This event will feature a screening of Anna Biller’s The Love Witch (2016) followed by a discussion with the director and Witch Institute organizers, de Szegheo Lang and Vena. A feminist satire of 1960s Technicolor horror, The Love Witch follows a modern-day witch as she uses spells and magic to manipulate a man’s romantic feelings. The post-screening conversation will focus on Biller’s homage to 1960s witch cinema, as well as her treatment of female subjectivity and feminist politics. Together, the three participants will explore historical treatments of the witch on screen and consider how these images continue to work intertextually in today’s media.
This screening is only accessible within Canada but all are welcome to the post-screening Q&A. If you are located outside of Canada but wish to access the Q and A, please email witch.institute@queensu.ca with subject line ANNA BILLER Q&A, and will send you the Zoom link.
Please Note: the Q&A will be recorded.
Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However her spells work too well, and she ends up with a string of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder. With a visual style that pays tribute to Technicolor thrillers of the 1970s, THE LOVE WITCH explores female fantasy and the repercussions of pathological narcissism.
- Year2016
- Runtime120 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorAnna Biller
This event will feature a screening of Anna Biller’s The Love Witch (2016) followed by a discussion with the director and Witch Institute organizers, de Szegheo Lang and Vena. A feminist satire of 1960s Technicolor horror, The Love Witch follows a modern-day witch as she uses spells and magic to manipulate a man’s romantic feelings. The post-screening conversation will focus on Biller’s homage to 1960s witch cinema, as well as her treatment of female subjectivity and feminist politics. Together, the three participants will explore historical treatments of the witch on screen and consider how these images continue to work intertextually in today’s media.
This screening is only accessible within Canada but all are welcome to the post-screening Q&A. If you are located outside of Canada but wish to access the Q and A, please email witch.institute@queensu.ca with subject line ANNA BILLER Q&A, and will send you the Zoom link.
Please Note: the Q&A will be recorded.
Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However her spells work too well, and she ends up with a string of hapless victims. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder. With a visual style that pays tribute to Technicolor thrillers of the 1970s, THE LOVE WITCH explores female fantasy and the repercussions of pathological narcissism.
- Year2016
- Runtime120 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorAnna Biller