I Shot Andy Warhol

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{{short description|1996 biographical drama film by Mary Harron}}
{{for|the 2002 installation artwork by Cory Arcangel|I Shot Andy Warhol (Arcangel)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = I Shot Andy Warhol
| image = Shotandywarhol.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Mary Harron]]
| producer = {{plainlist|
* [[Tom Kalin]]
* [[Christine Vachon]]
}}
| screenplay = {{plainlist|
* Mary Harron
* [[Daniel Minahan]]
}}
| based_on = {{Based on|''The Letters and Diaries of Candy Darling, 1992''|Jeremiah Newton}}
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Lili Taylor]]
* [[Jared Harris]]
* [[Martha Plimpton]]
* [[Stephen Dorff]]}}
| music = [[John Cale]]
| cinematography = [[Ellen Kuras]]
| editing = Keith Reamer
| studio = {{plainlist|
* [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company|Goldwyn Films International]]<ref>{{cite web|title=I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)|website=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=17 January 2022|url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150445134}}</ref>
* [[Arena (British TV series)|BBC Arena]]
* Playhouse International Pictures
* [[Killer Films]]
}}
| distributor = {{Plainlist|
* [[Momentum Pictures|Electric Pictures]] (United Kingdom)<ref>{{cite web|title=I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)|website=[[BBFC]]|access-date=17 January 2022|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/i-shot-andy-warhol-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0zndk3ntg}}</ref>
* [[Orion Pictures]] (United States)<ref>{{cite web|title=I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)|website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=17 January 2022|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/60446-I-SHOTANDYWARHOL?sid=57fc0a2a-35dc-4804-a950-e71777431de4&sr=17.12659&cp=1&pos=0}}</ref>
}}
| released = {{Film date|1996|1|20|[[1996 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]|1996|5|1|United States|1996|11|29|United Kingdom}}
| runtime = 103 minutes
| country = {{plainlist|
* United Kingdom
* United States
}}
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = $1.9 million<ref>{{mojo title|ishotandywarhol}}</ref>
}}
'''''I Shot Andy Warhol''''' is a 1996 [[Biographical film|biographical]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] about [[Valerie Solanas]]' life and her relationship with [[Andy Warhol]].<ref>Kaufman, Anthony (December 3, 2009). [http://www.indiewire.com/article/decade_mary_harron_on_american_psycho "Decade: Mary Harron on 'American Psycho'"]. ''[[indieWire]]''. Retrieved November 29, 2011.</ref> The film marked the feature film directorial debut of the Canadian director [[Mary Harron]]. The film stars [[Lili Taylor]] as Valerie, [[Jared Harris]] as [[Andy Warhol]], and [[Martha Plimpton]] as Valerie's friend Stevie. [[Stephen Dorff]] plays [[Warhol superstar]] [[Candy Darling]]. [[John Cale]] of [[the Velvet Underground]] wrote the film's score<ref>[https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1995-12-08/530270/ John Cale - Music - The Austin Chronicle]</ref> despite protests from former band member [[Lou Reed]].<ref>{{cite web |author1=Steve Hochman |title=POP MUSIC : 2 Velvets Clash Over Warhol Films |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-17-ca-14916-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=31 July 2021 |date=17 December 1995}}</ref> [[Yo La Tengo]] plays an anonymous band that is somewhat reminiscent of the group.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Steve Hochman |title=POP MUSIC : 2 Velvets Clash Over Warhol Films |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-17-ca-14916-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=31 July 2021 |date=17 December 1995}}</ref>

The film was screened in the ''[[Un Certain Regard]]'' section of the [[1996 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4714/year/1996.html |title=Festival de Cannes: I Shot Andy Warhol |access-date=2009-09-20|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the [[Teddy Award]]s, the film was selected to be shown at the [[66th Berlin International Film Festival]] in February 2016.<ref name="Panorama1">{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/panorama/pan-presse-detail_29908.html |title=Berlinale 2016: Panorama Celebrates Teddy Award's 30th Anniversary and Announces First Titles in Programme |access-date=December 20, 2015 |work=Berlinale |archive-date=December 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221041454/https://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/panorama/pan-presse-detail_29908.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Plot==
The film opens immediately after [[Valerie Solanas]] [[attempted assassination of Andy Warhol]] at [[The Factory]] in 1968, followed by her being put into custody for the attack. The film then uses flashbacks to when Valerie was living in New York as a [[sex worker]], then to her difficult childhood, then to her success in studying psychology at college. Here, Valerie discovers that she is a [[lesbian]], that she can write, and that she has a distinctive view of the world. This leads her to New York City and its downtown [[Bohemianism|underworld]]. Through her friend Stevie, she meets [[Candy Darling]], who in turn introduces her to Warhol.

Valerie also meets [[Maurice Girodias]], the publisher of [[Olympia Press]]. While Valerie wants Warhol to produce her play, ''[[Up Your Ass (play)|Up Your Ass]]'', Girodias wants her to write a [[pornographic]] novel for him. The group steals her manuscript and lies about it, saying it was lost. Once she signs a contract with Girodias, she comes to suspect his offer is not a generous one and may not be in her best interest. She comes to regret signing this contract. At this point, her increasing derangement leads her to believe that Warhol and Girodias are controlling her. The film concludes, where it began, with Solanas' attempted murder of Warhol. Warhol lives in fear that Valerie will strike again and never fully recovers from the shooting. Valerie dies in a welfare hotel. The ''[[SCUM Manifesto]]'' becomes a [[radical feminist]]'s classic eventually.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Lili Taylor]] as [[Valerie Solanas]]
* [[Jared Harris]] as [[Andy Warhol]]
* [[Stephen Dorff]] as [[Candy Darling]]
* [[Martha Plimpton]] as Stevie
* [[Lothaire Bluteau]] as [[Maurice Girodias]]
* [[Anna Levine]] as Iris
* [[Peter Friedman]] as [[Alan Burke]]
* [[Tahnee Welch]] as [[Viva (actress)|Viva]]
* Jamie Harrold as [[Jackie Curtis]]
* [[Donovan Leitch (actor)|Donovan Leitch]] as [[Gerard Malanga]]
* [[James K. Lyons|Jim Lyons]] as Billy Name
*[[Michael Imperioli]] as [[Ondine (actor)|Ondine]]
* [[Reg Rogers]] as [[Paul Morrissey]]
* [[Bill Sage]] as [[Tom Baker (American actor)|Tom Baker]]
* [[Justin Theroux]] as Mark
* [[Jill Hennessy]] as Laura
* Coco McPherson as [[Brigid Berlin]]
* Lorraine Farris as Susan
* [[Isabel Gillies]] as Alison
* [[Craig Chester]] as Fred Hughes
* Victor Browne as Danny
* Billy Erb as [[Rotten Rita]]
* [[Anh Duong]] as Comtesse de Courcy
* [[Myriam Cyr]] as [[Isabelle Collin Dufresne|Ultra Violet]]
}}

==Background==
Initially intended as a [[BBC]] documentary, the film was directed by Mary Harron who also co-wrote the screenplay with [[Daniel Minahan]].{{sfn|Heller|2008|p=151}}

Dr. [[Dana Heller]], Dean of Arts and Sciences at Eastern Michigan University, argues that the film stages the conflict between Solanas and Warhol as less the result of gender politics – particularly because Solanas intended no connection between her writing and the shooting – than of the decline of print culture as represented by Solanas and the rise of new non-writing media as embodied by Warhol and the [[pop art]] movement.{{sfn|Heller|2008|pp=152–157}} In the screenplay, Harron and Minahan describe Solanas as "banging at an ancient typewriter" and the film frequently shows her typing, for which she is mocked by Warhol and other [[The Factory|Factory]] regulars. Solanas' writing is set against the new technologies of reproduction championed by Warhol.{{sfn|Heller|2008|pp=155–156}}

Many people who knew Solanas and Warhol tried to rationalize the shooting. Stephen Koch, who in 1973 wrote a study of Warhol's film, stated: "Valerie lives in terror of dependence: That is what the ''[[SCUM Manifesto]]'' is about, an absolute terror before the experience of need. Like Warhol, Solanas is obsessed with an image of [[autonomy]], except that... she has played the obsession desperately, rather than with Warhol's famous cool."<ref>Harron, I Shot Andy Warhol, Grove Press NY, 1995</ref>

==Reception==
Film review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported that 77% of 31 critics gave the film positive reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10.<ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/i_shot_andy_warhol/ "I Shot Andy Warhol"] at [[Rotten Tomatoes]]</ref> On [[Metacritic]], it has a weighted score of 75/100, based on 20 critics, denoting "generally favorable" reviews.<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/movie/i-shot-andy-warhol "I Shot Andy Warhol"] at [[Metacritic]]</ref>

Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5 stars out of 4, writing that Harron had done "two remarkable things in her movie: She makes Solanas almost sympathetic and sometimes moving and funny, and she creates a portrait of the Factory that’s devastating and convincing." Ebert stated that the film would not be for everyone, but praised it for showing "the person beneath the skin, and to reveal that even the strangest behavior is often simply a strategy for obtaining what we all require, love and recognition."<ref>{{Cite web |title=I Shot Andy Warhol movie review (1996) {{!}} Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/i-shot-andy-warhol-1996 |access-date=2025-08-15 |website=www.rogerebert.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
====Wins====
* [[Gijón International Film Festival]] Best Art Direction – Thérèse DePrez
* [[Seattle International Film Festival]] Golden Space Needle Award for Best Actress – [[Lili Taylor]]
* [[Stockholm Film Festival]] Award for Best Actress – Lili Taylor
* [[Sundance Film Festival]] Special Recognition for Outstanding Performance – Lili Taylor<ref>[https://ew.com/article/1996/02/09/1996-sundance-film-festival/ The 1996 Sundance Film Festival|EW.com]</ref>

====Nominations====
* [[Independent Spirit Awards]] Best First Feature – [[Mary Harron]], [[Tom Kalin]], and [[Christine Vachon]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwC2g6a2lKk 12th annual Spirit Awards ceremony - FULL SHOW | 1997 | Film Independent on YouTube]</ref>
* [[Stockholm Film Festival]] Bronze Horse
* [[Sundance Film Festival]] Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic

==Home media==
''I Shot Andy Warhol'' was released on Region 1 [[DVD]] on January 23, 2001.

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = I Shot Andy Warhol: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = Various Artists
| released = 30 April 1996
| genre = [[Soundtrack]]
| length = 43:11
| label = [[TAG Recordings]] / [[Atlantic Records]]
}}

{{track listing |extra_column=Artist |total_length= 43:11
|title1=[[Season of the Witch (song)|Season of the Witch]] |extra1= [[Luna (1990s American band)|Luna]] |length1= 5:19 |writer1= [[Donovan]]
|title2=[[Do You Believe in Magic (song)|Do You Believe In Magic]] |extra2= [[The Lovin' Spoonful]] |length2= 2:06 |writer2= [[John Sebastian]]
|title3=[[Love Is All Around]] |extra3= [[R.E.M.]] |length3= 3:05 |writer3= [[Reg Presley]]
|title4=[[Buffalo Springfield (album)#Track listing|Burned]] |extra4= [[Wilco]] |length4= 2:34 |writer4= [[Neil Young]]
|title5=[[Itchycoo Park]] |extra5= [[Ben Lee]] |length5= 3:04 |writer5= [[Ronnie Lane]] / [[Steve Marriott]]
|title6=[[Sunshine Superman (song)|Sunshine Superman]] |extra6= [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]] |length6= 5:01 |writer6= [[Donovan]]
|title7=[[Mas que Nada]] |extra7= [[Sérgio Mendes]] and [[Sérgio Mendes#Brasil '66|Brasil '66]] |length7= 2:38 |writer7= [[Jorge Ben]]
|title8=[[False Start (album)#Track listing|Gimi a Little Break]] |extra8= [[Love (band)|Love]] |length8= 2:02 |writer8= [[Arthur Lee (musician)|Arthur Lee]]
|title9=Sensitive Euro Man |extra9= [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]] |length9= 3:16 |writer9= [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]]
|title10=[[Kick Out the Jams (song)|Kick Out the Jams]] |extra10= [[MC5]] |length10= 2:54 |writer10= [[Dennis Thompson (drummer)|Dennis Thompson]] / [[Fred "Sonic" Smith|Frederick D. Smith]] / [[Michael Davis (bassist)|Michael Davis]] / [[Rob Tyner|Robert Derminer]] / [[Wayne Kramer]]
|title11=[[I'll Keep It with Mine]] |extra11= [[Bettie Serveert]] |length11= 4:09 |writer11= [[Bob Dylan]]
|title12=[[Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo#Track listing|Demons]] |extra12= [[Yo La Tengo]] |length12= 3:37 |writer12= [[Georgia Hubley]] / [[Ira Kaplan]]
|title13=I Shot Andy Warhol Suite |extra13= [[John Cale]] |length13= 3:26 |writer13= [[John Cale]]
}}

=== Additional songs from the film ===
* "[[Walk On By (song)|Walk On By]]" – [[Dionne Warwick]]
* "[[One Note Samba]]" – [[Antônio Carlos Jobim]]
* "[[The More I See You]]" – [[Chris Montez]]
* "[[Rigoletto|Caro Nome (Gilda's Aria) from Rigoletto]]" – Daniela Lojarro
* "[[Grazing in the Grass]]" – [[Hugh Masekela]]
* "[[The Red Telephone (song)|The Red Telephone]]" – [[Love (band)|Love]]
* "[[Summertime Blues]]" – [[Blue Cheer]]
* "[[Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)]]" – [[Joe Tex]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book
| last = Heller
| first = Dana
| editor1-first = Victoria
| editor1-last = Hesford
| editor2-first = Lisa
| editor2-last = Diedrich
| title = Feminist Time Against Nation Time: Gender, Politics, and the Nation-State in an Age of Permanent War
| publisher = Lexington Books
| location = Lanham, MD
| year = 2008
| chapter = Shooting Solanas: Radical Feminist History and the Technology of Failure
| isbn = 9780739111239}}

==External links==
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* {{Rotten Tomatoes}}

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