Fab! How could I have under-represented La Davis? g
> Hi Gary, > > I see a few Bette Davis films on the list, but some where she's at her > most > wickedly transgressive seem to be missing: > > "Of Human > Bondage"<http://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/stills/of_human_bondage1.jpg>�— > 1934 > "Jezebel"<http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/03/27/movies/30raff.1.jpg>�— > 1938 > "The Letter" <http://www.artsjournal.com/aboutlastnight/theletter.jpg> �— > 1940 > "The Little Foxes" <http://www.meredy.com/bettedavis/fox02.jpg> �— 1941 > "In This Our > Life"<http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_f9pvdIisA48/S75pvhs3TII/AAAAAAAAA1g/Emtpzjhd5uA/s400/Davis.dehavilland.jpg>�— > 1941 > "Beyond the > Forest"<http://www.coolcinematrash.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/beyond.jpg>�— > 1949 > "Dead > Ringer"<http://ctscanhollywood.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/deadringer1.jpg>�— > 1964 [she's twins!] > "The > Nanny"<http://www.hammerfilms.com/images/generated/large/nanny_quad.jpg>�— > 1965 > "The > Anniversary"<http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_n-hm9gvEHbk/SkZSMZTg3kI/AAAAAAAAEtk/1JvKEhsJMlM/s400/Anniversary1.jpg>�— > 1968 > > > Best, > Alex > _________________ > Alex O. Williams > Institutional Sales > > AFD / Typecast Films > Seattle, WA . USA > ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 > > arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com > > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 12:53 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.
