'I Shot Andy Warhol' Returns to Theaters in 4K Restoration for 30th Anniversary
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Jim Hemphill
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Summary
Mary Harron's 1996 film "I Shot Andy Warhol" is being re-released in a new 4K restoration by Janus Films, nearly 30 years after its debut. The unconventional biopic about Valerie Solanas, the feminist writer who attempted to assassinate Andy Warhol, won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and launched Harron's career. The article discusses Harron's collaboration with Lili Taylor, who plays Solanas with nuance and humanity, neither glamorizing nor condemning her. The restoration marks the film's 30th anniversary and offers audiences a chance to revisit this landmark of 1990s American independent cinema.
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Lili Taylor lets you in, even when...
One of the great American independent films of the 1990s returns to theaters as Janus Films releases a new 4K restoration.
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