Lee Heidhues 6.3.2023
It was 55 years ago today that Andy Warhol was shot in New York City by Valerie Solanas.
The notorious event was memorialized in the 1996 film “I Shot Andy Warhol.”
In 2019 The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art had a retrospective of Andy Warhol’s massive works of art. My daughter Atlanta and I attended the Members Only preview. I took a number of photos. Four years after viewing the exhibit I am putting up a representative sampling of my photographic memories.
Photos: Lee Heidhues
Excerpted from Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Shot_Andy_Warhol
I Shot Andy Warhol is a 1996 biographical drama film about the life of Valerie Solanas and her relationship with the artist Andy Warhol.[5] The film marked the feature film directorial debut of Canadian director Mary Harron. The film stars Lili Taylor as Valerie, Jared Harris as Andy Warhol, and Martha Plimpton as Valerie’s friend Stevie. Stephen Dorff plays Warhol superstar Candy Darling. John Cale of The Velvet Underground wrote the film’s score[6] despite protests from former band member Lou Reed.[7] Yo La Tengo plays an anonymous band that is somewhat reminiscent of the group.[8]
The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.[9] To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Teddy Awards, the film was selected to be shown at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2016.[10]
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