VLVL2 The Women's Film Collective

[Terrance]

Bandwraith at aol.com wrote:
> 
> One of the most radical aspects of 24fps, it seems to me,
> is that it was founded by women. Clearly, Frenesi and the
> Pisks are in charge. They decide where to go, what risks to
> take, what shots to make, and, the editing of the final product.
> Sledge and Howie have freedom of opinion but ultimately follow
> orders.

Follow orders? is that right? Page number, passage? 

> 
> That in and of itself would be enough to make this women's
> collective during the late sixties, early seventies, an inversion
> of the status quo. But this is a unique and radical group. That
> they further take on the commercial media and the system, in
> general, is more evidence of just how far ahead of their times
> they were.

This is patently false. And the text does not permit this kind of
post-1960's feminist distortion of history. All we have to do is read
the book. Frenesi comes from a family of female activists. Moreover,
DL's passion for Frenesi gets in the way. Frenesi thinks were her pussy
and DL excuses her for it because when they are in bed DL is master. Not
good for democratic solidarity. 

> 
> While it is true that Frenesi becomes the pawn of Brock Vond who
> subverts the activist agenda of the group through her, to assume
> that the group is a failure because of Frenesi's idealism is short-sighted.

A pawn? More like a Knight. Or maybe, as Paul implied, a Queen. 


> The Pisks, DL, Mirage are more than just a radical film collective. They
> are a group of caring women who are committed to eachother, and
> whose feminine commitment transcends the human failings of any
> one of them. That's what is most radical about their portrayal. They
> survive as a group of women, inspite of their failings. They prevail.
> Nothing in the novel matches their collective stength. Their mutual
> commitment may bend but it does not break.

Is this in the book? Frenesi Turns on the collective, her mother, her
daughter. 




> 
> The Wheeler-Meter, or even the Wheeler-Meter-Zuniga constellations
> are wan by comparison with the women. While from a more mythic
> perspective- by the time the sun sets on Vineland- Weed and Vond
> have tumbled from their chariots.
> 
> respectfully
> 
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