Directed by Mark Cousins • 2018 • United Kingdom
“Bodies”
Bodies in cinema can be enticing, athletic, or brutalized. Jane Fonda narrates this chapter about how some of the great directors—including Agnès Varda, Andrea Arnold, Marva Nabili, Pirjo Honkasalo, Márta Mészáros, and Wanda Jakubowska—have filmed bodies.
“Sex”
From bodies to sex—one of the most controversial aspects of film. In this chapter Diane Kurys, Lucile Hadžihalilović, Jamie Babbit, Safi Faye, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Alison de Vere, Carine Adler, Donna Deitch, Miranda July, Lucía Puenzo, Maren Ade, Chantal Akerman, and others show a variety of ways of showing sex on screen.
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Directed by Mark Cousins • 2018 • United Kingdom
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Directed by Mark Cousins • 2018 • United Kingdom
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Directed by Mark Cousins • 2018 • United Kingdom
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