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Violent Femmes

1998 · 28 min

A talky, low-fi video conversation that feels intimate and cerebral, asking you to listen closely to two women dissect desire and control.

Overview
Analog video by Sylvère Lotringer. Extended conversation between two dominatrixes, a younger American woman and an older French woman (Catherine Robbe-Grillet, writer and wife of Alain Robbe-Grillet).

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • gender
  • identity
  • obsession
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Sylvère Lotringer
Starring
Catherine Robbe-Grillet
Runtime
28 min
Country
United States of America

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