"Misery" always pops to mind when I think of scary women. "Mommy Dearest" plants one foot firmly into reality if you think that might make a good topic. -chad ---------- >From: "Pizzato, Mark" <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Violent Screen Women >Date: Tue, Nov 19, 2002, 1:51 PM > > 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? Contact [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]