Fatal Attraction

Fatal Attraction

Fatal Attraction resists serious critical discussion on some levels because it has the generality and archetypal quality of a Grimm's fairy tale, or, as one wag put it, it is the perfect velcro movie: any theory you throw at it, sticks. There was a time when women who survived outside the syste...

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Veröffentlicht in:Cinéaste (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 1988-01, Vol.16 (3), p.44-45
1. Verfasser: Raschke, Debrah
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
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FILM REVIEWS
Motion pictures
Power
Sexuality
Women
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Zusammenfassung:Fatal Attraction resists serious critical discussion on some levels because it has the generality and archetypal quality of a Grimm's fairy tale, or, as one wag put it, it is the perfect velcro movie: any theory you throw at it, sticks. There was a time when women who survived outside the system of marital exchange by using their knowledge of herbs to heal (a threat to family domination and the newly founded medical profession) were simply burned.
ISSN:0009-7004