Beauty Becomes the Beast

1979· 41 min★ 6.9· 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.

Cast: Adele Bertei, Lydia Lunch, Klaus Nomi

Director: Vivienne Dick