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This Has Nothing To Do With Easter is a short film I made during lockdown from home, in Darlington, North East England. The clips were originally posted daily on my Instagram account @cartography_for_girls, from 19th March to 16th August 2020. All the text is taken from the thoughts, bodily sesnsations, and emotions, of philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch’s fictional women, presented to the reader through the characters' consciousnesses. Maybe its no surprise that these ‘orientations’ relate to feelings shared and experienced in real life during the Covid 19 situation, as Dame Iris’s women are no strangers to feelings of isolation, psychological entrapment and loss of identity, freedom and purpose. I hope that the film engages with issues sparked by the pandemic, the lockdown and its impacts by considering these shared experiences through Iris Murdoch’s philosophically loaded fictional construct of women, and alternative representations of female subjectivity in film.
The film clips are from:
99 Women (1969) Jess Franco
A Bay of Blood (1971) Mario Bava
A Countess From Hong Kong (1967) Charlie Chaplin
A Piece of the Action (1977) Sidney Poitier
Aglayan Bir Ömür (1968) Nejat Saydam
Ali: Fear Eats The Soul (1974) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
All the colours of the Dark (1972) Sergio Martino
Belle de Jour (1967) Luis Buñuel
Beware of a Holy Whore (1971) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Black Girl (1965) Ousmane Sembène
Blacula (1972) William Crain
Blood and Black Lace (1964) Mario Bava
Blow-Up (1966) Michelangelo Antonioni
Boccaccio 70’ (1962) Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti & Vittorio De Sica
Breathless (1960) Jean Luc Godard
Burning an Illusion (1981) Menelik Shabazz
Celine and Julie go Boating (1974) Jaques Rivette
Cleopatra Jones (1973) Jack Starrett
Coffy (1973) Jack Hill
Conjugal Love (1970) Dacia Maraini
Daisies (1966) Vera Chytilová
Death Walks at Midnight (1972) Luciano Ercoli
Detroit 9000 (1973) Arthur Marks
Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972) Lucio Fulci
Dracula AD 1972 (1972) Alan Gibson
Duelle (1976) Jaques Rivette
Eugenie (1970) Jess Franco
Eye In The Labyrinth (1972) Mario Caiano
Fear of Fear (1975) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Femina Ridens (1969) Piero Schivazappa
Five Dolls For An August Moon (1970) Mario Bava
Georgia Georgia (1972) Stig Björkman
Get Christie Love (1974) William Graham
Give A Girl A Break (1953) Stanley Donen
Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970) Mario Bava
Haunted House of Horror (1969) Michael Armstrong
Horror Hospital (1973) Antony Balch
Katzelmacher (1969) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
L’Eclisse (1962) Michelangelo Antonioni
L’eden et après (1970) Alain Robbe-Grillet
L’homme qui ment (1968) Alain Robbe-Grillet
La Compagne Di Banco (1977) Mariano Laurenti
La Notte (1961) Michelangelo Antonioni
Le Bonheur (1965) Agnes Varda
Le Frisson des Vampires (1971) Jean Rollin
Le Grand Amour (1969) Pierre Étaix
Le Mepris (1963) Jean Luc Godard
Le Soupirant (1962) Pierre Étaix
Leave Her To Heaven (1945) John M. Stahl
Les Femmes (1969) Jean Aurel
Lisa and the Devil (1974) Mario Bava
Losing Ground (1982) Kathleen Collins
Lost in Translation (2003) Sophia Coppola
Love is Colder than Death (1969) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Madness (1980) Fernando Di Leo
Mahogany (1975) Berry Gordy
Martha (1974) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
May Morning (1970) Ugo Liberatore
Modesty Blaise (1966) Joseph Losey
Night Tide (1961) Curtis Harrington
Proud Mary (2018) Babak Najafi
Putney Swope (1969) Robert Downey Sr
Rear Window (1954) Alfred Hitchcock
Red Desert (1964) Michelangelo Antonioni
Revenge of The Pink Panther (1978) Blake Edwards
Rio das Mortes (1971) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Skidoo (1968) Otto Preminger
Slaughter Hotel (1971) Fernando Di Leo
Smithereens (1982) Susan Seidelman
Smokin’ Aces (2006) Joe Carnahan
Straw Dogs (1971) Sam Peckinpah
Strip Nude for your Killer (1975) Andrea Bianchi
Suspira (1977) Dario Argento
The Secret of Dorian Gray (1970) Massimo Dallamano
The Bird With The Crystal Plumage (1970) Dario Argento
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (1972) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Case Of The Bloody Iris (1972) Sergio Martino
The Cat O’ Nine Tails (1971) Dario Argento
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) Luis Buñuel
The Eye of the Hurricane (1971) José Maria Forqué
The Female Vampire (1973) Jess Franco
The Girl from Rio (1969) Jess Franco
The Gold Diggers (1983) Sally Potter
The Immortal One (1963) Alain Robbe-Grillet
The Iron Rose (1973) Jean Rollin
The Love Witch (2016) Anna Biller
The Maidens of Fetish Street (1966) Saul Resnick
The Merchant Of Four Seasons (1971) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972) Emilio P. Miraglia
The Shining (1980) Stanley Kubrick
The Sound of Music (1965) Robert Wise
The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (1971) Sergio Martino
The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968) Romolo Girolami
Theorem (1968) directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Time to Love (1965) Metin Erksan
Torso (1973) Sergio Martino
Trans Europ Express (1966) Alain Robbe-Grillet
Up The Junction (1968) Peter Collinson
Vampira (1974) Clive Donner
Venus in Furs (1969) Massimo Dallamano
Viva (2007) Anna Biller
What Have You Done To Solange? (1972) Massimo Dallamano
World on a Wire (1973) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The actors are:
Alice Arno
Alicia Keys
Angela Covello
Aniala Gade
Anna Biller
Anna Maria Rosati
Anne Wiazemsky
Barbara Bouchet
Barbara Velentin
Bianca Maria Corbella
Brigitte Bardot
Bulle Ogier
Carla Brait
Carroll Baker
Cassie Mcfarlane
Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Jourdan
Catherine Spaak
Claire Drouot
Claude Dantes
Cristina Galbo
Dagmar Lassander
Diana Ross
Diana Sands
Dominique Labourier
Donyale Luna
Doris Mattes
Edwige Fenech
Elga Sorbas
Elisa Montes
Elke Sommer
Ella Edwards
Eva Bartok
Femi Benussi
France Arnell
Françoise Brion
Françoise Pascal
Gene Tierney
Gina Warwick
Giorgia Moll
Grace Kelly
Hanna Schygulla
Helen Wood
Irm Hermann
Ivana Karbanová
Jacky Lansley
Jane Birkin
Jane Garret
Jean Seberg
Jeanne Moreau
Jessica Harper
Jill Haworth
Jitka Cerhová
Julie Andrews
Juliet Berto
Kellie Everts
Laura Antonelli
Lina Romay
Linda Lawson
Lorraine De Selle
Louise and Lisa Burns
Luciana Paluzzi
Macha Méril
Margaret Lee
Margit Carstensen
Maria Rohm
Marie Liljedahl
Marie Pierre Castel
Marie-France Pisier
Marina Malfatti
Maritza Rivera
Marsha Hunt
Mary Arden
Micaela Pignatelli
Michelle Mais
Monica Swinn
Monica Vitti
Nicole Calfan
Nieves Navarro
Nikki Gentile
Pam Grier
Patrizia Adiutori
Paulette Marron
Rosalba Neri
Rosemary Dexter
Samantha Robinson
Scarlett Johansen
Sema Özcan
Shelly Duvall
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Sophia Loren
Stefania Casini
Stephanie Audran
Susan Berman
Susan George
Susan Jones
Suzy Kendall
Sylvie Bréal
Tamara Dobson
Taraji P. Henson
Teresa Graves
Thérèse M'Bisine Diop
Tina Aumont
Toni Lee Oliver
Valerie Leon
Vanessa Shaw
Vonetta McGee
The film clips are from:
99 Women (1969) Jess Franco
A Bay of Blood (1971) Mario Bava
A Countess From Hong Kong (1967) Charlie Chaplin
A Piece of the Action (1977) Sidney Poitier
Aglayan Bir Ömür (1968) Nejat Saydam
Ali: Fear Eats The Soul (1974) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
All the colours of the Dark (1972) Sergio Martino
Belle de Jour (1967) Luis Buñuel
Beware of a Holy Whore (1971) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Black Girl (1965) Ousmane Sembène
Blacula (1972) William Crain
Blood and Black Lace (1964) Mario Bava
Blow-Up (1966) Michelangelo Antonioni
Boccaccio 70’ (1962) Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti & Vittorio De Sica
Breathless (1960) Jean Luc Godard
Burning an Illusion (1981) Menelik Shabazz
Celine and Julie go Boating (1974) Jaques Rivette
Cleopatra Jones (1973) Jack Starrett
Coffy (1973) Jack Hill
Conjugal Love (1970) Dacia Maraini
Daisies (1966) Vera Chytilová
Death Walks at Midnight (1972) Luciano Ercoli
Detroit 9000 (1973) Arthur Marks
Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972) Lucio Fulci
Dracula AD 1972 (1972) Alan Gibson
Duelle (1976) Jaques Rivette
Eugenie (1970) Jess Franco
Eye In The Labyrinth (1972) Mario Caiano
Fear of Fear (1975) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Femina Ridens (1969) Piero Schivazappa
Five Dolls For An August Moon (1970) Mario Bava
Georgia Georgia (1972) Stig Björkman
Get Christie Love (1974) William Graham
Give A Girl A Break (1953) Stanley Donen
Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970) Mario Bava
Haunted House of Horror (1969) Michael Armstrong
Horror Hospital (1973) Antony Balch
Katzelmacher (1969) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
L’Eclisse (1962) Michelangelo Antonioni
L’eden et après (1970) Alain Robbe-Grillet
L’homme qui ment (1968) Alain Robbe-Grillet
La Compagne Di Banco (1977) Mariano Laurenti
La Notte (1961) Michelangelo Antonioni
Le Bonheur (1965) Agnes Varda
Le Frisson des Vampires (1971) Jean Rollin
Le Grand Amour (1969) Pierre Étaix
Le Mepris (1963) Jean Luc Godard
Le Soupirant (1962) Pierre Étaix
Leave Her To Heaven (1945) John M. Stahl
Les Femmes (1969) Jean Aurel
Lisa and the Devil (1974) Mario Bava
Losing Ground (1982) Kathleen Collins
Lost in Translation (2003) Sophia Coppola
Love is Colder than Death (1969) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Madness (1980) Fernando Di Leo
Mahogany (1975) Berry Gordy
Martha (1974) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
May Morning (1970) Ugo Liberatore
Modesty Blaise (1966) Joseph Losey
Night Tide (1961) Curtis Harrington
Proud Mary (2018) Babak Najafi
Putney Swope (1969) Robert Downey Sr
Rear Window (1954) Alfred Hitchcock
Red Desert (1964) Michelangelo Antonioni
Revenge of The Pink Panther (1978) Blake Edwards
Rio das Mortes (1971) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Skidoo (1968) Otto Preminger
Slaughter Hotel (1971) Fernando Di Leo
Smithereens (1982) Susan Seidelman
Smokin’ Aces (2006) Joe Carnahan
Straw Dogs (1971) Sam Peckinpah
Strip Nude for your Killer (1975) Andrea Bianchi
Suspira (1977) Dario Argento
The Secret of Dorian Gray (1970) Massimo Dallamano
The Bird With The Crystal Plumage (1970) Dario Argento
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (1972) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Case Of The Bloody Iris (1972) Sergio Martino
The Cat O’ Nine Tails (1971) Dario Argento
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) Luis Buñuel
The Eye of the Hurricane (1971) José Maria Forqué
The Female Vampire (1973) Jess Franco
The Girl from Rio (1969) Jess Franco
The Gold Diggers (1983) Sally Potter
The Immortal One (1963) Alain Robbe-Grillet
The Iron Rose (1973) Jean Rollin
The Love Witch (2016) Anna Biller
The Maidens of Fetish Street (1966) Saul Resnick
The Merchant Of Four Seasons (1971) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Red Queen Kills Seven Times (1972) Emilio P. Miraglia
The Shining (1980) Stanley Kubrick
The Sound of Music (1965) Robert Wise
The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (1971) Sergio Martino
The Sweet Body of Deborah (1968) Romolo Girolami
Theorem (1968) directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Time to Love (1965) Metin Erksan
Torso (1973) Sergio Martino
Trans Europ Express (1966) Alain Robbe-Grillet
Up The Junction (1968) Peter Collinson
Vampira (1974) Clive Donner
Venus in Furs (1969) Massimo Dallamano
Viva (2007) Anna Biller
What Have You Done To Solange? (1972) Massimo Dallamano
World on a Wire (1973) Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The actors are:
Alice Arno
Alicia Keys
Angela Covello
Aniala Gade
Anna Biller
Anna Maria Rosati
Anne Wiazemsky
Barbara Bouchet
Barbara Velentin
Bianca Maria Corbella
Brigitte Bardot
Bulle Ogier
Carla Brait
Carroll Baker
Cassie Mcfarlane
Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Jourdan
Catherine Spaak
Claire Drouot
Claude Dantes
Cristina Galbo
Dagmar Lassander
Diana Ross
Diana Sands
Dominique Labourier
Donyale Luna
Doris Mattes
Edwige Fenech
Elga Sorbas
Elisa Montes
Elke Sommer
Ella Edwards
Eva Bartok
Femi Benussi
France Arnell
Françoise Brion
Françoise Pascal
Gene Tierney
Gina Warwick
Giorgia Moll
Grace Kelly
Hanna Schygulla
Helen Wood
Irm Hermann
Ivana Karbanová
Jacky Lansley
Jane Birkin
Jane Garret
Jean Seberg
Jeanne Moreau
Jessica Harper
Jill Haworth
Jitka Cerhová
Julie Andrews
Juliet Berto
Kellie Everts
Laura Antonelli
Lina Romay
Linda Lawson
Lorraine De Selle
Louise and Lisa Burns
Luciana Paluzzi
Macha Méril
Margaret Lee
Margit Carstensen
Maria Rohm
Marie Liljedahl
Marie Pierre Castel
Marie-France Pisier
Marina Malfatti
Maritza Rivera
Marsha Hunt
Mary Arden
Micaela Pignatelli
Michelle Mais
Monica Swinn
Monica Vitti
Nicole Calfan
Nieves Navarro
Nikki Gentile
Pam Grier
Patrizia Adiutori
Paulette Marron
Rosalba Neri
Rosemary Dexter
Samantha Robinson
Scarlett Johansen
Sema Özcan
Shelly Duvall
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Sophia Loren
Stefania Casini
Stephanie Audran
Susan Berman
Susan George
Susan Jones
Suzy Kendall
Sylvie Bréal
Tamara Dobson
Taraji P. Henson
Teresa Graves
Thérèse M'Bisine Diop
Tina Aumont
Toni Lee Oliver
Valerie Leon
Vanessa Shaw
Vonetta McGee