IVIV (8): Subtextual Uses of Eyeliner in the Cinema

[Dave Monroe]

Seriously, watch that video clip (below) ...

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:

> Kathleen Bryon
>
> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0126402/
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Byron
>
> "eye makeup good for a year's worth of nightmares"
>
> http://www.powell-pressburger.org/Images/47_BN/Death.jpg
>
> For many, there remains a magical, defining moment in British cinema;
> the scene in Black Narcissus when Sister Ruth abandons her wimple and
> habit for a low-cut dress and very slowly and deliberately applies
> blood-red lipstick. It was Kathleen Byron who provided that moment; as
> Sister Ruth she delivers an astounding study of repressed sexuality
> suddenly, fervently and fatally imploding.
>
> http://www.powell-pressburger.org/NFT/Program.html
>
> @ 3:58 ...
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C4tNi2pYoI