‘It’s not about heroes and villains’: the triumphant return of long-lost indie I Shot Andy Warhol (opens in new tab)

Director Mary Harron on her audacious ‘anti-biopic’ of Scum Manifesto author Valerie Solanas, who shot Warhol in 1968On 3 June 1968, Valerie Solanas, the sole member of Scum (the Society for Cutting Up Men), entered ’s Factory, pulled out a .32-caliber pistol and fired three shots. The first struck Mario Amaya, an art critic, in the hip, the second lodged in a wall and the third pierced Warhol’s chest. A little over two days later, in the early hours of 6 June, was assassinated, stealing airt...