Anna Levine, Donovan Leitch, Jared Harris

A portrait of Valerie Solanas--the woman who gunned down Andy Warhol and almost killed him. The film is also a paean to Warhol--the true king of pop--and the world which he created around him in the l...( read more  read more... )ate 1960s. Using the disturbed, but frequently brilliant, visionary-feminist Solanas as her focal point (Solanas was the founder and sole member of SCUM, the Society for Cutting Up Men), filmmaker Mary Harron paints a vividly realistic picture of the subculture that surrounded Warhol and his infamous studio, the Factory. Despite her desperate circumstances, there's a feisty vibrancy to Solanas. She's a game, dead-end kid who bristles with the kind of knowing toughness that can turn a pervert's solicitation into an opportunity. And when standard panhandling lines fail her, she offers her services as a scintillating conversationalist--for pay. Even when she subsequently spirals into a world dominated by paranoid delusions, her intelligence and wit shine through.

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R, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Mary Harron

Release Date: May 17, 1996

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DVD Release Date: January 23, 2001

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  • October 29, 2009
    Very well done.
    Really captures the look and feel of (what I would think) that whole "factory period" would have been like. Complete decadence on a totally supercial level.
    Lili Taylor is brilliant as is the rest of the cast.
    Don't get me wrong...Solano was completely unstabl...( read more)e, but ultimately it's very sad in the sense that most of her "crazy" rantings seem to come true.
    Self fullfilling prophecy...or perhaps there was a little truth mixed in with her madness?
  • September 21, 2009
    I have to say this wasn?t the film I was expecting. It did however, exceed my expectations that were already quite high! Mary Harron, is sadly, a very overlooked director.
  • November 12, 2007
    Would have been okay if I were on acid. Although I love Lili Taylor so she did a fantastic job.
  • August 29, 2007
    Well first off this is a well acted film with a overall strong cast (Look for Michael Imperioli's scene stealing performance) Plus has a great look to it thanks to Mary Harron's direction. So what's the problem with this movie? You just don't really care about what's going on wit...( read more)h the charecters and it drags for so long without anyreal reason for the film to. If you're looking for a film with strong performances it's here but if you're looking for more like I was see Mary Harron's American Psycho.
  • May 29, 2007
    let's jsut say stephen Dorff uless you know what to look for you may not find him!
  • August 5, 2009
    Umm. A Decentish film. A Bit rediculous and not entirely informative. Worth skipping out on.
  • August 2, 2009
    Lili Taylor is superb; the movie does not quite match her.
  • June 20, 2009
    I loved it and I really like Lili Taylor, I don't care what any one else thinks about it. Valerie Solanas is amazing and I can't way for the chance to see "Up Your Ass".
  • March 28, 2009
    how could i have forgotten this one? lili taylor is brilliant beyond belief as the tormented yet charismatic valerie solanas. jared harris is one of many fine portrayers of andy warhol. many of the actors cast as characters in their drama, particularly stephen dorff, lothaire blu...( read more)teau and martha plimpton are just extraordinary! this is a fine film that equally blends lightness and stark tragedy together to make an entertaining whole.
  • March 17, 2009
    stephen dorff candy darling olarak fazla güzeldi, lili taylor da poponuzu tekmeler yani. güzel ve dogal bir film olmus, hakkinda o kadar az sey bilinerek yola cikan otobiyografik bir hikaye olmasina ragmen.

    Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and no aspect of soci...( read more)ety being at all relevant to women, there remains to civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking females only to overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, institute complete automation and destroy the male sex.

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