The story of Valerie Solanas who as the title indicates was responsible for shooting pop artist Andy Warhol. Solanas was a highly intelligent radical feminist but was she also obviously deeply disturbed. The film also functions secondarily as a portrayal of the fringe culture that was attracted to Andy Warhol and his well known open studio The Factory.
The film is for the most part a study of a deranged mind and a portrait of self destruction as Valerie spirals out of control. We are informed that Valerie may have been psychologically damaged by abuse from her childhood but that's not dealt with in the scope of the film. Due to the films focus it is difficult to sympathize with Valerie and there is little opportunity to get to know any of the other characters very well, as a result I didn't really connect with the film.
As to the positives, Lilli Taylor gives a very compelling performance that while not very appealing or attractive as a human being is a very effective portrayal. The rest of the cast is by and large good though I found some of the performances or perhaps the characters very typically indie as they strove to standout sometimes at the expensive of character development.
I also found that the score did not always seem appropriate to the material, it starts off somewhat symphonic and other times it just seemed jarring.
Valerie Solanas's opus per se was the Scum Manifesto which spelled out her vision of an all-female society brought about by violent revolution.
The film is for the most part a study of a deranged mind and a portrait of self destruction as Valerie spirals out of control. We are informed that Valerie may have been psychologically damaged by abuse from her childhood but that's not dealt with in the scope of the film. Due to the films focus it is difficult to sympathize with Valerie and there is little opportunity to get to know any of the other characters very well, as a result I didn't really connect with the film.
As to the positives, Lilli Taylor gives a very compelling performance that while not very appealing or attractive as a human being is a very effective portrayal. The rest of the cast is by and large good though I found some of the performances or perhaps the characters very typically indie as they strove to standout sometimes at the expensive of character development.
I also found that the score did not always seem appropriate to the material, it starts off somewhat symphonic and other times it just seemed jarring.
Valerie Solanas's opus per se was the Scum Manifesto which spelled out her vision of an all-female society brought about by violent revolution.