Film analysis DOTD (1979) Draft IMAGE 2

In this image and scene Fran has just had sex with Stephen and by their faces it wasn’t a happy experience. Their boredom indicates their love of each other is going down as well as their love of consumerism, the mall now seemed like a prison to them.

This also challenges the horror stereotypes as Stephen is not exciting or good with the ladies, which are not usually what films have done in the past. At the end with the film when Fran and Peter go off together it hints of a mixed race relationship which was a controversial topic.

The whole Sex and the Taboo loosened since Psycho and the Hays Code, where there were no naked people or no swearing. However in this image you could see Fran’s nipple which gives us the image of a much more relaxed BBFC. [[[ADD HOW THIS SHOWS THAT THE INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT HAS CLEARLY CHANGED]]] Now you are usually allowed to show anything as we have toughened up, and this film later features a lot of body horror when the bi