Witchcraft has long been associated with expressions of femininity and womanhood. Suspiria, both 1977 and 2018 versions, provide vivid pictures of female bodies as sacrificial bodies bound and restrained by notions of monstrous femininity. The focus on the occult creates spaces wherein female characters find strength and healing through both displays of independence and interconnectedness to other women. These films, read through second- and third-wave feminisms, reveal the struggle to assert female empowerment in a male-dominated world.
{"title":"Reclaiming the Abject: Witchcraft and the Sacrificial Femininity in Suspiria","authors":"Dorian Burnsed","doi":"10.1386/fm_00253_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/fm_00253_1","url":null,"abstract":"Witchcraft has long been associated with expressions of femininity and womanhood. Suspiria, both 1977 and 2018 versions, provide vivid pictures of female bodies as sacrificial bodies bound and restrained by notions of monstrous femininity. The focus on the occult creates spaces wherein female characters find strength and healing through both displays of independence and interconnectedness to other women. These films, read through second- and third-wave feminisms, reveal the struggle to assert female empowerment in a male-dominated world.","PeriodicalId":272564,"journal":{"name":"Film Matters","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129135121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This is an interview with New York-based filmmaker/author Daniel Scarpati about his experiences working on set in various capacities and his writing/self-publishing process in creating Gofers, a guide to life on a film set and beyond for aspiring filmmakers and PAs.
{"title":"Interview with Daniel Scarpati, Filmmaker and Author of Gofers","authors":"Gray Underwood","doi":"10.1386/fm_00254_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/fm_00254_1","url":null,"abstract":"This is an interview with New York-based filmmaker/author Daniel Scarpati about his experiences working on set in various capacities and his writing/self-publishing process in creating Gofers, a guide to life on a film set and beyond for aspiring filmmakers and PAs.","PeriodicalId":272564,"journal":{"name":"Film Matters","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121523250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Early British documentary cinema, pioneered by John Grierson, undeniably had a heavy influence on later wartime-era cinema. One such film is David Lean’s beloved Brief Encounter. Lean’s utilization of a first-person, omnipresent narrative structure mirrors the philosophy behind these earlier documentary films. By first providing an overview of the history of documentary film, Lean’s depiction of the banality of middle England is then re-examined through the lens of Laura and Alec’s affair. Particular focus is placed upon his depiction of class, empire, and female voices, which are compared and contrasted to these aforementioned British documentaries.
{"title":"Trains and Constrains: Re-Examining the Griersonian Documentary Influence upon David Lean’s Brief Encounter (1945)","authors":"Emily Moore","doi":"10.1386/fm_00247_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/fm_00247_1","url":null,"abstract":"Early British documentary cinema, pioneered by John Grierson, undeniably had a heavy influence on later wartime-era cinema. One such film is David Lean’s beloved Brief Encounter. Lean’s utilization of a first-person, omnipresent narrative structure mirrors the philosophy behind these earlier documentary films. By first providing an overview of the history of documentary film, Lean’s depiction of the banality of middle England is then re-examined through the lens of Laura and Alec’s affair. Particular focus is placed upon his depiction of class, empire, and female voices, which are compared and contrasted to these aforementioned British documentaries.","PeriodicalId":272564,"journal":{"name":"Film Matters","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133370947","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article analyzes the 1985 Stephen Frears-directed film, My Beautiful Laundrette, as a precursor to the New Queer Cinema movement, and as significant for its portrayal of characters with complex, intersectional identities, living in Thatcher’s England. The laundrette at the film’s center serves as a space in which its characters can find success in business and the freedom to live out their sexuality, but which nonetheless remains inextricable from the oppressive society that surrounds. Furthermore, I investigate the stylistic impact of the film’s origins in television.
{"title":"“A Ritz Among Laundrettes”: Identities and New Waves in My Beautiful Laundrette","authors":"E. Fergusson","doi":"10.1386/fm_00245_1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/fm_00245_1","url":null,"abstract":"This article analyzes the 1985 Stephen Frears-directed film, My Beautiful Laundrette, as a precursor to the New Queer Cinema movement, and as significant for its portrayal of characters with complex, intersectional identities, living in Thatcher’s England. The laundrette at the film’s center serves as a space in which its characters can find success in business and the freedom to live out their sexuality, but which nonetheless remains inextricable from the oppressive society that surrounds. Furthermore, I investigate the stylistic impact of the film’s origins in television.","PeriodicalId":272564,"journal":{"name":"Film Matters","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125387949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The article explores the Filipino film Ordinary People in terms of its stylistic devices, namely, surveillance footage and the long take, as well as a thematic examination of various social issues that are underlined by the overarching narrative arc of baby-snatching. These subthemes include the discrimination experienced by street children, media scrutiny, the sexual and verbal abuse toward female adolescents, and the moral dilemma of the baby’s kidnapping.
{"title":"How Ordinary People Breaks the Stigma of Manila’s Street Children","authors":"Vanessa Zarm","doi":"10.1386/fm_00229_7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/fm_00229_7","url":null,"abstract":"The article explores the Filipino film Ordinary People in terms of its stylistic devices, namely, surveillance footage and the long take, as well as a thematic examination of various social issues that are underlined by the overarching narrative arc of baby-snatching. These subthemes\u0000 include the discrimination experienced by street children, media scrutiny, the sexual and verbal abuse toward female adolescents, and the moral dilemma of the baby’s kidnapping.","PeriodicalId":272564,"journal":{"name":"Film Matters","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125496752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The 2021 release of Disney’s Encanto was a magical surprise for viewers worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. The memorable songs and engaging animation helped the film solidify its place as one of the most popular animated films in Disney’s prestigious library. This article discusses Encanto’s divergence from the all too familiar themes in Disney narratives, allowing the film to explore anxieties that can arise under the weight of familial expectations. Through comparison to the equally popular Disney film Frozen, this piece analyzes the power behind the lyrics of Encanto’s music that offers its audiences a mindful and refreshing experience.
{"title":"A Crushing Weight: Examining Disney’s Family Dynamics in Encanto","authors":"Katie Potter","doi":"10.1386/fm_00231_7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/fm_00231_7","url":null,"abstract":"The 2021 release of Disney’s Encanto was a magical surprise for viewers worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. The memorable songs and engaging animation helped the film solidify its place as one of the most popular animated films in Disney’s prestigious library.\u0000 This article discusses Encanto’s divergence from the all too familiar themes in Disney narratives, allowing the film to explore anxieties that can arise under the weight of familial expectations. Through comparison to the equally popular Disney film Frozen, this piece analyzes\u0000 the power behind the lyrics of Encanto’s music that offers its audiences a mindful and refreshing experience.","PeriodicalId":272564,"journal":{"name":"Film Matters","volume":"343 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113955991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mulholland Dr.: Lost in the Senses","authors":"Cole Clark","doi":"10.1386/fm_00240_4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/fm_00240_4","url":null,"abstract":"Mulholland Dr. (2001)USADirected by David Lynch Runtime 146 minutes Blu-ray USA, 2021Distributed by the Criterion Collection (region A/1)","PeriodicalId":272564,"journal":{"name":"Film Matters","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126292253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The Thing is an American science fiction film that explores the survival of a group of scientists when they encounter a shape-shifting alien life-form in Antarctica. This article draws attention to the monster in three specific forms and how they depict various manifestations of anxiety; the dog-thing, the head-spider, and a human copy. This article examines these versions of the monster and parallels them with three understandings of anxiety; the mimic, the abstract, and the familiar. Therefore surfacing the idea that anxiety molds itself into a parasite that adapts and manipulates the host until there is no distinction between the copy and the original. Through the support of scene analysis and the study of stylistic choices, these presentations of the monster work to prove that the horror genre continues to broaden the idea of ‘fear’ in the realm of the human experience.
{"title":"The Mimic, the Abstract, and the Familiar in John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982)","authors":"Emma Koss","doi":"10.1386/fm_00224_7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/fm_00224_7","url":null,"abstract":"The Thing is an American science fiction film that explores the survival of a group of scientists when they encounter a shape-shifting alien life-form in Antarctica. This article draws attention to the monster in three specific forms and how they depict various manifestations\u0000 of anxiety; the dog-thing, the head-spider, and a human copy. This article examines these versions of the monster and parallels them with three understandings of anxiety; the mimic, the abstract, and the familiar. Therefore surfacing the idea that anxiety molds itself into a parasite that\u0000 adapts and manipulates the host until there is no distinction between the copy and the original. Through the support of scene analysis and the study of stylistic choices, these presentations of the monster work to prove that the horror genre continues to broaden the idea of ‘fear’\u0000 in the realm of the human experience.","PeriodicalId":272564,"journal":{"name":"Film Matters","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125656855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
She Dies Tomorrow (Seimetz, 2020) examines anxieties concerning gender roles for women and the depersonalizing effect of modern capitalism. Imagining a world where each character becomes certain they will die tomorrow, the film confronts purposefully and inadvertently hidden anxieties through science fiction and horror aesthetics, utilizing transcendental cinema styles. Through the lens of Susan Sontag, the film can be seen as a plea for personal connection amid anxiety, with an emphasis on science fiction and horror tropes that lead the viewer to question the sources of anxiety for the characters.
{"title":"Afraid to Live, Afraid to Die: Sources of Anxiety in She Dies Tomorrow","authors":"Cole Clark","doi":"10.1386/fm_00223_7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1386/fm_00223_7","url":null,"abstract":"She Dies Tomorrow (Seimetz, 2020) examines anxieties concerning gender roles for women and the depersonalizing effect of modern capitalism. Imagining a world where each character becomes certain they will die tomorrow, the film confronts purposefully and inadvertently hidden\u0000 anxieties through science fiction and horror aesthetics, utilizing transcendental cinema styles. Through the lens of Susan Sontag, the film can be seen as a plea for personal connection amid anxiety, with an emphasis on science fiction and horror tropes that lead the viewer to question the\u0000 sources of anxiety for the characters.","PeriodicalId":272564,"journal":{"name":"Film Matters","volume":"168-169 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114405493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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