{"id":1590,"date":"2012-02-23T18:05:02","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T00:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=1590"},"modified":"2012-02-23T18:05:02","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T00:05:02","slug":"andy-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=1590","title":{"rendered":"Andy X"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Twenty-five years ago this week, Andy Warhol died in New York City hospital.<\/p>\n

Many publications have been posting pieces about the artist’s life and work — here’s a compilation of his Polaroid portraits, for example — but one creation that seems to be grabbing the most headlines is a new film called Andy X.<\/p>\n

Helmed by Jim Sharman (director of The Rocky Horror Picture Show), this film is also a musical (oh, dear), and it’s “inspired by” Warhol rather than based on anything he actually said or did.<\/p>\n

The Guardian calls the movie “another regurgitation of empty Andy, glamorous Andy, fame-obsessed Andy.” That review may not prompt you to dish out $6.99 to watch it, but you may want to at least chuckle at the trailer:<\/p>\n

Interestingly, this is Sharman’s first film since 1981’s Shock Treatment. A deluxe edition Blu-ray with extra features is in the works.