The Scary Movie

The Scary Movie

16mm, color, sound, 9 min
"... THE SCARY MOVIE, by Peggy Ahwesh, [is an] amazingly complex (and just plain amazing) film informed by a wide range of issues and concerns, including feminism, psychoanalytic theory (especially ...
Rental format: 16mm

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"... THE SCARY MOVIE, by Peggy Ahwesh, [is an] amazingly complex (and just plain amazing) film informed by a wide range of issues and concerns, including feminism, psychoanalytic theory (especially Jacques Lacan), home-movie aesthetics, film genre conventions, and the notion of self-reflexivity in film. ... [S]he plays with the Freudian concept (filtered through Lacan) of the female's 'lack' of a penis, turning this core issue of psychoanalytic thinking on its head. ... In [this] film it is the male who 'lacks,' men being conspicuously absent, even when the 'narrative' calls for male roles. ... Ahwesh's work ... is notable in the way that it combines subjects of seriousness and gravity with an unparalleled control of the film medium, a disarming wit, and a frankness that catches one by surprise." –

Patrick Friel, Indianapolis Museum of Art

With Martina Torr and Sonja Mereu.

Programs

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    A Mirror Avant-Garde

    A program of non-canonical canonicals by women filmmakers

    If you’ve seen more than three of the films in this program, we’d be surprised. Yet every single one of these films by women filmmakers deserves to be written about, taught in classes, and be part of the canon of avant-garde film.

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    The Eternal Daughters of Chaos: Girlhood, Play, and the Poetics of Care

    Five films exploring the complexities of girlhood

    Join us at the Film-Makers’ Cooperative (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Monday, July 8th, 2024, at 7pm, for a program of films exploring the conflicting ideals of “girlhood” — caught between the fantasy of becoming a woman and the desire to remain young (and innocent) forever — curated by FMC resident Hayley Aaskow!

Films

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    From Romance to Ritual
    Experimental

    From Romance to Ritual
    Peggy Ahwesh

    video, color, sound, 20 min
    Rental formats: VHS NTSC, DVD NTSC
    • Body
    • Erotic
    • Ethnographic
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    Philosophy In The Bedroom
    Experimental

    Philosophy In The Bedroom
    Peggy Ahwesh

    video, color, sound, 20 min
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
    • Body
    • Erotic
    • Philosophical
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    The Deadman
    Experimental

    The Deadman
    Peggy Ahwesh

    16mm, black and white, sound, 40 min
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    • Erotic
    • Literarature / Theater
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    Martina's Playhouse
    Experimental

    Martina's Playhouse
    Peggy Ahwesh

    color, sound, 30 min
    Rental formats: VHS NTSC, DVD NTSC
    • Body
    • Psychology / Mental Health
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    Strange Weather
    Experimental

    Strange Weather
    Peggy Ahwesh

    16mm, black and white, sound, 50 min
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
    • Philosophical
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    The Color of Love
    Experimental

    The Color of Love
    Peggy Ahwesh

    16mm, color, sound, 10 min
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    • Erotic
    • Found Footage
    • Hand-Processed
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    Trick Film
    Experimental

    Trick Film
    Peggy Ahwesh

    16mm, color, sound, 6 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Erotic
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    vision machine, the
    Experimental

    vision machine, the
    Peggy Ahwesh

    16mm, color, sound, 20 min
    Rental format: 16mm
    • Films About Film
    • Philosophical
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    Nocturne
    Experimental

    Nocturne
    Peggy Ahwesh

    16mm, black and white, sound, 30 min
    Rental formats: 16mm, Digital file
    • Body
    • Psychology / Mental Health
    • Literarature / Theater
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    She Puppet
    Experimental

    She Puppet
    Peggy Ahwesh

    video, color, sound, 17 min
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
    • Body
    • Philosophical
    • Technology
    • Found Footage
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    Collections
    Experimental

    Collections
    Peggy Ahwesh

    video, color, silent, 6 min
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
    • Spiritual / Mystical
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    Alluvium
    Experimental

    Alluvium
    Peggy Ahwesh

    video, color, sound, 25 min
    Rental format: DVD NTSC
    • Ethnographic