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Beauty Becomes the Beast

Beauty Becomes the Beast (1979)

Drama

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.

Updated May 31 2020

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Runtime: 41 mins Rating: 9.9

Cast

Lydia Lunch

Lydia Lunch

Adele Bertei

Adele Bertei

Klaus Nomi

Klaus Nomi

Crew

Vivienne Dick

Vivienne Dick

Director

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