Mary Harron presents I Shot Andy Warhol

1996, 103, Digital
USA

Language: English

Presented by: Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund Labs

Director: Mary Harron

Cast: Lili Taylor Jared Harris Martha Plimpton Stephen Dorff

Acclaimed director Mary Harron (American Psycho, The Notorious Bettie Page, The Moth Diaries) presents and discusses her 1996 feature directorial debut I SHOT ANDY WARHOL at the Parkway as part of the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund Labs.

Valerie Solanas (Lili Taylor) is an aspiring writer who moves to New York City and supports herself with prostitution. Valerie meets controversial artist Andy Warhol (Jared Harris) and a host of other eccentrics in the New York art scene. While a book publisher wants Valerie to write a sexually explicit novel, Valerie sets out to convince Warhol to produce her play “Up Your Ass.” Based on on true story, the film follows Valerie’s journey from ambitious author to obsessed, delusional assassin.

MARY HARRON studied English literature at Oxford and worked as a journalist and documentary filmmaker before making her first feature film, “I Shot Andy Warhol.” She also wrote and directed the films, “American Psycho,” “The Notorious Bettie Page,” and “The Moth Diaries.” For television, Mary has directed episodes of television series including “Oz,” “The L Word,” “Six Feet Under,” “Six Degrees” and “Big Love” and recently directed the Lifetime movie “Anna Nicole.” Her most recent films Charlie Says, about Charles Manson hits theater in 2019.