Films
Anatomy of a Murder (Otto Preminger, Carlyle Productions, USA, 1959)
The Devil is a Woman (Josef von Sternberg, Paramount Pictures, USA, 1935)
L'enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot (‘Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno’) (Serge Bromberg/Ruxandra Medrea, Lobster Films/France 2 Cinéma/Canal+, France, 2009)
Hable Con Ella (‘Talk To Her’) (Pedro Almodóvar, El Deseo S.A./Antena 3 Televisión/Good Machine, Spain, 2002)
Il Gatto a Nove Code (‘The Cat O’ Nine Tails’) (Dario Argento, Labrador Films/Seda Spetacoli/Terra-Filmkunst, Italy, 1971)
I Shot Andy Warhol (Mary Harron, BBC Arena/Playhouse International Pictures/The Samuel Goldwyn Company, UK/USA, 1996)
My Dad is 100 Years Old (Guy Maddin, Documentary Channel/Spanky Productions, Canada, 2005)
Nine (Rob Marshall, Marc Platt Productions/Relativity Media/The Weinstein Company, Italy/USA, 2009)
Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, Paramount Pictures/Patron Inc., USA, 1954)
Reazione a Catena (‘Bay of Blood’) (Mario Bava, Nouva Linea Cinematografica, 1971)
Savage Messiah (Ken Russell, Russ-Arts, UK, 1972)
Soldaat van Oranje (‘Soldiers of Orange’) (Paul Verhoeven, Excelsior Films/Film Holland/The Rank Organisation, Belgium/Netherlands, 1977)
Le Sceicco Bianco (‘The White Sheik’) (Federico Fellini, OFI/P.D.C, Italy, 1952)
A Zed and Two Noughts (Peter Greenaway, British Film Institute (BFI)/Allarts Enterprises/Artificial Eye, Netherlands/UK, 1985)
Preliminary Notes: The Devil is a Woman
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| The female masquerade, 'Concha' (Marlene Dietrich) performs in The Devil is a Woman (Josef von Sternberg, USA, 1935) |
‘Concha’ represents different figures of woman and truth throughout the film; this is combined with Sternberg’s themes of ambiguity and sexuality. Performance is important to the film, not just Dietrich’s but also ‘Concha’s’. The ‘Three Sweethearts Have I’ cabaret performance is a reflection of the narrative and the relationships ‘Concha’ has with the male characters. The female chorus, obscured in the above screenshot, could be said to represent ‘Concha’s’ conscious, or the female psyche.
Sternberg’s visual motif of equating females with birds and feathers is evident in this scene; the stuffed gulls at the front of the stage. This could have significance to the presentation of ‘Concha’ throughout the film.
Will have to do further research on feminist film theory and gender; maybe this could be tied in with the study of semiotics with a look into the work of Mary Anne Doane.
Will have to do further research on feminist film theory and gender; maybe this could be tied in with the study of semiotics with a look into the work of Mary Anne Doane.
Television Programmes
‘Plenty and Paranoid’, episode one, The American Dream, UK, BBC2, tx. 20.11.2010.
Episode one, Any Human Heart, UK, Channel 4, tx. 21.11.10.
‘Happiness Machines’, episode one, The Century of the Self, UK, BBC4, tx. 29.04.2002.
Episode fourteen, The Culture Show, UK, BBC, tx. 18.11.2010
Film 2010, UK, BBCHD, tx. 17.11.2010.
Episode four, Getting On, second series, UK, BBC4, tx. 16.11.2010.
‘Chinese Wall’, episode eleven, Mad Men, fourth series, USA, BBCHD, tx. 17.11.2010.
The Mike Wallace Interview: Diana Dors, USA, tx. 09.11.1957.
The Review Show, UK, BBC2, tx. 19.11.2010.
Radio Programmes
The Film Programme, 2010. [Radio programme] BBC, BBC Radio 4, 19 October 2010 16.30.
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