Beauty Becomes the Beast (1979)

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.

Released

1979-01-02

Genres

Drama

Runtime

41 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Vivienne Dick

TMDB rating

7.5/10 from 4 votes