Lol. This reminded me of Water's "Serial Mom," and "The Gun In Betty Lou's Bag." Oh, and "Citizen Ruth."
Elizabeth >________________________________ > From: David Tetzlaff <djte...@gmail.com> >To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> >Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 8:57 PM >Subject: Re: [Frameworks] women and crime > > >> I am interested in alternatives to the standard and classic structures of >> women as victims (even if they are the ones committing the murder,…) or of >> male/female relationships,.. > >From the 'mainstream', but I think 'Bound' would be essential. > >Then there's (barf) 'Basic Instinct'. > >'Run Lola Run' is a crime film with an unvictimized female protagonist, though >the male/female relationship is traditional. (And while hardly experimental, >it's not at all a traditional narrative either...) > >No one has cited 'Veronica Mars' (TV series) yet... > >If you take demons as a metaphor for criminals, then 'Buffy The Vampire >Slayer' is a kind of feminist cop show with a cnetral set of female buddies >(Buffy/Willow). (Most of my lesbian/feminist students seemed to be big fans of >this show back in the day...) > >I haven't seen 'Orange Is The New Black', but it sounds like it meets your >criteria. > >It's not surprising that as far as the 'mainstream' goes, more interesting >things are coming out of TV than Hollywood cinema, which seems to be >all-comic-book-adaptations all of the time. > >--- > >When you mentioned women directors, my first thought was 'Ida Lupino'. >Checking her IMDB page I see she directed an episode of _Have Gun Will Travel_ >titled 'Lady With A Gun' and an episode of _Thriller_ titled 'The Lethal >Ladies'. Might be interesting... > >_______________________________________________ >FrameWorks mailing list >FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > >
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