‘It’s not about heroes and villains’: the triumphant return of long-lost indie I Shot Andy Warhol
Director Mary Harron’s 1996 film 'I Shot Andy Warhol' is returning to theaters in a new 4K restoration after years of obscurity. The film explores the life of Valerie Solanas and the 1968 shooting of Andy Warhol.
Why it matters
The restoration preserves a significant piece of 90s independent queer cinema that had previously been difficult to access.
Lili Taylor as Valerie Solanas in I Shot Andy Warhol. Photograph: Janus Films View image in fullscreen Lili Taylor as Valerie Solanas in I Shot Andy Warhol. Photograph: Janus Films Movies ‘It’s not about heroes and villains’: the triumphant return of long-lost indie I Shot Andy Warhol Director Mary Harron on her audacious ‘anti-biopic’ of Scum Manifesto author Valerie Solanas, who shot Warhol in 1968
The article is a cultural retrospective and news piece about film distribution.
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