Femmes Fatales: Feminism, Film Theory, Psychoanalysis

Mary Ann Doane's book, "Femme Fatales" has a great cover with the wonderful Louise Brooks. The essays and articles helped explain feminism and the film industry. It's sad to believe that the film industry will always be a male industry but that's the way it is. We learn from the book about how the audience including ourselves are manipulated by the director's. The author does an excellent job in bringing together the feminine mystique from female's point of view and males at times as well. The femme fatale, long may she rein.

The author is clearly a very intelligent person, but I found it heavy going. I also found the language used complex and difficult to understand.I do respect that others may have a different opinion, perhaps it is simply me... if you buy it , please write a review, I would love to know if it's just me..

A fantastic insight of women in the film industry.