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Well, the poster itself isn't so feminist....?

posted 8 years ago by Cookie.L.A. (2117)
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I almost didn't watch this because the poster art looks so cheap and a bit sleazy. (To be fair, I mean when it's reproduced about an inch high on amazon!)

It's ironic that it seems there was discussion of this film being embraced as having a "feminist" message (and I put that in quotes because that word means such different things to different people), yet the poster, showing a young woman walking naked away from the camera, is flat-out exploitative and sensationalized.

We know why they chose that poster art...and it's not to empower women.

That aside, I will watch this film again, because it's carefully made and well acted. I really wish I could see it on the big screen...because the environment's very important to the story...and I read that it only uses natural (and candle) light....as Kubrick attempted to do in BARRY LYNDON.
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[–] Isthisyourhomework (283) 8 years ago

I think in the horror community any movie that stars a woman, especially if she turns out to be evil, equals feminism. For example, the 70s version of I Spit On Your Grave, which is basically an excuse to watch an explicit gang rape in real time, is widely considered feminist because she turns around and kills the rapists. So when it comes to horror criticism, I take any claims of feminism with a grain of salt.

[–] Cookie.L.A. (2117) 8 years ago

<< I Spit On Your Grave, which is basically an excuse to watch an explicit gang rape in real time, is widely considered feminist because she turns around and kills the rapists. >>

Yeah....I've never got around to watch that one. EMMANUELLE is considered feminist in a sense for it's era, too (as a woman's exploring her sexuality)...but she gets raped by two guys at the end, too.

(I still giggle whenever I see a reference to Emmanuel College. It sounds like a sequel!!)

<< So when it comes to horror criticism, I take any claims of feminism with a grain of salt. >>

Right....the bar is set pretty low!
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