Re: RARA-AVIS: Naked Kiss

joseph (joseph@sos.net)
Tue, 8 Sep 1998 22:53:45 +0100 > Joseph wrote [snip],
>
>"Unfortunately she [the Peggy Cummins' character in "Gun Crazy"] moves into
>villain territory when she guns down the lady that annoyed her in the last
>heist before the end of the film. Shoudn't the anti-hero(ine) be on the
>side of some angel?"
>
>I see your point. But I'm not comfortable with this angel standard,
>either, except as something you call someone you're going to "send up."
>
>--How about Martha Ivers ("Strange Love of...") as another hard-boiled
>anti-heroine?
>
A doomed anti-heroine with very freudian overtones.

But the problem with these women is they are not the lead character like
Constance Towers in "The Naked Kiss." Thats what makes NK stand out.

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