The Avenging Females: A Comparative Analysis of Kill Bill Vol.1-2, Death Proof and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

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  • Basak Göksel Demiray Bahcesehir University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/cinej.2012.40

Keywords:

Revenge movies, male gaze, assaultive gaze, Laura Mulvey, Carol Clover

Abstract

This paper provides a comparative analysis of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill Vol.1-2 (2003, 2004), Death Proof (2007) and Park Chan Wook’s Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (Chinjeolhan Geumjassi, 2005). The primary objectives of this study are: (1) to reveal the gender-biases inherent to the fundamental discursive structures of the foregoing films; (2) to compare and contrast the films through an analysis of the ‘gaze(s)’ and possible ‘pleasures’,  which are inherent in their narratives, in relation to Laura Mulvey’s and Carol Clover’s approaches; and (3) to distinguish Kill Bill Vol.1-2 from the foregoing two and the ‘avenging female’ clichés of the other horror/violence movies in the context of the replaced positionings of its protagonist and antagonist inherent in its distinct narrative style.

Author Biography

Basak Göksel Demiray, Bahcesehir University

Cinema and Television

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Published

2012-04-08

How to Cite

Göksel Demiray, B. (2012). The Avenging Females: A Comparative Analysis of Kill Bill Vol.1-2, Death Proof and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. CINEJ Cinema Journal, 1(2), 29–35. https://doi.org/10.5195/cinej.2012.40

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