TYPES OF FILM WOMEN

FEMME FATALE

FEMME FATALE

• Seductive and mysterious
• Sex=survival
• Clothes, walk, cigarette
• New morality, escapism
• Scarred/damaged by a man

FEMME FATALE FILMS

• Baby Face (1933)
• The Postman Always Rings Twice
• Gilda, Double Indemnity
• Basic Instinct
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit

THE ROMANTIC

THE ROMANTIC

• Love is like oxygen
• Risks, choices are made for love
• Fantasy is made reality
• Showing ideal is attainable

ROMANTIC FILMS

• Gone with the Wind
• Funny Face, Sabrina
• Sleepless in Seattle
• Moonstruck, Ghost

THE BOMBSHELL

THE BOMBSHELL IS...

• Sexy and funny
• Not stupid, but innocent
• Not bound by rules
• Repression-less
• Ballsy, comfortable

BOMBSHELL STARS

• Mae West, Jeanne Harlowe
• Ann Margaret, Jane Mansfield
• Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell
• Bo Derek, Sofia Loren
• Ann Margaret, Bridgette Bardot

THE INDEPENDENT WOMAN

INDEPENDENT WOMEN...

• Have a job, suck at housework
• Bossy, don't need a man
• Brave, educated
• Told to "tone it down"
• womanhood is questioned

INDEPENDENT WOMAN FILMS

• Adam's Rib
• Baby Boom
• Out of Africa
• Broadcast News
• Star Wars

THE FURY

THE FURY IS...

• Angry, vengeful
• Passionate, desirous
• Scary
• An audience release

FURIOUS WOMEN FILMS

• Mildred Pierce
• Fatal Attraction
• Misery, FGT, Dolores Clayborn
• Thelma & Louise
• ...Virginia Woolf

THE WISECRACKING DAME

THE WISECRACKING DAME IS...

• The best friend, the sidekick
• Relatable, when the star is not
• Daring, funny
• They say what we think
• Strong audience proxy

DAME EXAMPLES...

• Mae West
• Audrey Meadows, Rosiline Russell
• Barbara Strisand
• Rosie O'Donnell
• Whoopi Goldberg

THE HEROINE

THE HEROINE...

• Is mentally courageous/strong
• Makes unconventional choices
• Takes a stand for something
• Is rooted, anchored
• Is power that is condoned

HEROINE MOVIES

• Perils of Pauline
• War and Westerns
• Norma Rae
• Alien(s)
• Silence of the Lambs

THE GODDESS

THE GODDESS IS...

• Every man's dream
• An icon, hard to empathize with
• Able to fall, suffer, die for us
• Above, beyond, out of reach
• Lit beautifully

GODDESS EXAMPLES

• Vivian Leigh, Liz Taylor
• Grace Kelly, Dietrich
• Greta Garbo,Rita Hayworth
• Michelle Pfiffer, Hepburn

OTHER ARCHETYPES?

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THE STARS

• Sharon Stone
• Barbara Stanwyck
• Rita Hayworth
• Kathleen Turner

ROMANTIC STARS

• Vivian Leigh
• Ingrid Bergman
• Audrey Hepburn
• Demi Moore
• Meg Ryan

INDEPENDENT WOMAN STARS

• Katherine Hepburn
• Doris Day (sort of)
• Holly Hunter
• Diane Keaton
• Susan Sarandon