with the '60's prior to watching it might be a little lost. Lili Taylor is the shining star in this, playing Solanas with a wild-eyed determination and looking completely oblivious to the reality of the world around her. The other mentionable addition is Stephen Dorff who portrays Candy Darling, a transvestite whom is also taken under Warhol's wing. While the main character is all about extremist feminism, I believe there is a message here for men to glean as well. Never trust a feminist. And make sure you check for an Adam's apple if the chick looks a too good to be true.
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