I Shot Andy Warhol | | Cast : | Lili Taylor | | Director : | Mary Harron | | Studio : | Mgm/Ua Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | May 01, 1996 | | DVD Released Date : | September 07, 2004 | | Language : | Unknown (Dubbed), English (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
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| Rating |  | | Date | August 09, 2005 | | Summary | Only in Manhatten? | Content
 | It must be Manhatten. The distance between the Warhol art scene and the Times Square porn scene seems to have been small. A "Midnight Cowboy" for the 90's.
This is one of my favorite films from the 90's. Certainly more of an edge than Oscar winners from the '90's Forrest Gump, Titanic and Shakespeare in Love.
Lili Taylor as Valerie Solonas is superb. The overall cast is excellent. Stephen Dorff as Candy Darling is ... irresistible. Going beyond the fine acting is the direction, Mary Harron making it all just too real. She also co-wrote the script with Daniel Minahan, who later directed "Series 7: The Contender". Without Harron's tight handling, this film probably would have just been odd. Now it's great and odd. Billy Name, who was responsible for covering the actual Factory's inner walls in foil, was an advisor. He seems to have been put to good use.
I've watched twice now, the second time seeming even more powerful than the first. The second half was especially absorbing. The entire Warhol scene seems fascinating. Reading about it first in a book like "Popism: The Warhol Sixties" might enhance viewing of this movie. Something to watch but perhaps to be glad not to have been part of. Well, who's bold enough?
And yet somehow these wild side walkers have been made to seem familiar, perhaps not the girls next door but maybe just up the street. "I Shot Andy Warhol" begins as a look at the fringe and ends much closer to home. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 08, 2005 | | Summary | One Memory | Content
| For me, not a major flick. However I am compelled to give credit to Lili Taylor for her strong performance as Valerie Jean Solanas - the outsider who thought she he had found her brethren, but alas, just another tribe of insiders. Lili is a major talent who in my mind is still to get her definitive role. Some unique & wonderful actors such as Meg Tilly retired without one. When I see the title "I Shot Andy Warhol," I remember very little about the story now - however I still hear Valerie's soul crying. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 13, 2005 | | Summary | A Drag to Watch | Content
| After the first 15 minutes I knew that the best part of the movie had past, but I kept watching because I paid for it... I should have stopped. I Shot Andy Warhol keeps getting worse as it goes on. Lili Taylor is a bore to watch and none of the other characters are able to save the movie. This movie was just all around bad and a drag to watch. Pick another independant film if you're looking for something interesting. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 17, 2005 | | Summary | Lili Taylor doesn't just act in this movie -- | Content
| she's virtually possessed. Solanas is a deeply twisted character and Taylor holds nothing back in her portrayal of this tragic personality. Much of her behavior and her manifesto are vulgar in the extreme, but so is most of Warhol's scene as depicted here. There's not a bit of redemption for any of these characters, but as a psychological study, this is as good as it gets. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 17, 2005 | | Summary | The S.C.U.M. Manifesto | Content
| I cannot say in any other words how phenomenal Lili Taylor's performance was in this film. This flick was based on the true fact of Valerie Solanas who actually did shoot Warhol. After the shooting, Andy never quite recovered very well, and his health was fragile. As to Valerie, I must correct those that call her a feminist, because the true definition of a feminist is someone that believes in equality for both male and female. Valerie was a male basher, she hated men, and if she could of had it her way she would of (...) every man that crossed her way. Valerie was a delusional maniacal nut case with plenty of sex abuse issues and so on, however you end-up sympathizing for her in the film. Harris's role as Warhol along with Dorff's Candy Darling (who's very convincing as a drag queen) perfect the well put together film directed by Mary Harron. This film is decadent and brilliant, and you can watch it several times before you tire of it. |
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