Amy! & Crystal Gazing

Directed by Laura Mulvey & Peter Wollen

HOME presents a screening of two of Mulvey and Wollen’s collaborative works, AMY! (1980) and Crystal Gazing (1982).

AMY! focuses on Amy Johnson and seeks to explore the image of the heroine. It is a film that, as Mulvey once described, deals with ‘the narrative spheres allotted to female protagonists, and the fate of a heroine who adopts an active relation to narrative space and resists the intimidating look of the camera in its role as sculptor of passive femininity.’

Crystal Gazing is an experimental feature film. Set during Margaret Thatcher’s first administration, it is concerned with the lives of four ‘cultural workers’ in London. One of the many remarkable aspects of this film is its dialogue with other forms of independent cultural production, most notably comedy, theatre, and music. It features a special soundtrack, much of which of composed especially for the film, by British musician Lora Logic.

Duration:
125 minutes

Languages:
English

Country of origin:
Great Britain

Year of production:
1975