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RomanPolanski’s1965filmRepulsionhadCatherineDeneuveplayingCaroleLedoux, abeautiful but repressed youngwomanwho left toherowndeviceswhenherfamilygoesonavacation,descendsintoapsychoticstateassheisconsumedbyclaustrophobia. Deneuvesharedthesamepatrician façadeandicymannerismthatmadeGraceKellyandTippiHedrentwoofAlfredHitchcock’sfavored actresses. This frigid type of beauty instills in the beholder not onlyadmiration,butanurgetouncoverandevendestroyitinasearchforsomethingdeeper.Atonceperfectlybeautifulandtragicallyflawed,Hitchcock’splatinumblondeexhibits“lotsofapparentreserve,lotsoftemperamentinprivate”.Sheis“icecoldtea,pipinghotsex.”
Thethemeofwomenbeingtrapped,–whetherphysicallyormetaphorically—isnotnew.19thcenturyauthorsCharlottePerkinsGilmanandEdnaSt.VincentMillayalsofeaturedwomenwhowereconfined—ifnotwithinspatialboundariesthenwithinsocietalconstraintsortheirownunquietminds.Gilman’sprotagonistin“TheYellowWallpaper”awriter,goesmadwhenforcedtoconvalesceafteralongillnesswithoutanoutletforhercreativity.
Dynamicsofhumaninteraction–especiallythoseoftheromantictypeidealizedinliterature,music,andart–actascatalyst,settingintomotionthetypeofemotionalchemistrythatchangeseachcharacter.Outsidethecinematicworldofresolvedintrigueandhappydenouement, l’étoile’sowncoolblondspendsherday insolitude,posingthequestion:whathappenstoourhiddenselvesifthereisnoonetheretodiscoverthem?
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