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Title

Variety [videorecording] / A co-production of ZDF (West Germany) Channel 4 TV (England) and the New York State Council of the Arts ; produced by Reneé Shafransky.

Publication

New York : Kino, 1984.

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Details

Additional Authors

Gordon, Bette.

Description

1 videocassette (101 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Christine, a young woman desperate for employment, takes a job as a ticket seller at a 42nd Street porn theater called the Variety. Ensconced in the glass booth but hearing the sexual sounds emanating from the screen, Christine begins to pursue her voyeuristic urges for the films and the customers, much to the chagrin of her boyfriend. She is particularly fascinated by an elderly patron, a gangster, whom she trails on her off hours. In this film which explores a woman's right to sexual fantasies without punishment or degradation, Christine becomes the hunter.

Subjects

• Feminist films
• Motion pictures > United States
• Feature films
• Women > Fiction

Genre/Form

Feature films.

Note

• Based on a short story by Bette Gordon.

Credits (note)

• Director, Bette Gordon; writer, Kathy Acker; photography, Tom DiCillo, John Foster; editor, Ila von Hasperg; music, John Lurie.

Performer (note)

• Sandy McLeod, Will Patton, Richard Davidson, Luis Guzman, Nan Goldin.

Title

Variety [videorecording] / A co-production of ZDF (West Germany) Channel 4 TV (England) and the New York State Council of the Arts ; produced by Reneé Shafransky.

Imprint

New York : Kino, 1984.

Credits

Director, Bette Gordon; writer, Kathy Acker; photography, Tom DiCillo, John Foster; editor, Ila von Hasperg; music, John Lurie.

Cast

Sandy McLeod, Will Patton, Richard Davidson, Luis Guzman, Nan Goldin.

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Added Author

Gordon, Bette.

Branch Call Number

VTH 1760 V