All very cool. Looks like a great cast! (posted to Want. To. See.)
I saw this movie a few months ago and wanted to write an article about it. To be clear, absolutely nothing in this film is glamourized. Nothing. The characters. The tagline "You'll never have anything better," let me explore that. (posted to "Deadgirl" (Or, The Most Feminist Horror Movie I've Seen This Side of "Teeth"))
I saw it a few months back. I think the movie is very well done. The synoposis fails completely. davenj, you are awesome. There is nothing titillating about this film. I think at one point one of them is eating (posted to Deadgirl: Nothing says movie classic like rape and necrophilia)
HEAR HEAR!!! I saw Jessica speak in Berkeley about her book, "The Purity Myth." She had issue with people who had critiqued her book in various of misleading ways. Her issue with these people was just and valid. It was (posted to Deadgirl: Nothing says movie classic like rape and necrophilia)
You say things like "Watch the movie and decide for yourself . . . . " "Did not watch movie. Yawn." "You actually do have to see it to know . . . " While acknowledging this: "suffice it to (posted to Deadgirl: Nothing says movie classic like rape and necrophilia)
Good review. I think it's a good practice to interpret films from a feminist viewpoint, even with they clearly, are not feminist films. Good work and I am happy to see other feminists delving into realms that seem unruly, despicable, (posted to "Deadgirl" (Or, The Most Feminist Horror Movie I've Seen This Side of "Teeth"))
"Ricky's a heroic character? Then why does he objectify Joann in the same way that J.T. objectifies the deadgirl? And why, in the end, does he take a similar path as J.T.?" No, NOT Ricky. The friend of the bitten-penis, (posted to Deadgirl: Nothing says movie classic like rape and necrophilia)
"Some people do say that. That's quite true. But that's not a reason to stop." And I'm not reading carefully enough, but I don't recall anyone calling for a ban or boycott on this movie, or for some kind of (posted to Deadgirl: Nothing says movie classic like rape and necrophilia)
