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Brainwashed [videorecording] : sex-camera-power / directed by Nina Menkes.

Dash, Julie, (on-screen participant.). Menkes, Nina, (film director.). Spheeris, Penelope, (on-screen participant.). Yi, Charlyne, (on-screen participant.). Kino Lorber, Inc., (publisher.). Julie Dash, Penelope Spheeris, Charlyne Yi. (Cast).

Summary:

"If the camera is predatory, then the culture is predatory." In this eye-opening documentary, celebrated independent filmmaker Nina Menkes explores the sexual politics of cinematic shot design. Using clips from hundreds of movies we all know and love from Metropolis to Vertigo to Phantom Thread Menkes convincingly makes the argument that shot design is gendered. It illuminates the patriarchal narrative codes that hide within supposedly "classic" set-ups and camera angles and demonstrates how women are frequently displayed as objects for the use, support, and pleasure of male subjects. The film features interviews with an all-star cast of women and non-binary industry professionals including Julie Dash, Penelope Spheeris, Charlyne Yi, Joey Soloway, Catherine Hardwicke, Eliza Hittman, Maria Giese, and Rosanna Arquette. The result is an electrifying call-to-action that will fundamentally change the way you see, and watch, movies.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (107 minutes) : sound, colour with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 inches
  • Publisher: New York : Kino Lorber, [2023]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced as a documentary film in 2022.
Special features: audio commentary with director Nina Menkes & editor Cecily Rhett; deleted scene; isolalted excerpts of the score by Sharon Farber; Q&A with Nina Menkes.
Title from container.
Participant or Performer Note:
Julie Dash, Penelope Spheeris, Charlyne Yi.
Target Audience Note:
E.
System Details Note:
DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
Audio track in English, with optional subtitles in English, captions in English.
Subject: Framing (Cinematography)
Gender identity in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > Production and direction.
Sexism in motion pictures.
Sexual minorities in motion pictures.
Women in motion pictures.
Genre: Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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