Movie Description

Beauty Becomes the Beast

(1979)

Overview

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. 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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Original TitleBeauty Becomes the Beast

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1979-01-02

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 00h 41m

Genres

  • Drama