Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 01/23/2001
SubTitles: French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: 2
Run Time: 103 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: MGM
The true story of Valerie Solanas, the radical feminist who became notorious after shooting art world icon
Andy Warhol, is portrayed in this fact-based drama. In an attempt to present a fair assessment of her actions, writer-director
Mary Harron focuses on Solanas' troubled life, from her childhood as an abuse victim to her life as teenage prostitute in New York City. These experiences left Solanas (played by
Lili Taylor) deeply scarred, contributing to a hatred of men that later found full flower in her famous "SCUM Manifesto," an extremist tract calling for the establishment of a "Society for Cutting Up Men." Deeply troubled, she nevertheless briefly finds hope after befriending young transvestite
Candy Darling (played by
Stephen Dorff) and discovering herself on the fringes of the wild, colorful world surrounding the eccentric
Warhol. She becomes obsessed with the idea that
Warhol's support could change her life, only to become violently enraged when the artist and his friends begin to turn away from her.
~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
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