A Normal Woman: Looking at Hitchcock’s Marnie and Samuel Fuller’s The Naked Kiss
HtichCon '21: What’s It All about, Alfie? • 21m
Two very unconventional women occupy the heart of Marnie and The Naked Kiss (both 1964): Tippi Hedren’s trauma-scarred compulsive thief Marnie and Constance Towers’ sex worker Kelly. Both live outside the “norm” of what’s considered acceptable behavior for a woman—and both films chronicle the process by which they attempt to enter society. Their compelling stories are worthy of further exploration.
Sarah Nichols is a poet and essayist who lives and writes in central Connecticut. She is the author of ten chapbooks, including the essay collection "Hexenhaus" (2020; Milk and Cake Press) and "Press Play for Heartbreak" (forthcoming, 2021; Paper Nautilus Press), a winner of PNP’s 2020 Vella Chapbook Prize. Film absolutely informs her work as a poet, ranging from a collection about Grey Gardens to the aforementioned Hexenhaus, a collection influenced by the horror film Suspiria. Her film criticism has also appeared in "Senses of Cinema."
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