Beauty Becomes the Beast
Vivienne Dick
Artist's biography
Synopsis
Beauty Becomes the Beast describes a random access world mediated by TV images and shards of popular culture. The film features a powerful performance by Lydia Lunch regressing from adulthood to childhood, hinting at a sexually abusive past. As in many of Dick’s films, it concerns itself with the position of woman as subject and the way women experience patriarchal law and the heterosexual order.
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Title
Beauty Becomes the Beast
Year
1979
Form
Feature
Key phrases
feminist, portrait, music, teenage jesus and the jerks (musical group), lunch, lydia, bertei, adele, no wave (music), patriarchy, punk culture
Language
English
Duration
00:40:00
Original formats
Physical: Film: Super 8mm
Aspect ratio
4:3
Colour
Colour
Sound
Yes
