Vampires and Violets: Lesbians in Film

Andrea Weiss reclaims the lesbian film heritage from early silent cinema to the Hollywood of yesteryear to today's art and independent cinema. She takes on Hollywood and how Tinsel Town exploits lesbian characters in its films. She looks at the appeal of stars to lesbian audiences. She explores camp, gives a view of vampire films in their gory detail and tests out her ideas upon readers who will also be film buffs. She also gives attention to modern film directors like Chantal Akerman, Su Friedrich, Marlene Gorris and Ulrike Ottinger.