Women In Film: Film clips for the class

Defying Hollywood Conventions

Avant-garde/ Auteur cinema

 All Clips

 



Thelma and Louise
Sequence Description Length
1 Thelma as housewife/Louise as waitress 2:05
2 The women pack and leave 2:02
3 The rape of Thelma and Louise shoots Harlan 4:21
4 Thelma's phone call to Darryl, meeting with J.D. 5:17
5 Slocum in Louise's apartment 0:40
6 Thelma in bed with J.D. 2:40
7 Thelma robs a convenience store; the men watch 3:09
8 First meeting with truck driver 1:11
9 Second meeting, followed by confrontation with policeman 8:04
10 Third and final meeting with truck driver 4:44
11 Let's keep going. 2:57


Kiss the Girls
Sequence Description Length
1 Title sequence 2:13
2 "Please Talk to me!" 1:15
3 Kidnapping Kate McTiernan 4:05
4 Kate waking imprisoned 3:21
5 Circular shot of police: from Casanova to Alex Cross; Kate escapes 5:32
6 Heroine Kate hypnotized: He has no face. 2:25
7 Cross's interrogation of Wick 3:43
8 Naomi playing violin for the Gentleman Caller 1:39
9 Kate welcomes Casanova 9:53


Galaxy Quest
Sequence Description Length
1 S. Weaver as computer liaison 1:00
2 Fatal error: "Aren't they sweet?" 1:29
3 "Who wrote this?": the chopper 0:52


Alien
Sequence Description Length
1 Birth of the Alien from Kane 2:37
2 Betrayal by Mother and Ash's attempt orally to rape Ripley with porn magazine 8:02
3 Final battle between Ripley and Alien in the escape pod 5:57


Aliens
Sequence Description Length
1 Opening sequence: Ripley as earth-mother 3:04
2 Ripley's nightmare 1:39
3 Birthing in the space ship; Vasquez's comments on Ripley and gender 2:12
4 Bishop's dexterity with a knife 2:46
5 The discovery of floating specimens; finding Newt 5:20
6 Entering the Alien mother's womb/tomb 9:19
7 Ripley and Newt betrayed by Burke 4:13
8 Ripley descends to save Newt 10:10
9 Final battle between Ripley and the Alien mother 6:02


Alien 3
Sequence Description Length
1 Ending: Ripley destroys the Alien mother in her womb by suicide 8:47


Alien Resurrection
Sequence Description Length
1 From the opening of the eggs for potential victims to Ripley's basketball feats 3:08
2 Ripley kills her cloned selves 4:44
3 Ripley's affinity for her sister Alien 6:39