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1979

Beauty Becomes the Beast

Directed by Vivienne Dick

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.

Duration

0h 41m

Released

January 2, 1979

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  • Adele Bertei
  • Lydia Lunch
  • Klaus Nomi

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