Letty (Lilian Gish) in Gish/Sjostrom's "The Wind" (1927 0r 1928) puts a hole in a man--her rapist. Jesse Kalin Vassar College On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 07:47 PM, Gary Harmon wrote: > For Mark Pizzato and his interest in violent screen women: > You may want to consider the grandmama of violent film women: > Scarlett O'Hara. > > So far as I know, she may be the first woman to put a hole in a man > (the > leering Union soldier), use a whip on another man or two, and slap > (the female equivalent of a fist for the time?) about > four persons in the course of her Gone With the Wind journey. And of > course, her words are sometimes sharp and wounding as well, the verbal > version of 'violent.' > > I would be interested in knowing whether anyone can name any more > such phallic women who might predate Scarlett. > > Also, for a resource, do consult the book, Tough Girls. > > An interesting variation on your project would be a course on > Violent Women and Nurturing Men in Film > (I nominate John Bayley's heroic nurture and unconditional love, in > IRIS, > as one of the best versions of this newly-filmed capacity for men > in a changing contemporary world.) Men with low testosterone may > have been coming along in film all along. Take a look. > > Gary Harmon > > Your list is recent, of course > In a message dated 11/19/02 4:03:49 PM, [log in to unmask] writes: > > << I'm teaching a spring course on "Violent Screen Women." Here are > the films > > I have used in teaching this course before (or plan to add), but I'm > looking > > for others that any of you might recommend as insightful or > significant. > > > Also, does anyone know if THE BROOD is available on VHS/DVD in the > United > > States? It's only available in Britain according to IMDB.com. > > > Psycho [videorecording] / dir. Alfred Hitchcock > > Alien [videorecording] / dir. Ridley Scott > > Aliens [videorecording] / directed by James Cameron. > > Alien3 [videorecording] / a film by David Fincher. > > Alien resurrection [videorecording] /directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet > > Beloved, dir Jonathan Demme > > The exorcist [videorecording] /Warner Bros. Pictures ; a William > Friedkin > > film. > > The Hunger [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; directed by Tony > Scott. > > Carrie [videorecording] / United Artists ; directed by Brian De Palma. > > I spit on your grave [videorecording] / Cinemagic Pictures, directed > by Meir > > Zarchi. > > Sisters (De Palma, 1973) > > The Silence of the lambs [videorecording] > > Interview with a Vampire > > Bram Stoker's Dracula [videorecording] / directed by Francis Ford > Coppola > > Thelma and Louise > > Fatal attraction [videorecording] > > Basic instinct [videorecording] : directed byPaul Verhoeven. > > Terminator 2 [videorecording] : judgment day / directed by James > Cameron > > Death And The Maiden / [Videorecording] Roman Polanski > > WITCHES OF EASTWICK, dir. George Miller (1987) > > BLUE STEEL (1990, dir. Kathryn Bigelow) > > MORTAL THOUGHTS (1991, dir. Alan Rudolph) > > BLACK WIDOW (1986, dir. Bob Rafelson) > > DEATH BECOMES HER (1992, dir. Zemeckis) > > Diabolique (Les diaboliques), 1955. Director, Henri-Georges Clouzot > > Diabolique [videorecording] / Directed by Jeremiah Chechik. > > CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, dir. Ang Lee (2000) > > HEAVENLY CREATURES, dir. Peter Jackson (1994) > > HEATHERS, dir. Michael Lehmann (1989) > > THE STEPFATHER, dir. Joseph Ruben (1987) > > Extremities (Robert M. Young, 1986) > > The Brood (David Cronenberg, 1979) > > > Mark Pizzato, PhD > > Assoc. Prof. of Theatre > > Dept. of Dance and Theatre > > Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte > > Charlotte, NC 28223 > > Phone: (704) 687-4488 > > FAX: 704-687-3795 > > [log in to unmask] > >>> > > ---- > To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF > Screen-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu