RIDDLES OF THE SPHINX (1977)
LAURA MULVEY & PETER WOLLEN
SAT 10 FEB | BEANBAG CINEMA | 6PM | £5
LAURA MULVEY & PETER WOLLEN
SAT 10 FEB | BEANBAG CINEMA | 6PM | £5
Laura Mulvey is most well-known for her seminal essay Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema which challenges Hollywood cinema’s positioning of woman as object of male visual pleasure. In Riddles of the Sphinx
directed with Peter Wollen they further explore conventions of mainstream cinema and use avant garde techniques to break these conventions. The film explores different methods of framing the female subject, such as 360 pans and breaking the 4th wall, where the realtionship
between viewer and subject moves away from traditional narratives.
directed with Peter Wollen they further explore conventions of mainstream cinema and use avant garde techniques to break these conventions. The film explores different methods of framing the female subject, such as 360 pans and breaking the 4th wall, where the realtionship
between viewer and subject moves away from traditional narratives.
