Valerie Solanas

Nascimento : 1936-04-09, Ventnor City, New Jersey

Morte : 1988-04-25

História

Valerie Jean Solanas was an American radical feminist and author best known for writing the SCUM Manifesto, which she self-published in 1967, and attempting to murder Andy Warhol in 1968.

Filmes

Beautiful Darling
Self (archive footage)
James Rasin's documentary “Beautiful Darling” honors American Transgender actress and best-known Warhol Superstar, Candy Darling, and her all-too-brief life and career, with a combination of current and vintage interview material, rarely seen archival photos and footage, and extracts from Darling's movies.
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Self (archive footage) (as Valerie Solanis)
Documentary portrait of Andy Warhol.
Scum Manifesto
Writer
Em S.C.U.M. Manifesto 1967, Delphine Seyrig faz uma leitura do manifesto epônimo de Valerie Solanas. Na televisão surgem imagens de eventos mundiais dominados por homens – homens esses que, segundo o manifesto, são seres biologicamente incompletos e agem por inveja da vagina.
Bike Boy
Woman on street
Joe Spencer, a member of a motorcycle gang, is taking a shower. After his bout with personal hygiene, Joe encounters Andy Warhol's "superstars," who engage him in conversation. The superstars crack jokes he doesn't understand and continually correct his poor pronunciation in an attempt to deflate his machismo. In response to these provocations, Joe becomes more obscene and more boasting, but ultimately, he cannot compete with the put-downs that are part of the put-on performances of the Warhol superstars, who prevail over him in the end.
I, a Man
Herself
Morrissey and Warhol's commercial take on the Swedish film I, A Woman. Somebody suggested to Warhol that they wanted a sexploitation film in the vein of I, A Woman, and so he and Morrissey concocted I, A Man. They created the story of this male hustler who talks with and sleeps with a series of women over the course of the film. The women are: a young woman who worries about parental acceptance of her sexuality, a woman who is on a couch, a woman with whom he does a seance, a woman who speaks French, a lesbian, and a married woman.