"year later, developing the first wave of radical feminism. At the same time, perceptions of Warhol were transformed from largely nonpolitical into political martyrdom because the motive for the shooting was political, according to Harding and Victor Bockris. Breanne Fahs describes Solanas as a contradiction that ""alienates her from the feminist movement."" Fahs argues that Solanas never wanted to be ""in movement"" but nevertheless fractured the feminist movement by provoking NOW members to disagree about her case. Many contradictions are seen in her lifestyle as a lesbian who sexually serviced men, her claim to be asexual, a rejection of queer"
"England and became the assistant editor of the Royal Opera House magazine ""About the House"" from 1962 to 1968, and while still in England became the founding editor of Art and Artists magazine from 1965 to 1968. Amaya also wrote books on art, such as ""Pop As Art: A Survey of the New Super Realism"" (1965), ""Art Nouveau"" (1966), and ""Tiffany Glass"" (1967). On June 3, 1968, Amaya was in Andy Warhol’s office when radical feminist Valerie Solanas opened fire and shot both Amaya and Warhol. Amaya, 34 at the time, was discharged from the hospital after receiving treatment of"
"The Factory The Factory was Andy Warhol's New York City studio, which had three different locations between 1962 and 1984. The original Factory was on the fifth floor at 231 East 47th Street, in Midtown Manhattan. The rent was one hundred dollars per year. Warhol left in 1967 when the building was scheduled to be torn down to make way for an apartment building. He then relocated his studio to the sixth floor of the Decker Building at 33 Union Square West near the corner of East 16th Street, where he was shot in 1968 by Valerie Solanas. The Factory"
"originally going to be directed by Roman Polanski for United Artists in 1969, with Polanski writing the script. However, while Polanski was in London, England, looking for filming locations in August 1969, his pregnant wife, the actress Sharon Tate, was murdered in their Beverly Hills home by disciples of Charles Manson. Polanski returned to the United States and abandoned the project. The following year it was announced Franklin Schaffner would make the movie for the Mirisch Corporation. These plans were frustrated and Joseph Levine ended up buying the project from United Artists for Mike Nichols. The film was mostly shot"
"until Warhol returned around 4pm. Within a few minutes, she shot Warhol three times, seriously wounding him, as well as shooting Mario Amaya. Solanas turned herself in to the police a few hours later. Around 1970, Warhol built a video camera system and taped his visitors and documented the activities around the studio. In 1973, Warhol moved the Factory to 860 Broadway, a short distance away. As part of packing up, he began to create the Warhol Time Capsules. The building had been vacant and was completely refurbished into apartments by Joseph Pell Lombardi in 1995. Since 2015, the ground"
"Andy Warhol and his Polaroid camera was revealed at Union Square in New York City. Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist, director and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture, and advertising that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture. Some of his best known works include the silkscreen paintings ""Campbell's Soup Cans"" (1962) and ""Marilyn Diptych"" (1962), the"
"the art world consider Warhol's work completed after his 1968 shooting—which occurred the day before the Bobby Kennedy assassination—to be less significant than that done before it. The best-remembered Warhol Campbell's Soup can works are from the first phase. Warhol is further regarded for his iconic serial celebrity silkscreens of such people as Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and Liz Taylor, produced during his 1962–1964 silkscreening phase. His most commonly repeated painting subjects are Taylor, Monroe, Presley, Jackie Kennedy and similar celebrities. In addition to being a notable fine artist, Warhol was a renowned cinematographer, author, and commercial illustrator. Posthumously, he"
"become entrenched to pursue a rock tour and planning of their second album: ""White Light/White Heat"". Andy Warhol was shot by radical feminist Valerie Solanas, immediately after the split, and only narrowly survived the ordeal. Reed’s song was written in sympathy and in thanks to Warhol. The title indicates to the substantial scar across Warhol’s chest (the shot went through both lungs, spleen, stomach, liver, and esophagus) and also refers to Warhol’s factory, a fantastic menagerie of bizarre, wonderful and precarious characters that the songs surreal lyrics describe. Andy's Chest ""Andy's Chest"" is a song written by Lou Reed, inspired"
"classified."" Long out of print, ""The Paper Snake"" was re-printed by Siglio Press in 2014. On June 3, 1968 - the same day that Andy Warhol was shot by Valerie Solanas with a gun she'd stored under May Wilson's bed – Johnson was mugged at knifepoint. Two days later, Robert Kennedy was assassinated. Severely shaken, Johnson moved to Glen Cove, Long Island, and the next year bought a house in nearby Locust Valley, where Richard Lippold and his family resided. He began to live in a state of increasing reclusion in what he called a ""small white farmhouse with a"
"his supporters shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, in a ballroom at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Leaving the ballroom, he went through the hotel kitchen after being told it was a shortcut to a press room. He did this despite being advised by his bodyguard — former FBI agent Bill Barry — to avoid the kitchen. In a crowded kitchen passageway, Kennedy turned to his left and shook hands with busboy Juan Romero just as Sirhan Sirhan, a 24-year-old Palestinian, opened fire with a .22-caliber revolver. Kennedy was hit three times, and five other people were"
"Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist, director and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture, and advertising that flourished by the 1960s, and span a variety of media, including painting, silkscreening, photography, film, and sculpture. Some of his best known works include the silkscreen paintings ""Campbell's Soup Cans"" (1962) and ""Marilyn Diptych"" (1962), the experimental film ""Chelsea Girls"" (1966), and the multimedia events known as the ""Exploding Plastic Inevitable"""
"(1972) and ""Honi Soit"" in 1981. One of Warhol's last works was a portrait of Aretha Franklin for the cover of her 1986 gold album ""Aretha"", which was done in the style of the ""Reigning Queens"" series he had completed the year before. Warhol strongly influenced the new wave/punk rock band Devo, as well as David Bowie. Bowie recorded a song called ""Andy Warhol"" for his 1971 album ""Hunky Dory"". Lou Reed wrote the song ""Andy's Chest"", about Valerie Solanas, the woman who shot Warhol, in 1968. He recorded it with the Velvet Underground, and this version was released on"
"was published in 1968, the same year that Solanas, who had spent time in Andy Warhol's ""Factory"", shot and nearly killed him. It also has sections that address art ideas. Solanas spent her last years as a street prostitute and died in 1988. It is a document of just over 11,000 words. Its tone and basic theme are evident from the title, but it is not quite as clear cut as it seems and some women are admitted to be as bad as men (women artists, for example). SCUM wants to ""destroy all useless and harmful objects — cars, store"
"""S.C.U.M. Manifesto"", a separatist feminist tract that advocated the elimination of men; and appeared in the 1968 Warhol film ""I, a Man"". Earlier on the day of the attack, Solanas had been turned away from the Factory after asking for the return of a script she had given to Warhol. The script had apparently been misplaced. Amaya received only minor injuries and was released from the hospital later the same day. Warhol was seriously wounded by the attack and barely survived: surgeons opened his chest and massaged his heart to help stimulate its movement again. He suffered physical effects for"
"Mexican-born American citizen named Francisco Parades Ordoñez, who was shot in the back. An employee of the hotel in which the shooting occurred, responding to the sound of gunshots, was also wounded but survived. Investigation into the shootings showed that Ordoñez was shot with the same weapon that killed Jones. Kinne was convicted in October 1965 of the Mexican crimes and sentenced to ten years in prison, later lengthened to thirteen years after judicial review. Kinne escaped from the prison during a blackout in December 1969. Despite extensive manhunts, her whereabouts are unknown. Sharon Kinne was born Sharon Elizabeth Hall"
"Bobby (2006 film) Bobby is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Emilio Estevez, and starring an ensemble cast featuring Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Laurence Fishburne, Spencer Garrett, Helen Hunt, Anthony Hopkins, Ashton Kutcher, Shia LaBeouf, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Demi Moore, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Sharon Stone, Freddy Rodriguez, Heather Graham, Elijah Wood and Estevez himself. The screenplay is a fictionalized account of the hours leading up to the June 5, 1968 shooting of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles following his win of the"
"died after losing consciousness and falling on July 2, 2016. He was 79. Clifford Vaughs Clifford A. 'Soney' Vaughs (April 16, 1937 – July 2, 2016) was an American civil rights activist, filmmaker, and motorcycle builder. Vaughs designed the two chopper motorcycles used for the 1969 film 'Easy Rider', while an Associate Producer on the film. He also produced and directed the documentary 'What Will the Harvest Be?' (1965) and 'Not So Easy' (1972). Vaughs was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 16, 1937, as the only child of an unmarried mother. He was educated at the Boston Latin School,"
"point blank, but the gun jammed. Solanas then turned herself in to the police. She was charged with attempted murder, assault, and illegal possession of a gun. She was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and pleaded guilty to ""reckless assault with intent to harm"", serving a three-year prison sentence, including treatment in a psychiatric hospital. After her release, she continued to promote the ""SCUM Manifesto"". She died in 1988 of pneumonia in San Francisco. Solanas was born in 1936 in Ventnor City, New Jersey, to Louis Solanas and Dorothy Marie Biondo. Her father was a bartender and her mother a dental"
"Lana Clarkson Lana Jean Clarkson (April 5, 1962 – February 3, 2003) was an American actress and fashion model. During the 1980s, she rose to prominence in several sword-and-sorcery films. In 2003, she was shot and killed inside the home of record producer Phil Spector. He was charged with second-degree murder, and was convicted on April 13, 2009. Clarkson was born in Long Beach, California to Donna and James M. Clarkson and was raised in the hills of Sonoma County, California. She has a brother, Jessee J. Clarkson, and a sister, Fawn. While living in Northern California, she attended Cloverdale"
"Baird Bryant Wenzell Baird Bryant (Columbus, Indiana, December 12, 1927 – Hemet, California, November 13, 2008) was an American filmmaker. He is best known as the cameraman on the Albert Maysles film ""Gimme Shelter"" who filmed the fatal stabbing of Rolling Stones concertgoer Meredith Hunter by Hells Angel Alan Passaro at the Altamont Free Concert in December 1969. As a cinematographer, Bryant also worked on ""Easy Rider"", filming the famous LSD scene with Dennis Hopper in a New Orleans cemetery. He was also a writer, living in 1950s Paris with William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac and writing"
"The Chicago 8 The Chicago 8 is a 2010 American drama film written and directed by Pinchas Perry and starring Philip Baker Hall, Gary Cole, Steven Culp and Mayim Bialik. The film is based on actual court transcripts from the Chicago Seven trial. In 1968, America was divided over the Vietnam War. Due to the growing anti-war movement, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced that he would not run for re-election. Democrat Robert Kennedy, the Presidential hopeful, was assassinated that summer. The Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago where leaders of the anti-war movement planned a protest. During the protest,"
"the rest of his life, including being required to wear a surgical corset. The shooting had a profound effect on Warhol's life and art. Solanas was arrested the day after the assault, after turning herself in to police. By way of explanation, she said that Warhol ""had too much control over my life."" She was subsequently diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and eventually sentenced to three years under the control of the Department of Corrections. After the shooting, the Factory scene heavily increased security, and for many the ""Factory 60s"" ended. Warhol had this to say about the attack: ""Before I"
"Tobe Hooper Willard Tobe Hooper (January 25, 1943 – August 26, 2017) was an American director, screenwriter, and producer best known for his work in the horror genre. Among his most recognized films are ""The Texas Chain Saw Massacre"" (1974), which ""The Guardian"" described as ""one of the most influential films ever made"", and ""Poltergeist"" (1982), which received three Academy Award nominations. Hooper was born in Austin, Texas, to Lois Belle (""née"" Crosby) and Norman William Ray Hooper, who owned a theater in San Angelo. He first became interested in filmmaking when he used his father's 8 mm camera at"
"to please ask Dorothy not to do that again. Podber was, however, henceforth barred from The Factory for life. Shot Marilyns The Shot Marilyns is a work of art produced in 1964 by Andy Warhol. It consists of four canvases, each a square measuring 40 inches and each consisting of a painting of a Marilyn Monroe, each shot through in the forehead by a single bullet. Warhol actually painted five colored Marilyns in 1964 with different colored backgrounds: red, orange, light blue, sage blue, and turquoise and he stored them at The Factory, his studio on East 47th Street in"
"Lyn Peters Evelyn Anne Peters (c. 1941 – September 10, 2013) was an Argentine-born British-American model, actress and caterer. She is best known for her television work during the 1960s and 1970s, including ""Get Smart"", ""Hogan's Heroes"", and ""Batman"". She also appeared in film roles as well, including ""In Like Flint"" in 1967 and ""Grave of the Vampire"", which was released in 1972. Peters was the widow of American actor Paul Burke, who died in 2009. Peters was born in Argentina, and raised and educated in London. She worked as a fashion model before moving to Los Angeles, California to"
"famous Argentine actress and model Susana Giménez. They started a tumultuous relationship, which led to Monzón's divorce. Since then, his glamorous and sometimes violent life was avidly followed by the media. He toured Latin America and Europe with Argentine and [[indian models and actresses. While still a champion, a darker side of Monzón began to emerge. In 1973, Monzón was shot in the leg by his wife, requiring seven hours of surgery to remove the bullet. In 1975, he began a very publicized romance with Susana Giménez; they had previously met in the 1974 [[Thriller film|thriller]] ""[[La Mary]]"", directed by"
"Mary Harron Mary Harron (born January 12, 1953) is a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter. She gained recognition for her role in writing and directing several independent films, including ""I Shot Andy Warhol"" (1996), ""American Psycho"" (2000), and ""The Notorious Bettie Page"" (2005). She co-wrote ""American Psycho"" and ""The Notorious Bettie Page"" with Guinevere Turner. Although Harron has denied this title, she has been thought to be feminist filmmaker due to her film on lesbian feminist Valerie Solanas, in ""I Shot Andy Warhol"", and a queer story-line within her teenage Gothic horror, ""The Moth Diaries"" (2011). Born in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada,"
"theater, a renovated neo-gothic cathedral at 110 McAllister St. in San Francisco. In 1999, Coates became the first to acquire the rights to Valerie Solanas' long-lost work ""Up Your Ass"", which had been lost by Andy Warhol (for which Solanas shot him) and discovered at the Andy Warhol Museum thirty years later. The production, which was retitled ""Up Your A$$"" by Coates and made its world premiere in 2000 at his San Francisco theater, was regarded one of the raunchiest and most controversial shows around, with an all-female cast, many of which were dressed in drag. The play was mounted"
"who died in 1973, is interred with him. George K. Hollister George K. Hollister (March 7, 1873 – March 28, 1952) was an American pioneer cinematographer. Born in New York City, New York, little is known of his background. In 1903 he married a seventeen-year-old girl named Alice from Worcester, Massachusetts, believed to be the daughter of French-Canadian immigrants. They had a daughter, Doris Ethel, born in 1906 and George Jr., born in 1908. Around 1908, Hollister was hired by the Kalem Company to train as a camera operator. Under film director Sidney Olcott, he was the camera man for"
"to the U.S. from the United Kingdom. Polanski intended the film to reflect an ancient peasant culture, which he had seen in Poland during World War II after fleeing the Kraków ghetto. The scenes also refer to the genre painting of the French artists Georges de La Tour of the 17th century and Gustave Courbet of the 19th century. During the third month of shooting, on 28 October 1978, the cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth died of a heart attack. Most of the scenes he had shot were exteriors that occur in the first half of the film. Ghislain Cloquet shot the"
"Conrad Hall Conrad ""Connie"" Lafcadio Hall, ASC (June 21, 1926 – January 4, 2003) was an American cinematographer from Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Named after writers Joseph Conrad and Lafcadio Hearn, he was best known for photographing such films as ""In Cold Blood"", ""Cool Hand Luke"", ""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"", ""American Beauty"", and ""Road to Perdition"". For his work he garnered a number of awards, including three Academy Awards and BAFTA Awards. In 2003, Hall was judged to be one of history's ten most influential cinematographers in a survey of the members of the International Cinematographers Guild. He"
"Gordon Willis Gordon Hugh Willis, Jr., ASC (May 28, 1931 – May 18, 2014) was an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work on Francis Ford Coppola's ""The Godfather"" series as well as Woody Allen's ""Annie Hall"" and ""Manhattan"". Fellow cinematographer William A. Fraker called Willis's work a ""milestone in visual storytelling"", while one critic suggested that Willis ""defined the cinematic look of the 1970s: sophisticated compositions in which bolts of light and black put the decade's moral ambiguities into stark relief"". When the International Cinematographers Guild conducted a survey in 2003, they placed Willis among the ten"
"prominent radical feminist Valerie Solanas, who was on trial for the attempted murder of Andy Warhol. After the 1971 rebellion at Attica Prison in New York State arose as a result of human rights abuse, the issue of solidarity arose between the black power movement and the feminist movement, often forcing activists to choose between the two. Kennedy addressed the discord that feminists had against those who supported both the black power movement and feminism by saying: ""We do not support Attica. We ARE Attica. We are Attica or we are nothing."" In 1973 Kennedy co-founded with Margaret Sloan-Hunter the"