Beauties & Beasts - 'Beauty and the Beast' (1946), 'The Beast' (1975) & 'The Babadook' (2014)

Sacred Cinema

English - October 10, 2021 08:09 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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How has cinema enhanced the 'Beauty and the Beast' fairytale? What is true beastly behaviour? To what extent should beauties embrace (or reject) beasts? Stories centred on female characters confronting their beastly counterparts have been told and re-told for centuries. In this episode, we focus on three films that re-imagine this archetypal dynamic and discuss what they reveal about womanhood, carnal instincts and emotional stability.

The Films:

Beauty and the Beast (1946) directed by Jean Cocteau

The Beast (1975) directed by Walerian Borowczyk

The Babadook (2014) directed by Jennifer Kent

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