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Beauty Becomes the Beast

1979Directed by Vivienne Dick

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Released: January 2, 1979
Runtime: 41m

About Beauty Becomes the Beast

Drama

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. It concerns itself with the position of woman as subject and the way women experience patriarchal law and the heterosexual order.

Director: Vivienne Dick

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