Femme fatale

as she cannot simply run away. We can see her innocence and uncertainty concerning her actions. This juxtaposition creates an effect in the later made Hair, where the emancipated woman is smoking a cigarette giving us the impression of being a ‘femme fatale’ effortlessly and seductively ‘wrapping the military officer around her finger’. In Lásky Jedné Plavovlásky Forman created a dark world effectively showing the limitations and faults offered to people under the communist regime. Moving in…

subject of a newer, more accurate film, the mythology of the story. A Catwoman reboot would delve into Selina’s story and how the cat fits into her moniker, other than Selina being a cat burglar. The mythology could take a deeper look into her femme fatale beginnings. This could include how she becomes a target of attraction for Batman. Five Potential Storylines That Could Be Used For A…

The Sweetheart Concert performed by The Virginia Ballet Theatre under the direction of Ricardo Mendelez was on the 26th and 27th of February 2016 at The Roper Theatre. The intent of this performance and the name of it clearly influenced one another because of the attempts at courting in the Pas de Fiancée and the “lovey-doveyness” of Vivaldera. There were stunning scores written by Tchaikovsky and Vivaldi along with breathtaking costumes from the Royal Ballet designed by Jean Percival and by the…

Term Paper: Double Indemnity (1944) directed by Billy Wilder Modern society is undeniably obsessed with true-crime stories and murder mysteries. There is a prominent interest for the forces of so-called good and evil, attracting people to know about atrocities and massacres. Citizens, with the goal of obtaining a reasonable explanation of such events, question every aspect of a concrete crime or homicide, and try to find out the motive or the responsible’s background. All these doubts and…

their talent no matter what it takes. One living proof is the feisty female vocalist Natalie La Rose and her seemingly mature penetration to the music industry had been more effective than striving for it early on. Now aged 27, La Rose is one femme fatale to boot under the genres of pop, R&B, electropop and dance pop since she started to chase her singing career four years ago. While the reception has not been initially fruitful for Natalie La Rose, her passion to achieve what she wanted at…

His introduction to the owner’s beautiful wife, named Cora Smith, is a fateful one as attested to by Frank’s voice-over narration of the story in which he later states, “I wish I had never met her.” Cora is a femme fatale, who leads to Frank’s destruction. The film language suggests—by the use of light and shadow—that she has power over him. Once Frank is inside, Cora’s husband seats him at the restaurant counter, where he is neatly framed by the criss-crossed grid of shadows cast onto the…

The Gutting of Couffignal written by Dashiell Hammett is a crime fiction short story. It follows a nameless Private Investigator, the continental Op, as he experiences and solves a robbery in the small island of Couffignal. Throughout the story the Op’s mannerisms show he is a sensitive person not only a hardened investigator. The Op is cynical because being a detective has forced him to see the bad in the world. This has caused him to mistrust peOple on first contact and also a defense…

I remember it was my previous winter break when I was back in hometown - Hong Kong. I was on my way home from the airport and this massive breathtaking advertisement was hanging right at the exit of the tunnel, which it magnetized my eyes till it gradually faded out from my sight. The white panther creature is very rare to see. And this is how I discovered this powerful, wild, precise Panther clip brooch. I can say with pleasure that it has become one of my favorite pieces. The Panther clip…

Judith is looking outward towards the viewer and her physical appearance appears to be an amalgamation of both genders. Her breasts are voluptuous, yet her arms are muscular, like a man’s. The overall painting is menacing. Rubens paints an almost femme fatale image or Judith as a woman who demonstrated her victim’s demise was due to her irresistible sexuality, rather than strength. The image conforms to the notion that women will use their sexuality to manipulate…

Genre and Gender in The Good Time Girls The Good Time Girls creates a well-written female revenge fantasy in an unexpected genre: the Western. The film is part of Refinery 29's Shatterbox Anthology, created to increase female representation in entertainment, both behind and in front of the camera. The Good Time Girls opens with Clementine dressed in men's clothing, holding a shotgun at an off-screen target while she recounts her born-in-a-whorehouse origins; she takes another shot as a…