Thanks, Heather We have Come Drink with Me and will add to the list.
g > Where are the Hong Kong martial arts flicks? Many of them feature strong > (and violent) women, such as Come Drink with Me > <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059079/> and Wing Chun > <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111800/> . For triple the fun, check out > Heroic Trio <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111800/> starring Michelle > Yeoh, Anita Mui and Maggie Cheung. > > For a Hong Kong flick off the beaten path, try Wu Yen > <http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews/wu_yen.htm> : Anita Mui plays an > emperor who is besotted with a bi-gender fox fairy. Not saying that it's > a good movie, but definitely worth a look. > > Heather Cleary > Digital Projects and Metadata Librarian > Otis College of Art and Design > 9045 Lincoln Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90045 > Phone 310 665 6926 > Website http://blogs.otis.edu/vrclib/ > Email hcle...@otis.edu <mailto:hcle...@otis.edu> > > > ________________________________ > > From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu > [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 2:22 PM > To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > Subject: Re: [Videolib] End of semester larks! Your help needed. > > > You are missing the most Fatale of all Femmes in the history of film, > the one, the only Lily Carver of KISS ME DEADLY. Remember Lily does not > do something simple like seduce a man and get him steal or murder for > her, that is for wimps. I won't spoil the end but let's just say it is > the end. > > FYI my home email is lilycar...@mindspring.com, I have bought the > lilycarver.com for an eventual blog and if any of you want to "friend:" > me on facebook you will now know what that picture is. > > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:53 PM, <ghand...@library.berkeley.edu> wrote: > > > Hi all > > As a way of decompressing after the end of the semester, I'm > putting > together a goofy videography of UCB video holdings entitled: > > Vamps, Tramps, Hookers, Femmes Fatales and Kick-ass Gurrrls: > Transgressive > Women in the Movies > > http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/transgressivewomen.html > > This is admittedly a real grab-bag: includes women crossing > sexual > boundaries, sundry violent babes, revenge narratives, madwomen, > riot > gurrrrls, super-heroines, what have you... > > What have I left out (besides catwoman from Batman Returns and > Lisa > Simpson)? I'm mainly looking for films in which the > transgressive woman > plays a central or leading role. > > Have fun! > > Gary Handman > Director > Media Resources Center > Moffitt Library > UC Berkeley > > 510-643-8566 > ghand...@library.berkeley.edu > http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC > > "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." > --Francois Truffaut > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively > discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, > acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and > evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is > hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video > librarians, as well as a channel of communication between > libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > distributors. > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
