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I, a Man is a 1967 American erotic drama film written, directed and filmed by Andy Warhol. It debuted at the Hudson Theatre in New York City on August 25, 1967. [ 1 ] The film depicts the main character, played by Tom Baker , in a series of sexual encounters with eight women. [ 1 ]
Valerie Jean Solanas (April 9, 1936 – April 25, 1988) was an American radical feminist known for the SCUM Manifesto, which she self-published in 1967, and her attempt to murder the artist Andy Warhol in 1968.
"I Am a Man!" has been used as a title for books, plays, and in music [6] and film [7] to assert the rights of all people to be treated with dignity. "I Am a Man!" was a foundational reference in Derek DelGaudio's theater show "In & Of Itself." DelGaudio created 1,000 "I AM" cards, each with a different descriptor.
[9] [7] Solanas then focused on putting pressure on Warhol to make a movie based on the SCUM Manifesto and to stage her play Up Your Ass. [10] She would repeatedly call Warhol's studio and managed to obtain his home phone number. [10] She was paranoid that Warhol and Girodias had manipulated her and she became resentful. [10] As Girodias recalled:
"I'm a Man" is a song written by Steve Winwood and record producer Jimmy Miller. It was first recorded in 1967 by the Spencer Davis Group ; Winwood sang lead vocals and played keyboards. The song was a hit in the United Kingdom and the United States, reaching No. 9 and No. 10, respectively.
Up Your Ass, or, From the Cradle to the Boat, or, The Big Suck, or, Up from the Slime is a radical feminist play written in 1965 by Valerie Solanas.According to writer James Martin Harding, the play is "based on a plot about a woman who 'is a man-hating hustler and panhandler' and who ... ends up killing a man."
The film opens immediately after her attempted assassination of Andy Warhol at The Factory in 1968, followed by Valerie Solanas being shown in custody for the attack. The film then uses flashbacks to when Valerie was living in New York as a sex worker, then to her difficult childhood, then to her success in studying psychology at college.