Also try _The Hangman's Light_, which I just saw tonight. http://www.hangmanslight.com Mary Atkins and Mandy Barrett play psychotic killers in a small town. Mandy murders a TV crew. Mary Atkins is very nice in real life. Mandy used her lawyer dad to get me in court for stalking because she thought I e-mailed her too much. I was later informed she has some problems with extremist tendencies. As a result, I could see the ending coming a mile away. Mary is given some very realistic makeup to make her look ancient. She's often cast as grandmotherly types because she looks good for her age--and her she looks astonishingly old. The director shocked the audience telling us this magnificent film, with production values seemingly at least at Ray Bradbury Theatre level, was shot in a mere 2 1/2 weeks of evenings and weekends with an all-volunteer cast and crew. Scott Andrew Hutchins [log in to unmask] Examine The Life of Timon of Athens at Cracks in the Fourth Wall Theatre & Filmworks http://mywebpages.comcast.net/scottandrewh "When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."--Jonathan Swift ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neal" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 7:59 PM Subject: Re: Violent Screen Women > Mark, > > You've got a nice list there. But, since you asked, don't forget such trash as > the Scream films (and other slashers), Eve of Destruction, Tomb Raider, > Charlie's Angels, and Cutthroat Island; not to mention anything starring Cynthia > Rothrock (former Karate champion, direct-to-video queen, mostly in cop movies). > Also recall Carol Clover's wonderful work on rape-revenge films. > > I'm a fan of Juliet Lewis's action in Natural Born Killers. For more refs, you > might check out (caution, self-serving plug on the way) Reel Knockouts: Violent > Women in the Movies, U Texas Press, 2001, which includes work on Set it Off, > Waiting to Exhale, The Quick and the Dead, stripper movies, women-in-chains > flicks, the Hong Kong martial arts genre, etc. > > If you include the tube as well as the screen, then you have the sublime show > Buffy the Vampire Slayer. > > However, the creme de la creme is the newer Canadian werewolf flick Ginger > Snaps. One might make a case that only a female screen writer would dream up > such realistic malevolence in a fifteen-year-old girl. > > Happy viewing, and good luck with the course. Feel free to send us a link to a > syllabus. > best, > Neal > > "Pizzato, Mark" wrote: > > > 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] > > > > (visit www.quickdonations.com > > and give life with a click > > of your mouse) > > > > ---- > > To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L > > in the message. Problems? 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