Beauty Becomes the Beast (1979)

01/02/1979 (US) • 41m

Drama

Overview

Beauty Becomes the Beast describes a random access world mediated by TV images and shards of popular culture. The film features a powerful performance by Lydia Lunch regressing from adulthood to childhood, hinting at a sexually abusive past. It concerns itself with the position of woman as subject and the way women experience patriarchal law and the heterosexual order.


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

woman director

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